LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump issued his final warning to Iran on Truth Social with a late-night profane message trying his best to get through to what’s left of Iranian leadership. “Open the F*** in Strait< you crazy bastards, or you will be living in Hell—JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,” Trump said. Senate Minority Leader Chick Schumer denounced Trump’s message calling it vile, raising questions of whose side Schumer in on. Whatever Trump’s message, he’s trying to stop Iran to making a fatal mistake, trying to hold on to the Strait of Hormuz as a terrorist way to preventing commercial ships from transporting their oil, natural gas and other products through the Persian Gulf. Iran declared its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, shutting down the Strait, driving oil prices worldwide through the roof. Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway.
Whatever Schumer thinks of Trump, it’s inexcusable, treasonous, for him to back the Iranian regime against the U.S., all because he despises Trump. Schumer should be 100% backing Trump’s war in Iran, knowing it helps Israel by de-fanging the world’s biggest state-sponsor of terrorism. “As you head off to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media,” Shumer said. How are Schumer’s words taken in Tehran with the radical mullah regime. If Schumer were living in Tehran, he’d be shot on the spot. If there’s anyone unhinged, it’s Schumer ranting about Trump when his country is at war. Schumer says he supports Israel but doesn’t recognize that no other president in U.S. history has backed Israel more than Trump. Schumer needs to bite his tongue before spewing his bile.
Politics should have nothing to with what happens when the U.S. is at war. Democrats and the fake news want to make everything a political issue, all because they desperately want to control the House and Senate in the 2026 Midterm elections. But when it comes to the U.S. airman shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile April 3, the U.S. media was fixated on getting the airman back. When Trump announced last night he had been rescued, he felt inclined to send Iran the strongest possible message about opening the Strait of Hormuz. Does that make Trump a madman to Schumer? He should be sanctioned by the Senate for disparaging the commander-in-chief during an ongoing war. Schumer is all about scoring political points, not backing his country during a time of war. Trump’s strategy is entirely logical trying to get Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran called Trump’s warning “vile,” denouncing Trump’s threats to take out Iran’s electrical grid. What does Iran think its doing by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s mullahs know that it has no legal right under the international laws of the sea to close down a global shipping lane. Trump war against Iran started with degrading its war-making powers but no turns to opening up the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s mullah regime is in survival mode, knowing that most of its senior leadership has been liquidated by the war. If the mullah regime wanted to survive, they would open the Strait of Hormuz and show they can play by the same rules as anyone else. Schumer’s public remarks are despicable knowing that the U.S. is at war with an implacable enemy that seeks the destruction of the U.S. and Israel. Schumer acts like he’s working for the Iranian regime.
U.S. newspapers including the Wall Street Journal act like Trump did something irreverent by slapping Iran to wake up before it’s too late. Since Trump wont the presidency in 2016, the media has been relentlessly critics, once condemning Trump for using Twitter at the time. Now Trump disseminates his firsthand information on Truth Social, something the media is used to but nevertheless criticizes. What are the media to say how Trump should run the war in Iran or the challenge the rationale behind the military action. Fake news and Democrats wants to talk about the War Powers Act but give Trump no credit for operation within his Aricle 2 powers as commander-in-chief. Trump had every right to determine U.S. foreign policy and national security, deciding appropriate military action. Yet, if you listen to the press, Trump overstepped his Constitutional authority.
Trump voiced a big relief in retrieving the lost U.S. airman shot down with a surfact-to-air missile over Iran. Now that he’s been rescued, Trump can proceed to do what’s necessary to open up the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has no right to blockade an international waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas passes. To end the war, Iran’s mullah regime demanded that Trump pay Iran war reparations and recognize Iran’s sovereignty over the Persian Gulf. With outrageous demands like that, it’s no wonder that Iran sits at the precipice on utter disaster. When it comes to the mullah regime, they operate with no logic, even when it comes to their own survival. Trump would work with the regime if they met some very simple conditions like opening up the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has no no cards anymore to dicate terms to end the current war with the U.S. and Israel.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma
