“Pundits condemn President Trump’s decision to bomb the nuclear facilities in Iran as the catalyst for electoral failure. I don’t care: I am glad Trump did it. If doing the right thing costs him congressional majorities, so be it. Part of making America great again is defending America from threats both foreign and domestic. President Trump has put America first, and that included taking out the megalomaniacal Ayatollahs and the IRGC.

“Trump has put America first by cracking down on legal immigration and mass legal immigration, protecting kids and families, keeping men out of women’s sports, and improving our economy with drastic deregulation and energy production. Instead of measuring his successes, voters complained about pain at the pump. What’s the point of cheap gas if your city gets wiped out in a nuclear holocaust?”

Bingo.

Now here is Hanson’s ethics quote, from his lengthy analysis on “X”:

“There is no reason why the Trump administration cannot have a successful last two years. The economy is growing.The crime rate is at historic lows.The border is closed shut. The radical pro-Western political transformation of South and Central America has remade the entire Western Hemisphere.European NATO is rearming.Oil and gas production is at highest levels of any nation in history.The bloated federal work force has been trimmed by over 270,000 jobs.There is no longer a 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment. The forced reforms in higher education were long overdue.”

Oh, never mind! Trump broke his promise and decided to stop Iran from continuing to break its corrupt deal with Obama and march on to gaining the capability to drop nuclear bombs on Israel while seeding terrorism around the Middle East. [Update: From NBC News, “The average nationwide price for regular gasoline Tuesday fell below $4 per gallon for the first time since July 20, according to data from motor club AAA. Looking at the AAA price tracker, the average stands at $3.98, down more than 3 cents from yesterday, down 17 cents from Election Day, and down 39 cents in the past month. Diesel is also down 13 cents/gallon…”]

I believe Hanson understates the importance of this, however: “Media coverage of the Biden 2022 weak economy were muted, while Trump’s 2-year inflation rate was exaggerated during 2026.” Indeed. “Enemy of the people” is more than a description: it is an impediment to democracy (which requires an informed and civically literate population) and the continued existence of the United States. Along with the devolution of our universities, colleges and public schools into leftist indoctrination factories, the corruption of journalism is the greatest threat to the nation.