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Trump Is Preventing Iran from Developing Nukes Like He Forced North Korea to Denuclearize. God Help Us.

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump cursing out Netanyah as Ayatollah looks on

Trump once told Americans to sleep well because he had supposedly ended the North Korean nuclear threat. North Korea kept building. iPINIONS warns that he’s now running the same delusional play with Iran: boasting of victory, hyping imaginary deals, and pretending Netanyahu will do whatever he says. But Iran just halted talks, oil prices spiked,… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Ayatollah, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East War, Netanyahu, nuclear deal, Trump, Trump North Korea

Iran: Trump Wants Japan-Like Surrender. Netanyahu Wants Gaza-Like Destruction

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
US and Israel bombing Iran with dignified transfer of dead soldiers

Trump wants a Japan-like surrender in five weeks. Netanyahu wants Gaza-like destruction on a far larger scale. iPINIONS argues that one man is chasing vainglory, the other is trying to outrun judgment at home, and both are helping turn a regional war into something darker, wider, and potentially apocalyptic. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/iran-trump-wants-japan-like-surrender Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, End Times, Gaza, iPINIONS, Iran, Iran War, Israel, Middle East War, world war III

US and Israel Launch Attacks to Change Regime in Iran

Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
images of US and Israel confrontation with Iran

Trump and Netanyahu are selling war on Iran as liberation… again. Just hours after diplomacy claimed progress, bombs fell, history repeated itself, and familiar lies resurfaced. From Iraq to Afghanistan, regime change by force has delivered chaos, repression, and blowback, not democracy. iPINIONS traces the pattern, the hypocrisy, and the danger of pretending this time… Read more.

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Filed Under: International Affairs Tagged With: Authoritarianism, geopolitics, iPINIONS, Iran, Israel, Middle East War, Netanyahu, regime change, Trump, US foreign policy

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