CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 25, 2026
IS THE TIDE BEGINNING TO TURN IN THE WAR WITH IRAN? IT’S HARD TO TELL BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING CONFLICTING MESSAGES FROM IRAN AND SOMETIMES EVEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS TO CREATE WHAT HE CALLED AN “ECONOMIC D-DAY” AGAINST IRAN. IT CONSISTS OF A PROMISE TO IMPOSE STRICT ECONOMIC PENALTIES ON ANY COUNTRY OR ENTITY THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT OR TRADE LIFELINES TO IRAN. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT AND DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAID THE FINANCIAL CRACKDOWN WILL BE PAIRED WITH ONGOING PRESSURE FROM THE U.S. NAVY, WHOSE BLOCKADE APPEARS TO BE WORKING.
AGAIN, IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE ANYTHING COMING FROM IRAN, BUT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE COUNTRY’S TOP POLITICIANS ARE SAYING THEIR COUNTRY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON ENDING THE WAR AND SHORING UP ITS CRIPPLED ECONOMY.
WHAT THAT MEANS – OR IF IT MEANS ANYTHING – IS HARD TO SAY, BUT WITH IRAN’S INFLATION RATE OFF THE CHARTS AND PEOPLE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO GET THE BASICS OF LIFE, IT COULD BE TRUE. STILL, THE IRANIAN LEADERSHING IS CUNNING. THEY HAVE A THEOCRATIC APPROACH TO THE WAR, SO ANY DEAL THAT IS MADE – IF ONE IS MADE – WILL BEAR MONITORING. I’M CAL THOMAS.
