Marc A. Thiessen

Six months into the conflict, Trump is showing admirable patience and determination in his effort to disarm Iran. He has reimposed the blockade that is crushing Iran’s economy and reducing its oil exports to near zero. He has quietly taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. military escorting tankers carrying about 10 million barrels of oil through the Persian Gulf every day.

On Iran, Trump did what past leaders should have: Take an enemy at its word. The leaking and finger-pointing on Iran by MAGA disloyalists have begun.

The leaking and finger-pointing on Iran by MAGA disloyalists have begun. The Wall Street Journal reports that in February, then-Director of National

License to make lower-tech models would be a win-win-win for the U.S., its allies and a desperate Kyiv.

The leaking and finger-pointing on Iran by MAGA disloyalists have begun. The Wall Street Journal reports that in February, then-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warned President Donald Trump that if he attacked, “Tehran would rush to close the Strait of Hormuz, destabilizing the global energy market.” Her admonition “echoed warnings Trump was receiving from all corners,” the Journal wrote, including from top military leaders who expressed “concerns about the weapons stockpile and readiness problems for an overstretched force” and from Vice President JD Vance, who “promoted a more cautious approach” focused on negotiations that would be “less costly than a war with unwieldy consequences.”

License to make lower-tech models would be a win-win-win for the U.S., its allies and a desperate Kyiv.

Many around the world looked in horror last month at images of a Ukrainian grandmother weeping as the body of her grandson was pulled from the rubble of his home following a Russian missile attack.

There wasn’t another major attack in the U.S. But there wasn’t the reckoning that was needed either.

There wasn't another major attack in the U.S. But there wasn't the reckoning that was needed either.

Marc A. Thiessen Washington Post