Baghdad NYT: ‘A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.’

That was the headline in the New York Times. The sub-headline read, “New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.”

Fact-check: Well, yes if you consider they now realize their capabilities are nada, non-existent, zilch. The Persian Army has more power and it disappeared in a sandstorm west of Thebes 2,551 years ago.

Bessent has a ‘SPINE OF STEEL’: Former national security adviser on ‘Economic Outcast’

Former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien joins ‘Kudlow’ to discuss the European Union joining ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ to isolate Iran’s financial lifelines and freeze IRGC assets.

IRAN EYES MIDTERMS: Tehran may want prolonged war for Trump defeat in November

As President Donald Trump teases hard retaliation against Iran after the two sides traded strikes over the weekend, some observers think the ‘failed regime’ believes in can outlast the U.S. and influence the outcome of the midterm elections.

A Few Honest Thoughts About President Trump

I want to make something clear about my support for President Donald Trump. Supporting many of his policies does not mean I approve of his personality, every word that comes out of his mouth, or every person he chooses to place around him. I do not believe Christians are called to surrender their judgment to a political party, and I certainly do not believe we are supposed to turn any president into an object of devotion.

“Trump’s Luck” Explained: When preparation meets opportunity

There is an old formulation, often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. It is a useful lens for examining the last eighteen months of the Trump administration, because it exposes the intellectual laziness — and, more often, the cynical political motive — behind the Democrat-media complex’s favored explanation for nearly every Trump-era success: that he simply got lucky.

Trump Shouldn’t Rush Iran Strategy: Rep. Issa

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California reacts to President Trump’s threats against Oman, saying the President’s comments should be taken “in context.” Issa describes the confrontation with Iran as a 47-year problem and says Trump shouldn’t feel pressured to resolve it on a political timeline, arguing that appearing to be in a hurry would play into Iran’s hands. He also discusses conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the USS George Washington makes its way to the region to relieve the carrier. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power.”

The Real Global Oil Crisis Has Not Begun – Yet. Gird Your Loins….

Here’s what we know:

The world gets about 20% of its oil via the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait has been closed or nearly closed since the United States launched its war with Iran.

That launch date was February 28th. Today is July 13th. We’re approaching five months of little to no oil getting through the Strait.

That’s so far resulted in 1+ billion fewer barrels in global circulation.

Here’s what we don’t seem to know

BREAKING: US strikes Iran for seventh consecutive night, targeting military infrastructure

Ret. U.S. Navy commander John ‘Fozzie’ Miller discusses U.S. Central Command’s seventh consecutive night of strikes targeting Iran’s military infrastructure and supply routes on ‘Kudlow.’

The World sees America is great again: Trump is crazy as a fox and as wily as the Road Runner.

Destroying Iran’s military threat to the world bounced President Trump’s approval back to 49% in the latest Rasmussen Poll. That’s his maximum just as it was for Lincoln. While the media claims the world has turned against him, the fact is he and America are on the top of the world, looking down on creation.