Inside Trump’s ‘crazy world’ of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats to bomb Iran
Regional stability hinges on credible deterrence and strategic partnerships with key allies.
The sneer in “crazy world” tells you the point is to mock the man, not interrogate the stakes. When coverage reduces foreign policy to odd props and punch lines, it dodges the harder question: what does it take to keep Americans safe when dealing with a regime that lies, represses, and arms proxies? The real issue is not whether Trump sounds tidy on television.
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Asked how he could trust pledges from an Iranian regime that just imposed a brutal crackdown and killed at least several thousand of its own people after decades of severe authoritarianism, Trump left Americans with one of his classic cliff-hangers.
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The sneer in “crazy world” tells you the point is to mock the man, not interrogate the stakes. When coverage reduces foreign policy to odd props and punch lines, it dodges the harder question: what does it take to keep Americans safe when dealing with a regime that lies, represses, and arms proxies?
The real issue is not whether Trump sounds tidy on television. It’s whether the press treats Iranian “pledges” as serious diplomacy when Tehran has a record of cheating and brutalizing its own people. Public trust erodes when elites ask citizens to accept rosy assurances in place of verifiable terms.
A conservative view starts with national security, credible deterrence, and the rule of law. Negotiations are not therapy sessions. They are contracts, enforced by consequences, grounded in verification. The principle at stake is simple: America should not gamble its safety on promises from governments that have made deception a governing strategy.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.