Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min · 5 segments
Steve Forbes calls on President Trump to stop letting the mullahs jerk him around and instead end the Iran War, and the brutal regime ruling Iran, once and for all. Learn more about your ad choices…
President Trump announces that negotiations are set with the radicals ruling Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz and from there come to an agreement about neutralizing the regime's nuclear assets and its giving up any nuclear ambitions.
Such an image of irresolution encourages anti-American governments and terrorist groups around the world.
They have concluded that this White House is consumed by the midterm elections and thus can't long tolerate high oil prices.
Despite the immense damage the country has undergone, its tyrants feel they are winning the war.
All know that whatever promises are made, Iran can quickly disrupt the strait and hit its neighbors with rockets and drones, damaging their oil facilities and water desalination plants.
The blunt truth is that if the regime survives, the U.S. suffers a strategic defeat of global dimensions.
One must assume we and the Israelis know of dissidents within the Iranian military and elsewhere.
Opponents to the regime will act only if they become convinced that we won't pull the rug from under them by trying to re-enter negotiations with this diabolical government.
President Trump announces that negotiations are set with the radicals ruling Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz and from there come to an agreement about neutralizing the regime's nuclear assets and its giving up any nuclear ambitions.
Such an image of irresolution encourages anti-American governments and terrorist groups around the world.
They have concluded that this White House is consumed by the midterm elections and thus can't long tolerate high oil prices.
Despite the immense damage the country has undergone, its tyrants feel they are winning the war.
All know that whatever promises are made, Iran can quickly disrupt the strait and hit its neighbors with rockets and drones, damaging their oil facilities and water desalination plants.
The blunt truth is that if the regime survives, the U.S. suffers a strategic defeat of global dimensions.
One must assume we and the Israelis know of dissidents within the Iranian military and elsewhere.
Opponents to the regime will act only if they become convinced that we won't pull the rug from under them by trying to re-enter negotiations with this diabolical government.
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