What Trump should tell the public about Iran

Published February 27, 2026 2:00pm ET



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Americans have good-faith concerns about the prospects of launching an attack on the Islamist regime in Iran. War should never be taken lightly. Not even if your cause is righteous. But President Donald Trump needs to remind the public that the murderous Islamic cultists in Iran are our enemy — and that matters. 

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