The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path.
This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about his motives for authorizing the killing of Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026. With his off-the-cuff remark, Trump revealed that anxiety about his own assassination at the hands of Iranian agents influenced his decision to initiate a US-Israeli regime change war that has already resulted in American casualties, the bombings of schools and hospitals inside Iran, devastating Iranian retaliatory strikes on US military bases and embassies, and a spiraling global economic crisis. Trump’s…Open
Trump gambles with his fragile MAGA coalition—and America First. The post Now He Owns It appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Now He Owns It Trump gambles with his fragile MAGA coalition—and America First. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Oh what a difference a week makes. Way back then, we were talking about the State of the Union. You know, a unique set of domestic problems that America First solutions were going to fix: Replacing income taxes with tariffs, reducing a Democrat-driven cost of living, combating fraud and urban crime, ending “identity politics,” acknowledging biological reality, voter ID, and secure ballots. Why, President Donald Trump even challenged his radical opposition to reaffirm that “the…Open
Suit sends Trump administration back to court just days after the Supreme Court invalidated a separate set of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.