The U.S. has been pounding Iran with Operation Epic Fury for just over a month now.
The rescue of the second American crew member revealed a harsh lesson to the regime, according to former CENTCOM commander, retired Gen. Frank McKenzie. If the U.S. can pull off such a mission deep inside its territory and get out without losing anyone, it doesn’t say much about where Iran’s forces are at this point.
But the problem seems to be that Iran is deluding itself. Part of that is that they are sort of a cult that doesn’t think logically. When most countries would be thinking about the welfare of their people, they don’t care. They keep tempting President Donald Trump to wipe them out.
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Then, too, they’re looking at what Democrats and liberal media are saying about them “winning” and taking heart from that, I think. Not because it’s true, they know it isn’t. But what they think it may show is that we don’t have the will to finish them off. So in that sense, the Democrats and the liberal media are prolonging the war and hurting the possibility of a deal.
President Donald Trump has given them until Tuesday at 8 p.m. to open the Strait of Hormuz, or they would be “living in hell.”
What one of their embassies posted didn’t look like a wise response.
We’ve lost the keys.
— Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe (@IRANinZIMBABWE) April 5, 2026
Now that’s funny, but it’s also delusional. The Embassy in Zimbabwe may be safe from getting hit, but the regime is going to lose a lot more than just the keys if they don’t open the Strait and make a deal. They already have. They lost their Supreme Leader and have been left with a cheap, cardboard replacement who may not even be alive. I’ve lost count of how many of their leaders have been eliminated.
Iran doesn’t have much left, with their military decimated. They were just badly embarrassed by the rescue, showing how weak they are. Trying to sound tough on social media is one of the few remaining options.
I suspect they’ll be finding out on Tuesday that trying to troll Trump is not a good idea. You know who last tried that? Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Just a reminder: Maduro taunted, “Come get me!” And how did that turn out for him? Not well when the U.S. was able to grab him in an amazing operation and take him back to the United States to be prosecuted.
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Posting smack on social media won’t save the regime.
People on X thought a big “find out” was incoming for the regime.
Don’t worry, Trump has the master key. pic.twitter.com/JRIpJbIaNm
— Cody Cox 🇺🇲 (@CodyBearCox) April 6, 2026
We’ll be dropping off the spare key on Tuesday; catch!
— The Dutch Hammer (@EdwinHendriksen) April 6, 2026
We have the locksmith.
Sending him in… pic.twitter.com/8TGmURPihn
— ℝ𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕥 (@mrravenholdt) April 6, 2026
Editor’s Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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