I believe Trump means it when he says we’ll pull out of Iran within the coming weeks. Remember, the people who used to say this was impossible were the same ones who profited off the endless wars fueling the pockets of defense contractors, career politicians and the like. “It will take decades to defeat Iran. Now make billions of dollars in contracts with us.” Ridiculous.

Iran cannot be “nation shaped” into a “democracy” — which isn’t what we want, anyway. In a perfect world, every country would be a republic, where individual rights were sacred and the sole function of government is to uphold them. A democracy can elect a Hitler, or a Maduro, or a Castro, or an AOC … what the hell good is that for the cause of freedom?! We have to get America back to that point before we could credibly serve as a role model for any other country. Not that it’s our job to be a role model, but by taking care of ourselves we will be a great role model, just the same. Trump moves us in that direction, while the Democratic Party (and its enabling RINOs) are moving us toward all-out totalitarian rule, where the government is nothing but a bunch of sinister mobsters. Look at Hillary Clinton’s evil, sneering, hateful face — that tells you all you need to know about any of our career politicians.

Allow President Trump and our new and improved military (bereft of drag queens serving a political, not military, purpose) to do their job. The reports I choose to believe indicate that Iran is getting pulverized by the U.S. We could do much worse to them than we’ve already done, and everybody knows it. Long live American military might, provided that America restores its role in the world (and for its citizens) as a republic dedicated (both in principle and practice) to upholding the rights of man — the rights to life, individual liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That’s all. And that’s EVERYTHING.

A new report on the goings-on within President Donald Trump’s close circle of advisors revealed that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has allegedly urged the group to be “more forthright with the boss” about the realities of his war with Israel against Iran.

Wiles was concerned that the president’s aides were offering him a rose-colored outlook on how the war was being perceived among Americans, too often telling Trump what he wanted to hear, according to TIME Magazine, which cited several White House sources and a senior administration official.

According to the official, Trump has begun many recent days by viewing videos gathered by military officials that show only battlefield successes in the Middle East. Trump has told his advisors that eliminating the alleged nuclear threat posed by Iran, which he had previously claimed had been “totally obliterated,” could be a defining feature of his presidency, the official told TIME.

In the third week of the war, it was Wiles’ responsibility to share surveys by Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio that showed the war’s increasing unpopularity with the president at one such meeting, TIME reported. The surveys reportedly referenced the skyrocketing price of gas, stock market volatility and the millions of protesters who had taken to the streets in opposition to the conflict.

The longer the war lasted, the more difficult it would be for Trump and Republicans at large to fare well in November’s critical midterm elections, Wiles reportedly told the president. Prospects for the GOP were already looking grim before the onset of the war, with Democrats flipping more than two-dozen seats across the U.S. since Trump’s reelection while Republicans flipped none.