{"id":22554,"date":"2026-04-08T08:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22554"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:25:59","slug":"trump-and-the-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/08\/trump-and-the-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and the Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trump and the Iranian government reportedly agreed to a temporary cease fire. Hopefully more carnage can be averted. Here\u2019s my takes on the conflict over the past month.<\/p>\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 compares the rescue of the downed pilot in Iran with the resurrection of Jesus.  It would be a real miracle if the Trump administration story about the armada of planes &amp; helicopters to rescue one soldier was accurate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOdZktGRA6\">pic.twitter.com\/uOdZktGRA6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2041528391497576896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 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 F-word Easter morning outburst is like a church service interrupted by a crazed homeless guy in the front pew who starts screaming profanities &amp; threatening to kill anyone who doesn&#39;t submit to his commands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/stL0AwaxtH\">pic.twitter.com\/stL0AwaxtH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2040812500204069032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 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\">President Trump celebrates Easter morning with an unhinged F-word rant promising death &amp; destruction on Truth Social.  This is worse than pathetic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0w4NH67IDW\">pic.twitter.com\/0w4NH67IDW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2040789162597433608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 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\">Iranian women from Canada in Washington calling for the U.S. govt. to forcibly restore democracy in Iran by putting the son of the Shah in power. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DA2UWjJ0fr\">pic.twitter.com\/DA2UWjJ0fr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2038673999379509502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 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\">Which White House wizard had the bright idea of putting Trump on decaf tonight?<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2039511282668146839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 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\">Since my 1987 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USATODAY<\/a> op-ed on the Persian Gulf, I have championed the same fix for U.S. policy for the Middle East: GTFO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bD0gi5EkWm\">pic.twitter.com\/bD0gi5EkWm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2039009124625572217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 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-Hegseth Military Brain Trust decided that it will only require a few weeks of combat for a U.S. invasion to totally defeat Iran. Didn&#39;t Trump previously say the war was won in the first hour? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T3jBlIeogm\">pic.twitter.com\/T3jBlIeogm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2038427924798362108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 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\">Do we know if Trump is that stupid or whether he simply assumes most of his listeners are that stupid? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/30tLDXZDkv\">https:\/\/t.co\/30tLDXZDkv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2037240017550979333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 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\">Four years ago, I growled at Biden&#39;s idiotic comment about the 82nd Airborne going to the Ukraine.  Now Trump is sending the 82nd Airborne to the Middle East perhaps to attack Iran. Is it asking too much to have a U.S. president who doesn&#39;t recklessly risk U.S. troops in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1hULiJsZwW\">pic.twitter.com\/1hULiJsZwW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2037239507460718608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 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\">Can we get a GoFundMe campaign to pay for a parachute for Congressman Ogles to liberate Kharg Island? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JBptmWlfCm\">https:\/\/t.co\/JBptmWlfCm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2036450926081265940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 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\">Bingo!  A year ago I warned that &quot;playing with legal nitroglycerine [could]  destroy the Trump administration&#8230; Trump team is invoking the same  doctrines that helped destroy the Nixon &amp; George W. Bush  administrations. America has no more liberties to spare.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/guiEw8Lb0M\">pic.twitter.com\/guiEw8Lb0M<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2036434137427353975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 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\">Federal judge Paul Friedman condemned the unconstitutional Trump-Hegseth blindfold on media covering the Pentagon because the &quot;the Policy\u2019s true purpose&quot; was &quot;to weed out disfavored journalists.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zfjyCpGiqf\">pic.twitter.com\/zfjyCpGiqf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2035121783678845393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 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\">While Trump and Hegseth supposedly crusaded for freedom abroad, they destroyed Americans&#39; freedom of the press at home &#8211; according to a federal judge ruling striking down unconstitutional Pentagon press blindfolds today.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gPcmMJX6hI\">https:\/\/t.co\/gPcmMJX6hI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2035120763561267461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 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\">Watching War Secretary Pete Hegseth&#39;s latest press conference reminds me of 1980s late night ads from used car hustlers on California TV stations. Does anyone trust Hegseth more now than they did a month ago? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D0TUePKbCd\">pic.twitter.com\/D0TUePKbCd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2034605343259382092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 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\">In my teenage years, I used a hitchhiking sign that said &quot;TRUST ME.&quot; It worked as badly as Trump&#39;s &quot;Help Me Open Hormuz&quot; sign <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qgky4uTPq9\">pic.twitter.com\/Qgky4uTPq9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2033612871028838439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 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\">Can political shysters exploit the Iran war to vaccinate President Trump against his biggest scandal? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@washingtonpost<\/a> aids the cause by labeling &quot;Operation Epstein Fury&quot; as Pro-Iranian Propaganda  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cICQOTlUEl\">https:\/\/t.co\/cICQOTlUEl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2032518673190039910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 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\">Here is the Trump administration&#39;s exact gauge of the presumed intelligence of its supporters:  &quot;Strait of Hormuz is open except for Iran shooting at ships&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3KlYtzFEnh\">https:\/\/t.co\/3KlYtzFEnh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2032475428376498388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 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 Trump get a popularity boost for bombing Iran like Reagan did with Grenada? Grenada didn&#39;t have option to close the Strait of Hormuz or launch missile attacks on nearby US troops. Coming weeks could vivify Shakepeare&#39;s line &#8211; &#39;cry havoc &amp; loose the dogs of war.&#39;<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/1936634891187179943?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\">Lucky for us that the false claim about the US Navy opening the Strait of Hormuz is the only mistaken assertion by the Trump admin. in this war. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JD7bCnhp8v\">https:\/\/t.co\/JD7bCnhp8v<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2031444752638382115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 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\">Secretary of War Pete Hegseth banned photographers from his press briefings because he said their pictures of him were &quot;unflattering.&quot;  Does Hegseth think this &quot;triple whoop&quot; photo from the weight room is better? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5bxA07OEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/G5bxA07OEQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2031770739599143310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 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\">One year ago, I warned: &quot;Trump is one of a long  series of commanders-in-chief who expanded &amp; exploited the  dictatorial potential of the presidency. Trump\u2019s occasional pro-liberty  rhetoric provides no assurance against abuses of power that could lead  to a constitutional\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/15v4LUWQrK\">pic.twitter.com\/15v4LUWQrK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2031362708239524215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 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  Trump salvage his presidency like Reagan saved his first term? Reagan  pulled U.S. Marines out of Lebanon in 1984 after a truck bombing killed  241 Marines. U.S. military began  attacking Muslims but totally failed to protect its own troops <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAVSFA5hzw\">https:\/\/t.co\/cAVSFA5hzw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2031006929749750259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 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\">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\">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\">President Reagan&#39;s Middle East debacles &amp; cluelessness spurred White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker to consider invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. How is Trump doing explaining his Iran War?  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZzdK0XL6TC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZzdK0XL6TC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029981631704965129?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\">Will Trump wreck his presidency with brazen falsehoods about his attack on Iran? 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><br>USA TODAY<br>August 14, 2003<br>By accident or design, Bush hyped case for war<br>BYLINE: James Bovard\u2026<\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2029627356151796023?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<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/trump-hat-combo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and the Iranian government reportedly agreed to a temporary cease fire. Hopefully more carnage can be averted. 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