CNN: Trump Weighs Potential Military Intervention In Iran

January 11, 2026 Hunter Wallace Conservatism, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Iran, MAGA, MIGA, Neocons, Politics, Populists, Progressives, World 44

It is looking increasingly likely that I was wrong.

Unfortunately, it appears we are about to go down this road again.

CNN:

“President Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following deadly protests in the country, two US officials told CNN, as he considers following through on his recent threats to strike the Iranian regime should it use lethal force against civilians.

Trump was briefed in recent days on different plans for intervention, the officials told CNN, as violence in the country has led to dozens of deaths and arrests.

A number of options presented to the president have centered on targeting Tehran’s security services being used to tamp down the protests, the US officials said.

However, there are concerns inside the administration that military strikes could backfire and undermine the protests. The concerns, the officials said, are that strikes could have the unintended effect of rallying the Iranian people to support the government, or lead Iran to retaliate with military force of its own. …”

The attack on Venezuela and a second attack on Iran will be clarifying.

No one will ever associate MAGA again with “non-intervention” or “restraint” again. Trump’s second term is rapidly turning into a Lindsey Graham fever dream. MAGA is reheated neoconservatism. I would argue that our foreign policy is even more Jewish than it was under George W. Bush.

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  1. I told you a few days ago this was coming. Right now the assessment is the Mullah San N@ggers have killed over 2,000 Iranians trying to free themselves from Sand N@ggerdom ghetto the Mullahs turned the country into. At least a few dozen security forces are also dead. All the provinces and major cities are in turmoil. The Mullahs are on their last legs. Hopefully Arabic will be banned in Iran, it’s Islamo-Arabic customs purged from society, and Iran can start the climb back to the Aryan civilization it fell from into the shiite hole of Muhameadism it now is prostrate in.

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  2. P.S. The re Aryanization of Iran has already started in its toponomy. They Iranian people have already named streets after the most Aryan President in our lifetime, Donald J Trump. Seeth third worldists!

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  3. You all thought that MIGA meant Make Israel Great Again. No it means Make Iran Great Again. We fooled you again. Seeth and week third worldists!

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  4. Gold $4,578/Troy Ounce, Silver $83.58/Troy Ounce in the overnight. This president, with his chaos, threats, war mongering, reckless spending and disruption has been excellent for precious metals. Unfortunately, it looks like his administration is going to end in tears, and he doesn’t care. He is rolling the dice on war and peace with millions of lives on the line and all for an inconsequential foreign power that controls the purse strings, blackmail against the scumbags in Congress and the rapidly fading MSM.

    Trump is going to gamble that Iran’s retaliation to an attack will be trivial unlike the last time when Iran caused considerable damage to Israel. He better hope that is how things play out instead of blowing up the Near East which still produces the lion’s share of the world’s oil.

    While the U.S., unable to focus on more than one problem at a time gets bogged down in the Persian Gulf China, ever observant, might just decide that is the right time to seize Taiwan. That is the gamble Trump is making while boasting about ‘The best Military evah!’. He cannot change the fact that the island of Formosa is only about 100 miles from China’s coast and about 7,500 miles from the U.S. West Coast and unable to be rescued by the U.S., especially while the U.S. military is busy elsewhere.

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    • Just wait and see what happens to the prices when they shut down the Strait of Hormuz. VZ was partly a gambit to prop up the Petrodollar in such an event, not so much on what can be provided short-term but on the derivative which the Wall Street sorcerers can spin-up to sell to morons based on the reserves in the ground there (which are substantial).

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      • Of course Mr. Cyclops, you are correct again.

        One reason the officers of Exxon-Mobil Corp. are lukewarm (at best) over VZ’s crude oil is that is considered ‘sour’ oil i.e. high sulfur content and other contaminants. The high sulfur content turns into sulfuric acid when processed which likes to eat up much of the refinery equipment. This increases refining costs considerably negating some of the benefits of ‘cheap’ oil.

        Even if Big Oil were to invest heavily in VZ’s crude production there wouldn’t be increased production immediately, the oil fields are a shambles. Also, more refineries would have to be built or modified to turn the ‘sour’ crude into gasoline, No. 2 diesel, lubricants etc.

        Most likely the Stable Genius would make an arrangement such that Big Oil gets any profits while the U.S. Government eats losses and production costs. That is known as “Free Market Capitalism” while Big Business paying its own way and taking risks to earn profits is known as “Socialism”.

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    • But it sure takes the public mind off the Epstein files.

      Mossad is still getting mileage out of the Epstein operation. “well, Mr. President, if you don’t want Epstein Files to rip your presidency appart, you could intervene to help the poor, poor people of Iran.” whispers Netanyahu ….*who our agents are inciting to riot*

      Seems someone is supplying ‘rioters’ with machine guns to shoot police and protesters both, stirring the pot of chaos. All the killings can’t be attributed to civil authority, as our controlled press implies.
      Stuff in those Epstein Files is so incendiary that the mossad can use it to burn either party and push most anyone into compliance with their designs.

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    • “Gold $4,578/Troy Ounce, Silver $83.58”

      A war would make a nice excuse to suspend futures trading in all metals.

      Little secret, the world is gagging on all the various forms of green paper they’ve been forced to swallow.

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      • One mustn’t forget, the COMEX can always refuse delivery and settle in ca$h, no explanation needed. A war in the Near East would result in force majeure all over the place getting The Usual Suspects out from under all sorts of onerous contractual obligations that have gone tits up. They are notorious speculators with other people’s money, claiming “their” profits while walking away from “their” debts that they don’t know from Adam.

        This is kind of like an infamous NYC property developer, notorious for using bankruptcy to avoid paying debts, his name escapes me now.

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        • ” can always refuse delivery and settle in ca$h, ”

          Just like they did with nickel, a few years ago.

          More and more folks are thinking Shanghai is the real market, they settle in real physical metal, not some flimsy paper promises.

          Some are saying that Shanghai and Moscow World Standard will be the markets of future, not ((((comex)))).

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  5. Deport all unassimilated ethnic foreigners, including Reza Pahlavi, Bill Ackman, Ben Shapiro, Randy Fine, and “Aryan Globalist Bro”.

    But Lindsey Graham is not allowed to leave. He needs to stand trial for treason.

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  6. New reports are coming in. Over the last 48 hours the Mullahs have ordered massacred of protestors all across the country. Thousands are apparently dead, shot down as they protested the corrupt, criminal, and terrorist regime. The Internet and all satellite and broadcast and cable communication is closed. But initial reports using Starlink and other coms appear to show that at least several thousand unarmed civilian protestors are dead. One massacre site suggests 3,000 dead there alone.

    Trump said he would respond and unleashed hell upon the regime. Whatever that means it could be everything from military strikes, to taking out Iran’s tankers, to paramilitary strikes and obviously targeted killings. Israel is likely to also be installed to support which could mean a lot of things in sum ranging from communication to psychological to kinetic support.

    I’ve long advocated eliminating the Jihadi Imams accross the world, and the Iranian Mullahs are among the worst. Eliminating them, their their liason with the civil institutions, and their IRGC commanders would go along way to tooling that criminal regime. You could also encourage members of the military, police, IRGC to mutiny in response to the regimes actions. All are on the table.

    Ultimately the massacres should be responded with by targeted hits on the IRGC and Mullahs and bitter ender leaders of the civil and regular forces. Regardless, Islamic Iran is a major theatre. It along with Communist Cuba must be destroyed. The question is how not if.

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    • Iran is not our problem except for the fact that your paymasters have used bribery and blackmail, the mothers’ milk of the wonderful democracy which we enjoy for now, to make it the U.S. Government’s problem. However, it still isn’t the citizenry’s problem, only the U.S. Government and its beneficial owners. See “The Epstein Files” for Exhibit No. 1 here.

      When the U.S. Government tries to make Iran the public’s problem too by instituting conscription and beating anti-war protesters then it will be FAFO time for the Government here too, the mirror image of protests in Iran although here, truly spontaneous.

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      • @12AX7,

        The International Socialist Caliphate included not just Venezuala, Cuba, Colombia, Iran, Syria, etc it also includes their Jihadi Cartel non state actors. It also not only included these foreign actors, it included domestic actors like their communities inside the US. It not only included those domestic communities, by extension it included their representatives inside the US, government like AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Joe Biden, it also includes their propogandists like 12AX7 and their FBI monitors.

        We Patriots have literally and figuratively knocked the shiite out of one of these groups at a time climbing the ladder to gain executive authority and uses the country’s power to secure it just long enough to go after it’s enemies domestically. Therefore assuredly there will be and already has been protests. The Sand N@gger Missiles after all took over Teheran thru protests. George Floyd “protestors” were another example of the International Socialist Caliphate trying to take over thru protests. Thus, protests don’t equal good.

        I fully expect your side to once again launch protests on behalf of Sand N@ggers, Jungle Dagos, Mountain N@ggers, Jungle N@ggers, Yankee N@ggers, Latin Sp!cs, Papist Mestizos, Sambos, and Mulattos of all types. Not worried, because you are all guests here and soon gone.

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    • It seems our resident gefilte-n@gger, the john doe who goes here by the alias “aryan (sic) globalist bro,” is really up for war with Iran.
      Tell you what, shlomo; you go first.

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  7. Remember the old times, back in 2016 when Trump was non interventionist…… Now he’s showing that he’s as previous presidents.

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  10. Another Middle Eastern war looming, all at Israel’s behest? Is this the reason Trump wants one half trillion more dollars for military spending? Meanwhile, America continues to turn browner as it descends into 3rd world status. MAGA? There’s no such thing as a great 3rd world country.

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    • ” . . . There’s no such thing as a great 3rd world country.”

      Gospel truth here, and Comment of the Year, too. This should be engraved on the plaque on the base of the Statue of Liberty and the Huddled Masses bullshit on the current plaque hurled into the ocean, televised, too.

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  11. Wallace’s trophy room filled with “Fell For It Again” awards is rivaling Nick Saban’s National Championships trophy room for the amount of hardware on display.

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      • “If he plunges us into a war with Iran, I will accept the “Fell For It Again” award, Ringo.”

        Ha ha. Well, start practicing your lines of acceptance lad. We almost lost you there when you where going wobbly over supporting Trump and the NSers, A.S.Spergers, Spencer Nerds, Rightoids, and various odd Southrons who still frequent this abode, were questioning you over Iran during the election.

        It took just the right effort and counter claim evidence of riots are normal in Iran to get you back on board. It worked and while it didn’t swing decisive votes, it did stop internecine fighting with resources we could ill afford in the Right Sector.

        Thanks Hunter. Sorry, not sorry, if you feel manipulated it’s just the way the game works or actually how the game plays you. If it helps I like you all the same anyways. And I think in your heart of heart, you will always be happy for the role you played in helping Trump get elected, twice. Now, just lay back and watch the economy get really better and think of America.

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  12. The threat of an attack is just that, a threat, a bluff. Were an attack to occur it would have the affect of uniting the Iranian people against the attackers, the rioters and the troublemakers and strengthening the governments hand. Without an attack, the riots will be brought under control and the instigators will be punished. There is no good way for the Jews and their Trump….well there is, but sitting down and working out a peaceful solution, is not a capability the jews and their Trump possess.

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    • We attacked Iran, the Israelis obliterated Iran, during the Hamas-Israeli War. It didn’t serve to unite the Iranians at all. DURING AN ACTUAL WAR. No, this is a fallacious fall back argument of people inside the US government trying to protect their interests or their patrons interests.

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  13. “, America continues to turn browner as it descends into 3rd world”

    That simple objective observation is over the heads of 90% of America’s peole.

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  14. So very strange,

    Innocent Palestinians are slaughtered by the tens of thousands and nothing is done, “ho hum, how’s the weather”.

    A few dozen violent rioters are shot in Iran, “we must mobilize the full strength of the US military to free the people of Iran”.

    It sure seems to be a false balance of of unequal weighing. There’s a certain tribe that has always been notorious for false weights and unequal dealings.

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    • Obviously US if AIPAC, Palestinians are full blown Sand N@ggers. Iranians are bastardized mongrelized relatives of ours. It hurts more. Duh. What are you telling me on balance you care more for Palestinian Freedom than Iranian Freedom? Say it, tell is you are a true blue Sand N@gger lover! Say it damnit!!

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  15. I asked Grok to give the breakdown of foreign casualties of all the conflicts by the USA that Lindsey Graham has supported in his career so far. Here is a summary:

    Here are the grand total estimates for foreign casualties (non-U.S.) associated with the conflicts Senator Lindsey Graham has supported or advocated for, based on the key ones discussed (primarily post-9/11 wars like Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen, drone campaigns, plus U.S.-supported aspects of the Russia-Ukraine war). These draw from reputable sources like Brown University’s Costs of War Project (latest figures as of 2025-2026, unchanged from prior updates) and various intelligence/media estimates for Ukraine as of early January 2026. All figures are approximate ranges due to data challenges, and they focus on foreign deaths/casualties in those nations.

    – Total deaths (direct + indirect) in post-9/11 wars = 4.5 to 4.7 million (This includes ~900,000–940,000 direct deaths from violence and 3.6–3.8 million indirect deaths from war’s effects like disease, starvation, and destroyed infrastructure.)

    – Civilian deaths in post-9/11 wars = Over 400,000 to 432,000+ direct (with indirect pushing totals much higher into the millions overall).

    – Total military casualties (killed + wounded) in Russia-Ukraine war = 1.5 to 1.6 million combined (Russian + Ukrainian forces)
    (Russian side: ~790,000–1.2 million killed/wounded; Ukrainian side: ~400,000–500,000 killed/wounded.)

    – Military deaths in Russia-Ukraine war = 300,000 to 500,000+ combined (Russian deaths: ~160,000–352,000 confirmed/estimated; Ukrainian deaths: ~46,000–100,000+.)

    – Civilian deaths in Russia-Ukraine war = ~15,000 to 16,000 in Ukraine (verified minimum, likely higher) + ~7,000 in Russia.

    – Overall grand total deaths across these conflicts = Approximately 4.9 to 5.3 million (Dominantly from post-9/11 wars, with ~400,000–600,000 added from the Russia-Ukraine war.)

    – Broader overall casualties (deaths + wounded + major indirect impacts) = 11 to 13 million+
    (This includes millions wounded/displaced in post-9/11 zones and the 1.5+ million military casualties in Ukraine.)

    These are not precise absolutes—estimates vary by source and methodology, and not every death is solely attributable to U.S. actions or Graham’s positions—but they reflect the scale of human cost in the foreign policy areas he’s influenced…

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    • Secesh – Really great work! A sobering and sickening toll, though. Graham is an absolute ghoul. He is a war CRIMINAL, and a sick, sick bastard. A delusional flaccid, faggoty sack of garbage. How anyone, even Zion Don, can stand near that maggot and smile for the camera…

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  16. Asked Grok to give the totals similar to Lindsey Graham’s totals for peace advocates like Ron/Rand Paul:

    Grok:
    Here are the grand total estimates for foreign casualties (non-U.S.) associated with the conflicts that Ron Paul (former U.S. Representative, 1976–1984 and 1997–2013) and Rand Paul (U.S. Senator since 2011) have opposed or actively worked against through their votes, filibusters, amendments, and public advocacy for non-interventionism, restraint, and repealing broad war authorizations.

    Unlike hawkish politicians who supported escalations leading to high-casualty wars, the Pauls have consistently criticized and voted against major U.S. military interventions since the post-9/11 era (e.g., Ron Paul voted against the 2002 Iraq War authorization and has long opposed endless wars; Rand Paul has pushed to repeal the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force (AUMFs), opposed interventions in Libya/Syria/Yemen, delayed or blocked large Ukraine aid packages in 2022–2025, and advocated ending U.S. involvement in “forever wars”).

    As a result, their positions align with avoiding or limiting U.S. actions in these conflicts rather than contributing to them. The figures below reflect the massive foreign death tolls in wars they opposed (drawing from the same sources like Brown University’s Costs of War Project and others used previously), highlighting the scale of human cost they sought to prevent or reduce through restraint.

    – Total deaths (direct + indirect) in post-9/11 wars they opposed (e.g., Iraq invasion/occupation, prolonged Afghanistan, Libya intervention, Syria/Yemen airstrikes, drone campaigns) = 4.5 to 4.7 million
    (This includes ~900,000–940,000 direct deaths from violence and 3.6–3.8 million indirect deaths from war’s effects like disease, starvation, and infrastructure collapse.)

    – Civilian deaths in post-9/11 wars they opposed = Over 400,000 to 432,000+ direct (with indirect effects pushing totals much higher into the millions overall).

    – Overall grand total deaths in major conflicts they opposed = Approximately 4.5 to 4.7 million
    (Primarily from the post-9/11 interventions they voted against or sought to end/repeal authorizations for; they supported the initial 2001 Afghanistan response to 9/11 but opposed its indefinite extension and expansions.)

    For the Russia-Ukraine war (where Rand Paul has repeatedly delayed/blocked large U.S. aid packages in 2022–2025, argued against escalatory measures like designating Russia a terrorism sponsor, and called for negotiated peace/diplomacy over prolonged involvement), U.S. support has been significant but indirect (aid, not direct combat). Their advocacy for restraint aims to limit escalation and potential broader costs, so they are not associated with adding to the toll through support for escalation.

    These numbers underscore the staggering scale of foreign casualties in interventions the Pauls have long warned against and worked to restrain—contrasting sharply with the “stunning” avoidance of contribution to such losses that a peace-oriented, non-interventionist stance represents.

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  17. We all know these vipers and whores don’t give a damn about the Iranian people or “freedom”. There is only one thing they care about.

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  18. The US State Department is now telling all Americans on Iran to exit the country immediately. This is the preliminary step toward something big. Trump is being briefed on the full scale of the carnage as Intel is being updated. I expect this to be the beginning of larger action.

    Trump’s options Could be seizing of Iranian oil tankers, the assassination of the Mullahs, or further expansion of targeting of the Iranian security services such as the IRGC. In the last 48 hours nearly a dozen of the IRGC’s highest ranking commanders have been killed including one who was overrun by a mob that descended on IRGC fortified compound and tore him to pieces. Others were killed by what have been called Shahees Azadis drones or martyr freedom drones as translated. Others appear to have been killed close range by whatever unit or operatives are out there deep behind enemy lines. Or Trump could launch surgical strikes or even larger strikes by air and ship. Or it could be something which I won’t disclose but which would be the ultimate payback to those sons of biatches. So we shall see.

    Either way, when the US State Department issues these warning it means war, civil war, natural catastrophe etc. Yesterday the pretender to the peacock throne, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, as the last Shah’s heir is known, issued this statement proclaiming a new phase of the resistance.
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTZjnlzjH3S/

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  19. Trump is and always was 100% owned by jewish power. I hoped against all odds he wasn’t in 2016 and was part of the voting memeing maga army. By 2018 midterms it was obvious. 2020 I watched he and the GOP do nothing about 2020 and go along.

    That was my last vote. He is total jewish bullshit.

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