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The Shadow War Against President Trump
Jewish World Review ^ | March 20, 2026 | Josh Hammer

Posted on 03/20/2026 4:12:14 PM PDT by T Ruth

The joint American-Israeli military operation against the Iranian regime is now three weeks old, but there is another war — a more silent one — raging here on the home front. President Donald Trump's second administration is facing a highly coordinated shadow war — one waged both by some influential outside voices on the Right and, more dangerously, by their subversive allies within Trump's very own government.

If this campaign is not confronted and decisively defeated, the result will be calamitous: a second Trump term that drifts into lame-duck status not due to a voter backlash but because of an insurrection from within. What this column has previously referred to as "Operation Divide MAGA" has reached fever pitch. And Trump, to his great credit, has begun to settle all the MAGA family business. But an even more concerted effort is needed to clean out the Augean Stables once and for all.

First, let's take a step back.

In any healthy political coalition or movement, debate is inevitable and often desirable. But what we have seen from certain high-profile podcasters, such as Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, is nothing less than a full-scale assault on Trump and his agenda. These provocateurs first outed themselves last summer, when they all but accused Trump of covering up a global (Mossad-tied?) pedophile ring over his Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files. But above all, the podcasters' subversion has focused on foreign policy — most recently, on Iran and Operation Epic Fury.

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The most alarming developments are emerging from within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. A former Democratic congresswoman with a pro-Moscow slant once seen as a heterodox ally, Gabbard now oversees an environment that increasingly bears the markings of an anti-MAGA coup.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alwaysavictim; antisemitesonfr; carlson; chicoms; china; iran; israelfirst; israelhaters; kelly; r; stormfrontersonfr; subversion; undermining; zotthefrnazis

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1 posted on 03/20/2026 4:12:14 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth

Blah blah... boomerspeak....rant snort.... Isreal first... nleat baaAAAaaah....anti-semtites!!!

STFU already.

America first.


2 posted on 03/20/2026 4:32:27 PM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: T Ruth

“We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes that we know nothing about, that we shouldn’t be involved with”. Not for nothing but this is kind of reminiscent of “read my lips.”


3 posted on 03/20/2026 4:32:41 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: T Ruth

Tulsi has never made a secret of her anti-war views, so her opposition should not be a shocker. The only surprise is that she hasn’t already resigned. Quite honestly I am not sure why she was even hired but I gather it was a reward for her support.

The others are just trying to stay relevant as their ratings tank.


4 posted on 03/20/2026 4:33:02 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: T Ruth
The most alarming developments are emerging from within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. A former Democratic congresswoman with a pro-Moscow slant once seen as a heterodox ally, Gabbard now oversees an environment that increasingly bears the markings of an anti-MAGA coup.

This is a giant red flag in this piece. Tulsi Gabbard was brought on board because of her longstanding opposition to Beltway warmongering from the Democratic side. The MAGA foreign policy platform against stupid wars in Third World dumps was already there on the independent/Republican side.

Gabbard isn't the problem here -- because by all appearances she hasn't changed at all. It is Trump who has made the decision to align himself and what might be called his MAGA sycophants with a whole set of imbeciles who were absolute poison to the MAGA movement up until a few weeks ago: Lindsey Graham … John Bolton … Mark Levin … Hillary Clinton … Mike Pence … heck, now even a malignant leftist @sshole like David Boies is on Trump's side on this one.

5 posted on 03/20/2026 4:40:17 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: AAABEST

“America first.”
If that is total support for Israel
then that is what it must be.


6 posted on 03/20/2026 4:45:46 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: AAABEST

What a ignoramus!

One nuclear bomb in the hands of the Allatoyah will really ruin your day!


7 posted on 03/20/2026 4:48:52 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SoConPubbie

If ignoramuses could fly, this place would be an airport.


8 posted on 03/20/2026 4:53:39 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: T Ruth

Where is the war against the communist insurgents?


9 posted on 03/20/2026 4:58:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: T Ruth

Tuckiyya Qatarlson and Megyn Kelly and Nick Fuentes are not part of the Right!


10 posted on 03/20/2026 4:59:07 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: T Ruth

The “Death to America” wing of the Democrat Party weaseled itself into power in 2008 and objected strongly to being ejected by the Americans in 2016.


11 posted on 03/20/2026 4:59:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: AAABEST

We can’t make America Great Again, until we make Israel safe Again./s

Our Middle East policy has been stupid since Eisenhower was President.


12 posted on 03/20/2026 5:10:04 PM PDT by unclebankster (Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. )
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To: Alberta's Child
It is Trump who has made the decision to align himself... with a whole set of imbeciles who were absolute poison to the MAGA movement up until a few weeks ago: John Bolton … Hillary Clinton … Mike Pence

Put down the bong and step away slowly.

13 posted on 03/20/2026 5:27:40 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (be American or Be Gone)
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To: AAABEST

10-4 Brother


14 posted on 03/20/2026 5:31:07 PM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: MikelTackNailer

Wake up and smell the coffee, dude.


15 posted on 03/20/2026 5:45:56 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: T Ruth

Like flies.


16 posted on 03/20/2026 5:55:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Not all 2,000,000,000 muslims want to murder me. But 200,000,000 probably do.)
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To: T Ruth

I no longer watch Carlson, Kelly, or Candice. So they don’t affect me at all.


17 posted on 03/20/2026 6:20:19 PM PDT by roving
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To: T Ruth

President Donald J. Trump has been unequivocal and consistent for decades: Iran will never be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon. This position — rooted in longstanding, bipartisan American policy — guides his actions to ensure the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism cannot threaten the world with nuclear devastation.

“After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no future attempts to rebuild their weapons program, and in particular nuclear weapons, yet they continue. They’re starting it all over… One thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon.” (2/24/26)
“They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s very simple. You can’t have peace in the Middle East if they have a nuclear weapon. And they can’t have a nuclear weapon, and they’ve been told that very strongly.” (2/19/26)
“We don’t want any enrichment. We don’t want enrichment.” (2/13/26)
“No nuclear weapons…” (2/9/26)
“The one thing, and right up front — no nuclear weapons.” (2/6/26)
“Number one, no nuclear.” (1/29/26)
“NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS…” (1/28/26)
They can’t do the nuclear… They’ve got to stop with the nuclear.” (1/21/26)
“I hope they’re not trying to build up again, because if they are, we’re going to have no choice but very quickly to eradicate that buildup.” (12/29/25)
“They still talk about enrichment. I mean, who would do that? You just come out of something that’s so bad, and they talk about, ‘We want to continue enrichment.’ Who would say that? How stupid can you be to say that? So, we’re not going to allow that to happen. We’re not allowing that to happen.” (7/27/25)
“They said, ‘We want enrichment’… I wouldn’t let that happen. I think people wouldn’t have understood it if I allowed that to happen.” (6/29/25)
“The last thing they want to do is enrich anything right now… We won’t let that happen, number one — militarily we won’t.” (6/25/25)
“I’ve said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon — I’ve said that for 15 years, long before I decided to do the political thing.” (6/25/25)
“They’re not going to have enrichment and they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.” (6/24/25)
“If you go back 15 years, I was saying we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” (6/18/25)
“I only want one thing – Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. That’s it… I’ve been saying that for 20 years.” (6/18/25)
“I’ve been saying for 20 years — maybe longer — that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon…” (6/18/25)
“We’re looking for a total and complete victory. Again, you know what that victory is: no nuclear weapon.” (6/18/25)
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple — you don’t have to go to too deep into it. They just can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (6/17/25)
“I want to see no nuclear weapon in Iran and we’re well on our way to making sure that happens.” (6/16/25)
“You can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon.” (6/14/25)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. We’re not going to allow that.” (6/11/25)
“You have to view them as people and I don’t want it to be a violent thing, but they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon.” (5/16/25)
“I want them to succeed. I want them to end up being a great country, frankly, but they can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (5/15/25)
“I want to make a deal with Iran, I want to do something if it’s possible, but for that to happen, it must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars, and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of nuclear weapons.” (5/14/25)
“Iran can have a much brighter future — but we’ll never allow America and its allies to be threatened with terrorism or a nuclear attack. The choice is theirs to make. We really want them to be a successful country … but they cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (5/13/25)
“We want it to be a great country. Let it be a tremendously successful, rich country … but they can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (5/6/25)
“I want Iran to be really successful, really great, really fantastic — the only thing they can’t have is a nuclear weapon. If they want to be successful, that’s OK. I want them to be so successful and, you know, the Iranian people are incredible — I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon because the world will be destroyed.” (5/4/25)
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (4/17/25)
“Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (4/14/25)
“I want Iran to be a wonderful, great, happy country — but they can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (4/11/25)
“You cannot allow [Iran] to have a nuclear weapon.” (2/10/25)
“It’s very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (2/4/25)
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the greatest single threat to our country, but to the entire world.” (11/3/24)
“I would have been very good to Iran. They — I had to have one thing, no nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapon. Nuclear weapons are the greatest danger to our country going forward, to the world going forward.” (10/29/24)
“And all I wanted was Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon … That’s all I wanted. Very simple. You can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (10/28/24)
“We don’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/23/24)
“I didn’t want much. I wanted Iran to be very successful. I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (10/16/24)
“You can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/14/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple.” (10/10/24)
“I only wanted one thing. You can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon.” (10/7/24)
“No, they can’t have nukes. No, they can’t have nukes.” (10/7/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon — and now they’re very close to having one and it’s very dangerous for the world, very dangerous for the world … The biggest problem today, in my opinion, the biggest risk is the nuclear weapons.” (10/1/24)
“All I want them to do is not have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (9/30/24)
“The only thing is [Iran] cannot have nuclear weapons.” (9/26/24)
“I wanted one thing from Iran — no nuclear weapon. I didn’t want much — no nuclear weapon. And now they’re very close to getting it, and you can’t let that happen.” (9/19/24)
“All we want is we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. That’s all we want. We don’t want you to have a nuclear weapon.” (9/17/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. We just can’t let them have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say this. If they do have a nuclear weapon, Israel is gone. It’ll be gone.” (8/27/24)
“I don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (8/23/24)
“I just wanted to have a deal with Iran, very simple deal — can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s it.” (8/23/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. And we were all set to make sure that they don’t have a nuclear weapon. Because once they do, it’s a whole different world, it’s a whole different negotiation.” (8/15/24)
“Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon — it’s very simple.” (8/8/24)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple. They can’t have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.” (8/5/24)
“Iran should not have a nuclear weapon … Iran should never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.” (7/10/24)
“The main thing is Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. That was my main thing. The deal was a simple deal. Iran can’t have a nuclear. You know, it can’t have a missile, it can’t have a nuclear missile. It cannot have that nuclear capability.” (6/20/24)
“We have a very hostile country that wants nuclear weapons. You can’t let that happen.” (6/15/24)
“Iran should not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. They would never have had even close to a nuclear weapon. They are very close to getting a nuclear weapon. You cannot let that happen.” (5/15/24)
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon — very simple. They cannot have a nuclear weapon.” (5/1/24)
“You can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons.” (4/30/24)
“Iran wanted to make a deal, and what the deal — 90% of the deal that I want to make is no nuclear weapon. That’s 90% — almost 100%. It might be 100%. That’s all I want. No nuclear weapon for Iran” (3/25/24)
“I want everybody to be happy. They just can’t have a nuclear weapon.” (2/23/24)
“I just didn’t want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I said, ‘You know, we’re going to make a great deal. Everybody’s going to be happy. You’re going to be rich as hell again. Everything’s going to be great, but you cannot have a nuclear weapon.’” (1/20/24)
“They cannot have a nuclear weapon. That was the only thing — the one thing I said, ‘You cannot have.’” (1/5/24)
“I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon.” (1/5/24)
“They will have, within a short period of time, nuclear weapons — and that is never something that can be allowed to happen.” (12/30/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t have nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the single greatest threat to this world.” (11/9/23)
“They can’t have a nuclear weapon. That’s all. They can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s too destructive, too powerful. They can’t have it.” (10/29/23)
“Don’t let Iran have nuclear weapons. That’s my only thing I have to tell you today. Don’t let them have it.” (10/16/23)
“No nuclear weapons. You can’t give [Iran] nuclear weapons.” (7/15/23)
“You cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. You cannot let it happen because bad things will happen if that happens.” (6/24/23)
“IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” (1/6/20)
“Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons!” (6/22/19)
“We can’t let Iran get a nuclear weapon. We can’t do it. Can’t do it. We cannot let that happen.” (1/24/15)
“We can’t allow Iran to go nuclear.” (11/4/11)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/74-times-president-trump-has-made-clear-that-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon/


18 posted on 03/20/2026 6:24:57 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: AAABEST

It’s hard to follow such profound logic.


19 posted on 03/20/2026 8:35:40 PM PDT by lasereye ( )
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To: Alberta's Child
You're misinterpreting what Trump's position has been all these years. He has been against "forever wars". He has never been an isolationist. He has stated at various times over the years that Iran can't be allowed to get nukes, and that he wants to get rid of the Islamist Iranian regime.

Greg Gutfeld played a series of clips of Trump talking about military action against the Iranian regime as far back as 1980. Gutfeld points out that Trump said in a 1988 inteview "I'd do a number on Kharg Island. I'd go in and take it." People who think Trump has isolationist instincts are seeing something that isn't there.

Bolton has been making critical comments about the war. If we're supposed to want the opposite of what Bolton wants, we would support it. I don't think Clinton has said anything positive about it.

Graham is more or less pro-Trump. He's certainly not anti-Trump. Levin has never been anti-MAGA since the 2016 primaries. He has said nothing since then that would suggest to me that he's Trump's opponent.

20 posted on 03/20/2026 9:07:00 PM PDT by lasereye ( )
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