Trump Outrage Watch: The "Peace President" Goes to War and Threatens Elections

Donald Trump used to say he wanted to be a “peace president” who specifically would not engage in “regime change” and had ambitions of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Forget all that. With Israel, he’s just launched his eighth military campaign—a huge bombing attack on Iran that killed the country’s brutal Supreme Leader and an undetermined number of his top aides.

Ridding the world of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a virtuous act—he just massacred thousands of his own people opposing his regime and previously had killed hundreds of thousands of people, including American troops—directly or via terrorist organizations he supported. And, though weakened, Iran had not given up on its ambitions to build nuclear weapons.

But the question is: what now? Has the Iranian regime truly been toppled—especially the 190,000-member the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the 90,000 member Basij paramilitary force and the 400,000 members of the regular armed forces, plus the theocratic hierarchy and civilian government?

Trump has called on the Iranian people to take control of their country and they likely would do so if they could, but they have no weapons or organization. He also hopes the armed forces will split, with some opposing the regime, but will that happen? Will the US have to reorganize Iran? Can it? How long will we have to continue attacking Iranian forces? How much mayhem will Iran wreak on the Arab nations who opposed the US attack, but were targeted by Iran anyway?

https://www.postalley.org/2026/03/02/trump-outrage-watch-the-peace-president-goes-to-war-and-threatens-elections/