NationalTrump addresses the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in IranMarch 2, 2026 | 6:27 PM GMTPresident Donald Trump commented on March 2, that the U.S. will do “whatever it takes” to eliminate threats posed from Iran.

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The Hamas paragliders, who were tentacles of Iran, began today’s war on Oct. 7, 2023, igniting one of history’s most spectacular backfires. Iran’s regime and its terrorism multipliers, Hamas and Hezbollah, have unintentionally magnified Israel’s security. And Iran’s regime, whose mantra since its inception in 1979 has been “Death to America,” is near death by the clasped hands of Israel and America. Some say that U.S. involvement in Iran constitutes a “war of choice.” That too casually bandied phrase rarely fits untidy reality. In 1939, Adolf Hitler said a world war would mean “the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.” Israel exists because Hitler meant that.

In ways too many to count, President Donald Trump has broken the mold for U.S. leaders. One must jump ahead nearly 50 years to find a second example of an American president encouraging Middle Easterners to claim their freedom. This was February 1991, after the bombing that opened the U.S.-led Gulf War but before the ground assault that forced Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s troops from Kuwait. On the eve of the war, he delivered a speech highlighting regime change as the goal of the campaign: “Helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment. Operation Iraqi Freedom lasted nine bloody years.

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When President Trump announced that he was taking the United States to war against Iran, he offered a long list of ambitious goals. Then he added the most audacious objective of all: regime change. “Air power rarely produces friendly regime change,” said Robert A. Pape of the University of Chicago, a prominent scholar of air power. But none of those scenarios would be the transition to democracy that many Iranians hope for — the more positive version of regime change. ... After offering regime change as one of the reasons for the war, we may not only fail to produce regime change; we could see a second massacre.”

NationalCharlie Kirk banner hung at Department of Education in D.C.March 2, 2026 | 3:12 PM GMTA banner featuring the image of the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was seen at the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., alongside images of Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Sullivan, Booker T. Washington and Catharine Beecher.

A new rash on the right side of President Donald Trump’s neck is the result of a cream that he’s using as a “preventative skin treatment,” his personal physician told CNN on Monday. “President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment,” Dr. Sean Barbabella said in a statement. “The President is using the treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.”Barbabella did not specify why Trump needed the skin treatment, and the White House did not immediately respond to questions about his condition. The reddish spot was visible on the president’s neck during an appearance earlier in the day for a Medal of Honor ceremony, rising above the collar of his shirt and stopping just under his ear. He has attributed those to frequent handshaking and his insistence on taking a higher daily dose of aspirin than advised, which makes him more prone to bruising.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday would not rule out the possibility of sending American ground troops to Iran or articulate the Trump administration’s exit strategy as the Pentagon attempts to secure a quick, decisive victory while limiting U.S. bloodshed. Six U.S. service members have died as a result of Iranian counterstrikes, officials said, and three advanced aircraft have been lost. A person familiar with the military’s plans, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity because the matter is highly sensitive, said the Pentagon also was working to move more air defense assets into the region. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a rare on-camera media briefing on March 2, where he spoke on the Iran strikes. U.S. cyber and space capabilities were employed to blind Iranian forces in advance of the assault, Caine said.

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A former “South Park” writer has proposed that the president’s son, Barron Trump, be sent off to war as his father explains the rationale behind the deadly strikes on Iran this past weekend. “America is strong because its leaders are strong. President Trump proves that every day,” the website reads. “Naturally, his son Barron is more than ready to defend the country his father so boldly commands. A screenshot of DraftBarronTrump.com, a website created by a former "South Park" writer to troll the president following the deadly strikes on Iran this past weekend.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — The United States began a war with Iran to re-obliterate Iran’s nuclear weapons program, which purportedly was originally obliterated just eight months ago. “The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,” Trump told ABC. Second or third place is dead.”And to The Atlantic, Trump blamed Iran for not agreeing to one of his favorite words, a “deal.”“They could have made a deal. “People have wanted to do it for 47 years.”AdvertisementTrump expanded on that in an interview with CNN Monday morning: “We don’t know who the leadership is. Maybe they’ll get lucky and get someone who knows what they’re doing ... we don’t know who’s leading the country now.