{"id":2451305,"date":"2025-06-24T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-says-critics-of-iran-strikes-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:48:05","slug":"thune-says-critics-of-iran-strikes-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-says-critics-of-iran-strikes-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune says critics of Iran strikes are on &#8216;the wrong side of history&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthune-says-critics-of-iran-strikes-are-on-the-wrong-side-of-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451305&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune defended President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent military strikes<\/a> on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities,calling the decision &#8220;historic&#8221; and emphasizing that it reflects a policy of &#8220;peace through strength.&#8221; Thune stated that the president acted within his authority, despite criticisms from Democratic lawmakers who allege that Trump violated constitutional protocols by not consulting Congress. He argues that the American public largely supports Trump&#8217;s actions and labels Democratic opposition as &#8220;Trump derangement syndrome.&#8221; The military action targeted key Iranian sites and was accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houthis-strike-chinese-ship-in-red-sea-despite-promise-to-beijing\/\" title=\"Houthis attack Chinese vessel in Red Sea despite prior assurances to Beijing\">broader geopolitical tensions<\/a>, including recent agreements and violations between Iran and Israel. Additionally, some Democrats have proposed impeachment discussions in response to the strikes. Thune contrasted Trump&#8217;s approach with that of previous administrations, particularly the actions of President Jimmy Carter during the Iranian Revolution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">John Thune says critics of Iran strikes are &lsquo;on the wrong side of history&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2157268\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) defended President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s &ldquo;historic&rdquo; decision to strike Iran&rsquo;s three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-it-is-ready-for-negotiations-with-iran\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Says It Is Ready for Negotiations With Iran\">nuclear sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The United States struck the Fordow fuel enrichment plant, as well as the Natanz and Isfahan&nbsp;nuclear facilities,&nbsp;on Saturday. Trump confirmed that the three sites were &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3449992\/us-has-completed-bombing-of-iranian-nuclear-sites-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">totally obliterated<\/a>&rdquo; by six 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs and 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles. Despite allegations from Democratic lawmakers that Trump violated the Constitution by ordering the strike without consulting Congress, Thune argued the president was &ldquo;perfectly within his authority&rdquo; while on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3452166\/trump-shares-adoring-texts-nato-chief-mark-rutte-defense-spending\/\">Trump shares adoring texts from NATO chief ahead of 5% defense spending agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3451597\/pam-bondi-doj-countless-threat-cases-iran-concerns\/\">Pam Bondi says DOJ has &#8216;countless&#8217; threat cases against the US amid Iran concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3452191\/budget-negotiations-audit-exposes-drivers-license-office-needs\/\">As budget negotiations crawl, audit exposes driver&rsquo;s license office needs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think that what happened over if weekend is one of the reasons American people voted for President Trump. It is peace through strength. What he did was historic. It should be viewed through that lens. The Democrats will complain loudly, but they are flat on the wrong side of history on this issue,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2998698&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=797d08ecbc4856d39be5ef3baf8f84f7\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thune, 64, was a senior in high school when the Iranian Revolution broke out in 1979, and then Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thune implied that then-President Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s actions to support the coup d&rsquo;&eacute;tat were &ldquo;disastrous&rdquo; and a stark difference from Trump&rsquo;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Democrat arguments to the contrary &hellip; is Trump derangement syndrome on full display. Pure and simple. Nothing more, nothing less, or nothing else. That&rsquo;s what they&rsquo;re gonna do, they&rsquo;re gonna scream,&rdquo; Thune said. &ldquo;But the fact of the matter is legally, constitutionally, and obviously from a historic and moral side of this argument, the president was on solid ground and the American people know that, which is why I believe a majority of Americans, including a lot of Democrats, support what the president did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3451145\/charlamagne-tha-god-iran-trump-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD MOCKS &lsquo;HYPOCRITES&rsquo; FOR CONDEMNING &lsquo;ROUTINE&rsquo; MILITARY ACTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3451663\/trump-announces-ceasefire-israel-iran-conclude-12-day-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">brokered a ceasefire deal <\/a>between Iran and Israel, which first launched strikes at Iranian nuclear sites in Tehran over a week ago. Monday night, Israel briefly violated the ceasefire, which promised Iran would also violate the agreement, but the two have agreed to stop. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3451878\/trump-says-israel-iran-ceasefire-in-effect-despite-violations-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"admitted\">admitted<\/a> he was&nbsp;&ldquo;not happy with Israel&rdquo; over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)&nbsp;and Sean Casten (D-IL) have proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3450068\/aoc-other-democrats-float-impeachment-after-trump-strikes-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"impeachment\">impeaching<\/a> Trump over the strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2157268\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2157268\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Thune claims critics of Iran strikes are &#8216;historically misguided<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2451306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/senate-passes-laken-riley-act.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3823,7283,23610],"class_list":["post-2451305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iran","tag-strikes","tag-thune"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/senate-passes-laken-riley-act.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451305"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451309,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451305\/revisions\/2451309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}