Trump warns Iran against reconstituting nuclear program as he welcomes Israel's Netanyahu for talks

Mainstream coverage treats Trump’s warning to Iran as if it’s mainly about his tone, not Tehran’s record. The handwringing misses the point: Iran has spent decades testing limits, pocketing concessions, and using proxy violence to expand influence while insisting its nuclear work is “peaceful.”

Conservatives aren’t impressed by rhetorical purity; we care about outcomes. If Iran believes it can quietly reconstitute its program, diplomacy becomes theater and sanctions become suggestions. Deterrence is not chest-thumping. It is credible consequences, paired with clear red lines, so adversaries calculate risk instead of opportunity.

Welcoming Netanyahu underscores a basic reality: national security is built on capable allies and shared interests, not moral lectures from afar. The goal is institutional stability in a volatile region and public trust at home that America will enforce what it says, especially on nuclear proliferation.