{"id":22434,"date":"2026-03-02T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22434"},"modified":"2026-03-06T22:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:03:31","slug":"trump-iran-my-barbs-2017-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/trump-iran-my-barbs-2017-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump &amp; Iran: My Barbs, 2017-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only thing this pro-war video is missing is a cameo of Kristi Noem shooting a puppy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2gmjd7X7z\">https:\/\/t.co\/B2gmjd7X7z<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029930152151351355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: Reagan-appointed military commission blamed the disaster in part on  Marine guards being prohibited from carrying loaded weapons to stop attackers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZzdK0XL6TC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZzdK0XL6TC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2030015313304019188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoopla over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth&#39;s bench press distracts attention from Pentagon censorship. Hegseth couldn&#39;t be guilty of war crimes because he benched 315, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHAdsN8cEX\">pic.twitter.com\/RHAdsN8cEX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029987368619438544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why does Trump keep reminding me of Ambrose Bierce&#39;s Devil&#39;s Dictionary? Bierce defined &quot;ultimatum &#8211; In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C6l7o4Fvo6\">pic.twitter.com\/C6l7o4Fvo6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029934145934152029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And then Hegseth said, &quot;Hold my beer!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fBs1Zijuot\">https:\/\/t.co\/fBs1Zijuot<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029583743766176075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">George W. Bush destroyed his presidency with lies on the Iraq War. I bashed him in 2003 in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a>. Will Trump wreck his presidency with brazen falsehoods about his attack on Iran? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4ZfSv0Luhr\">pic.twitter.com\/4ZfSv0Luhr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029582522003108232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoopla over Hegseth&#39;s bench press distracted attention from the Trump team&#39;s rush to war with Iran.  Hegseth compelled all Pentagon correspondents to sign pledges not to disclose anything about the US military that the government doesn&#39;t approve. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6MVtGg9lYS\">https:\/\/t.co\/6MVtGg9lYS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029369276600049894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump is bombing Iran to \u201cneutralize Iran\u2019s malign activities,&quot; according to its official notification to Congress. Nothing &quot;imminent&quot; &#8211; just that Trump wanted to bomb. Does that justify getting Americans killed, disrupting world energy supplies, and creating havoc across vast\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvV7suy9xc\">pic.twitter.com\/cvV7suy9xc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028979021992579548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My 2020 warning: &quot;America can no longer afford to indulge its laptop bombardiers.  We are spending money we don\u2019t have to fight conflicts we don\u2019t need to  impress people who despise us.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3XGHweN6jg\">https:\/\/t.co\/3XGHweN6jg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028650862894043311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">39 years ago in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a>, I called for the U.S. to exit the Persian Gulf:  &quot;This is not our war, and there is no profit in U.S. intervention. The U.S. fleet should declare victory and withdraw.&quot; And here we are in another war <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXk6iUQqjE\">pic.twitter.com\/SXk6iUQqjE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028864008409727092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kind of sad when the Book of Revelations sounds more plausible than the Trump administration&#39;s pretexts for attacking Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKT9XLyU2J\">https:\/\/t.co\/vKT9XLyU2J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028922050983718967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Key for Trump &amp; Iran: There is no &quot;due diligence&quot; test in DC for championing mass carnage abroad. Warmongers are automatically absolved for any falsehoods or frauds they use to drag the U.S. into another war. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UO21hIpeHf\">pic.twitter.com\/UO21hIpeHf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1935680784632819970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dude should have stuck to talking about the drapes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0WQUDBc4nt\">https:\/\/t.co\/0WQUDBc4nt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028815259570467109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;committed to getting on that brink&quot; &#8211; well, hell, then we had to kill them <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h4tRqrcukG\">https:\/\/t.co\/h4tRqrcukG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028654960192496089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Ted Cruz doesn\u2019t even have the courage to walk through an airport without TSA officials escorting him  to protect him from hecklers. And he wants to send American soldiers off to war against Iran? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RlsNeSlxoj\">pic.twitter.com\/RlsNeSlxoj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2024502253109776501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump&#39;s triumphal bluster on bombing Iran will not immunize Americans against disastrous repercussions. Here&#39;s my initial penalty flags on perhaps Trump&#39;s greatest folly of 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SpNmiEhef1\">pic.twitter.com\/SpNmiEhef1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1937147817879072890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Trump have better luck fighting Iran than the U.S. Navy had fighting the Houthis? WSJ blows the whistle on stunning fight-to-a-draw  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KcWJ0GoaWI\">https:\/\/t.co\/KcWJ0GoaWI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936995327514468402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Trump veers near war with Iran, recall George W. Bush conning Americans to support attacking Iraq by portraying Saddam Hussein as the 20th hijacker on 9\/11. Bush covered up Saudi govt. role in the 9\/11 attacks&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BEGWoNkQaa\">https:\/\/t.co\/BEGWoNkQaa<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2022681241288609925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HL Mencken would not be surprised that the push for war with Iran is bringing out every charlatan in the land. Sen. John Fetterman offered the most shameless justification for a U.S. bombing campaign: \u201cThis is not warmongering. This is peace mongering.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kotSsbtgDP\">https:\/\/t.co\/kotSsbtgDP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1937998385924981105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The @SecDef Hegseth press conference offered mindless adulation of Trump in lieu of a clear explanation &amp; justification for a preemptive attack on Iran.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936765117296767448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#39;s a 2003 piece I wrote after George W. Bush\u2019s initial Iraq War victory laps: \u201cThe Folly of Invading Iran\u201d &#8211; \u201cIf Bush advisors want to conquer Tehran, let them do it themselves.\u201d Same is true now for Trump and his bellicose bootlickers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjZ0jEFxj9\">https:\/\/t.co\/rjZ0jEFxj9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936430157855854749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Trump wants to be reelected, he needs to stop pretending that the U.S. has the right to wantonly bomb anyplace in the world without repercussions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KPgOveiQYk\">https:\/\/t.co\/KPgOveiQYk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1212039532020977675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seeing the docile posture of the generals &amp; others following Trump out of the room after his Iran statement reminds me of Lyndon Johnson&#39;s boast about a Senate colleague &quot;I&#39;ve got his pecker in my pocket.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranVSAmerica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranVSAmerica<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1214950251553083394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My 1987 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatodayopinion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usatodayopinion<\/a> &#8211; &quot;Why take sides in a fight between two knaves?  [Iraq &amp; Iran]  What difference does it make if one country\u2019s leaders are destined for the seventh circle of hell, and the other\u2019s are destined for the sixth circle of hell?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4bNbsmZZEH\">https:\/\/t.co\/4bNbsmZZEH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1297221943003942913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump rages &amp; demands &quot;unconditional surrender&quot; from Iran. Will this be a moment for an Ambrose Bierce definition? &quot;ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.&quot;<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1935064924658499980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will Trump destroy his chances for a second term with brazenly dishonest invocations to launch an unjustified attack on Iran?  Stay tuned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jFYdTyTfHI\">https:\/\/t.co\/jFYdTyTfHI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1141337519482658817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For most of the advocates of bombing Iran, their only &quot;combat experience&quot; consisted of having their lunch money stolen in elementary school.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142103793498279942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump &amp; Iran: In recent American history, warring and lying have been practically two sides of the same coin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yKoYruLafr\">https:\/\/t.co\/yKoYruLafr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1142078670569447424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every president since GWHBush has seen their record &amp; legacy ravaged by foolish, unnecessary interventions in the Middle East. Trump&#39;s torpedoing the Iran nuclear deal sharply boosts odds that he will join that list.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/993929805404962816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excellent analysis on how pursuing regime change in Tehran means destroying freedom here in America. But most of the policy elite doesn&#39;t give a damn  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VBOvQVnod5\">https:\/\/t.co\/VBOvQVnod5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1002183053945589760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WashPost sez Trump is frustrated by advisors who seek war with Iran which could &quot;shatter his long-standing pledge to withdraw from costly foreign wars.&quot; Will Trump yank in the reins pre-castrophe?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZyI0Xizyl\">https:\/\/t.co\/AZyI0Xizyl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1128842627540033536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To end sanctions, U.S. govt. demands Iranian govt. respect civil liberties. Only U.S. allies like the Saudis are permitted to tyrannize their own people.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUjFBzuf5B\">https:\/\/t.co\/gUjFBzuf5B<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1120686414998515716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is on par with President George W. Bush being surprised that there were Sunni vs. Shiite Muslims after he launched the Iraq War <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i3cTa9aPLY\">https:\/\/t.co\/i3cTa9aPLY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028506163864654142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Will MAGA follow Merle Haggard&#39;s footsteps? Haggard staunchly supported the Vietnam War but opposed U.S. warring after Bush invaded Iraq in 2003.  How many  conservatives will have the same epiphany now? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LXkKN7HuVF\">pic.twitter.com\/LXkKN7HuVF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028483558872891595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hegseth is making it too easy for Saturday Night Live <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKGuly0Qo5\">https:\/\/t.co\/xKGuly0Qo5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028476236679266325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I warned last June: &quot;Presumed presidential omniscience is razing constraints on the Oval Office&#8230;. Unfortunately, citizens cannot rely on Congress, the Constitution, or federal law to curb Trump\u2019s interventions at home or abroad.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IfChseANWF\">pic.twitter.com\/IfChseANWF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028293239292178747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In 6 minute call to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nytimes<\/a>, Trump contradicts himself repeatedly. &quot;Trump appears enamored of using a Venezuela-like model in Iran.&quot; Trump said: \u201cEverybody\u2019s kept their job except for two people.&quot; Holy crap! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/keYQQ6rvZq\">pic.twitter.com\/keYQQ6rvZq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028288455512358948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I called Trump &amp; Iran in June 2025: &quot;Does President Trump have any legal basis for his foreign policy actions aside from his personal entitlement to absolute power? &#8230; Trump\u2019s erratic behavior on Iran almost make President Richard Nixon look mild-mannered.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v3pGp5O8iB\">pic.twitter.com\/v3pGp5O8iB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028280245736894492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saturday Night Live does Iran: <br>Secretary of War Hegseth: &quot;We took out a horrible leader who was oppressing his own people.&quot;<br>Trump: &quot;But don&#39;t get any ideas!&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ESBDJ7J6EF\">https:\/\/t.co\/ESBDJ7J6EF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028108851472404596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump called the Washington Post at 4 a.m. today and claimed: &quot;All I want is freedom for the [Iranian] people.&quot;\u00a0 Lying about American wars is a venerable presidential tradition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9wwhDE25By\">pic.twitter.com\/9wwhDE25By<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2027950576282022112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump is showing the same folly with Iran that I condemned in 2017 in  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a>:  &quot;Trump&#39;s Syria policy relies on &#39;virtue signaling&#39; with bombs and  missiles. But blowing up innocent foreigners can provoke terrorist  attacks at home.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RHEucXkCdE\">pic.twitter.com\/RHEucXkCdE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028124142369718783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So  why didn&#39;t Trump wear this hat for his &quot;I declare war on Iran&quot; 8 minute  video last night?  The quality of that video was even more pathetic  than Trump&#39;s BS claim that &quot;All I want is freedom for the [Iranian]  people.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q22acZOTZL\">pic.twitter.com\/q22acZOTZL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2027941419197800750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every president since GWHBush has seen their record &amp; legacy ravaged by foolish, unnecessary interventions in the Middle East. Trump&#39;s torpedoing the Iran nuclear deal sharply boosts odds that he will join that list.<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/993929805404962816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Trump &amp; war with Iran: &quot;If Americans have learned anything since 9\/11, it should be the folly of deferring to Washington secrecy.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ttHWw2jyU5\">https:\/\/t.co\/ttHWw2jyU5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1141786266377293824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Private citizens are being denied the facts as Trump blusters and bombs his way towards war with Iran. Unfortunately, presidents have lied us into war for more than 100 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q8XtQjXIFt\">pic.twitter.com\/q8XtQjXIFt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1213819341403230209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OTD 2024 My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nypost<\/a> tribute: \u201cIs the best of the free life behind us now?\u201d Merle Haggard  asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song. The &quot;free life&quot; looks  further than ever in the rear view mirror. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r5e4BhzqOT\">pic.twitter.com\/r5e4BhzqOT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2028545150876582316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;No matter how many bombs Trump drops or how many freedoms he skewers, he will retain an iron core of MAGA supporters who view Trump\u2019s own power as the best hope for America.&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimBovard<\/a>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amconmag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amconmag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d30vWlkcHe\">https:\/\/t.co\/d30vWlkcHe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Walter P. 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