TJ Walker argues Trump's Iran war was pointless, fought for nothing and wanted by no one. Trump claimed in February that regime change was good, then said in June he never cared about it. Even Tucker Carlson apologized for pushing voters toward Trump, suggesting the war is doomed when a media figure becomes its conscience.
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Trump promised peace through strength. He delivered retreat through stupidity. I can't prove Trump works for Vladimir Putin, but if he does, Putin owes him a raise. And if he doesn't, that's worse. He did all of this for free. Let's be clear about how dumb this war was. Historians rank wars by what they were fought for: independence, ending slavery, stopping Hitler. This one? Content. Nobody asked for it. Democrats didn't want it. Independents didn't want it. Tucker Carlson went on his own podcast and apologized for misleading people into voting for Trump. When Tucker Carlson is the conscience of your war, your war is in hospice. Trump couldn't even keep the goal straight. In February, he said regime change in Iran would be the best thing that could happen. By June, he said he never cared about regime change. That's not foreign policy, that's a man at the bar telling everyone he never liked his ex anyway.