{"id":2538247,"date":"2026-01-15T18:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:57:59","slug":"us-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha-3\/","title":{"rendered":"US under Trump is &#8216;what a superpower looks like&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fus-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha-3%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=2538247&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>Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha argued that recent U.S. military, economic, and diplomatic actions under President Donald Trump demonstrate &#8220;what a superpower looks like.&#8221; Reacting too a Wall Street Journal op-ed calling America the &#8220;sole superpower again,&#8221; Concha credited the Trump administration with achieving outcomes other countries hadn&#8217;t,including the reported capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro,which he said could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >free global oil markets<\/a> from dependence on China,russia,and Iran. He also pointed to Operation Midnight Hammer &#8211; a June strike on Iranian nuclear facilities carried out with no U.S.casualties &#8211; as an example of decisive military action. On the economic front, Concha defended Trump&#8217;s tariffs, noting lower inflation compared with the Biden administration and the possibility of GDP growth above 5% in the coming quarter.He summed up that the combination of military, economic, and diplomatic strength gives the U.S. a trifecta many rivals cannot match. The piece also notes Trump canceled talks with Iranian officials amid mass protests, urged demonstrators to continue, and said Tehran later promised not to execute some protesters.  <\/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\">US military action under Trump is &lsquo;what a superpower looks like&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2474376\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner <\/em>senior writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4417530\/usa-2026-two-realities-thanks-legacy-media\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4418434\/qatar-readies-possible-iranian-military-action-targeting-us-forces-al-udeid-air-base\/\">military<\/a> has &ldquo;objectively&rdquo; achieved what other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha-2\/\" title=\"US under ... is &#039;what a ... looks like&#039;: Joe Concha\">countries couldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t do &ldquo;on their own&rdquo; in the past year, crediting President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4419272\/trump-learns-hard-way-interest-rates-control-presidency\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Concha made his remark in response to a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> op-ed that declared the United States as &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/america-is-the-sole-superpower-again-0a89e41a?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqd6biT3Km5r6us1d-JFFbZMRaFGMpw9JAavSilfCUsxqc5kqQS4pvLgn9cGP_A%3D&amp;gaa_ts=696954bb&amp;gaa_sig=jjHCoiHNLJ_F_8ithMPFF-LghlcISZbvwYPPK7lOZXYYBARD4K-B7NDpFWsibLhTZdarNAf_V3nbhQCP596eng%3D%3D\">the sole superpower again<\/a>,&rdquo; with China following at &ldquo;a distant second place.&rdquo; He contended that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/culture-did-a-way-better-job-of-signaling-trumps-win-than-polls\/\" title=\"Culture Did A Way Better Job Of Signaling ...&#039;s Win Than Polls\">legacy media&#038;rdquo<\/a>; won&rsquo;t credit Trump for this, but this hasn&rsquo;t stopped the president and his administration from doing what <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4417029\/peace-negotiations-ukraine-security-guarantees-big-deal\/\">Russia<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4420285\/bipartisan-strategic-mineral-reserve-fight-china\/\">China<\/a>, or even Europe couldn&rsquo;t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4421002\/kurds-plea-help-toppling-iran-regime-trump-steps-back\/\">Kurds plea for US help toppling Iran regime as Trump steps back from intervention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4420533\/gulf-states-turkey-warn-trump-striking-iran-could-destabilize-entire-region\/\">Gulf States, Turkey warn Trump striking Iran could destabilize entire region<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4420583\/israel-award-charlie-kirk-fighting-antisemitism\/\">Israel to award Charlie Kirk for fighting antisemitism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;When we&rsquo;re talking about the snatch and grab of a narco-terrorist like [former Venezuelan dictator] <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a> who likely will now go to jail for the rest of his life after sending drugs into this country for many, many years, while making [Venezuela] profoundly poor, 8 million people leaving that country,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox Business&rsquo;s <em>Varney &amp; Co. <\/em>Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump, with one mission, gets him out of there, and it&rsquo;s a new day for Venezuela and, more importantly, for the oil markets that will be open to the entire world and not just China, Russia, and Iran.&rdquo;<\/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?id=3326142&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=16f97776351449e2c297ccbee1ee4b85\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also recalled Operation Midnight Hammer, which the U.S. conducted against Iran in June, carrying out &ldquo;one bold mission&rdquo; against the Middle Eastern country&rsquo;s nuclear facilities without any U.S. casualties. He said previous presidents have discussed this &ldquo;for years,&rdquo; but Trump carried out this action &ldquo;without any real response&rdquo; from the Iranians.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, Concha noted how many were critical of Trump&rsquo;s use of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4415557\/trump-25-percent-tariff-iran-business\/\">tariffs<\/a> when they were unveiled in April. Nine months later, the U.S.&rsquo;s inflation is down compared to the Biden administration, and the country&rsquo;s GDP could be up &ldquo;well above&rdquo; 5% in the upcoming quarter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what a superpower looks like, economically, militarily, diplomatically, and that&rsquo;s something that other countries simply cannot brag [about] in terms of having that trifecta,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4420577\/trump-nominee-southern-command-deflects-venezuela-questions\/\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S PICK TO LEAD US SOUTHERN COMMAND DEFLECTS ON VENEZUELA QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said on Tuesday that he is canceling his meeting with Iranian officials amid the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4416829\/trump-cancels-talks-iran-delegation-protests-death-toll-hits-thousands\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-under-trump-is-what-a-superpower-looks-like-joe-concha\/\" title=\"US under ... is &#039;what a ... looks like&#039;: Joe Concha\">mass protests happening<\/a> in Iran<\/a>, encouraging protesters to continue their demonstrations. He also demanded that Iranian officials halt the killings, telling its citizens that &ldquo;help is on the way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&rsquo;s warning, the president has said Iran promised <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4418849\/iran-promises-trump-not-hang-protesters\/\">not to execute protesters<\/a> convicted during the wave of demonstrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Concha: Trump&#8217;s US is what a superpower looks like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2538248,"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\/2026\/01\/AP26014749677489_5f25f7-e1768513011952.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[50462,52093,4902,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2538247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-joe-concha","tag-opinion","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014749677489_5f25f7-e1768513011952.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538247","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2538247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2538252,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2538247\/revisions\/2538252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2538248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2538247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2538247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2538247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}