{"id":2613465,"date":"2026-06-11T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-can-counter-medias-iran-coverage-by-being-honest-about-the-war\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:46:01","slug":"trump-can-counter-medias-iran-coverage-by-being-honest-about-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-can-counter-medias-iran-coverage-by-being-honest-about-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Can Counter Media By Being Honest About Iran War"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftrump-can-counter-medias-iran-coverage-by-being-honest-about-the-war%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=2613465&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 class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/whitehouse\/55323484302\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joyce N. 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And then he dumped all over the admittedly fallacious news media for its war reporting, saying that for Iran, \u201cThe only thing they have is fake news,\u201d which he accused of doing Tehran\u2019s \u201cpublicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the problem with that: A lot of us who are rooting for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/should-trump-just-declare-victory-in-iran-and-end-the-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a successful end<\/a> to this conflict aren\u2019t so upset with the media. We know how they operate. What\u2019s frustrating us to the point of furious tears are the wildly inconsistent, contradictory and otherwise obviously untrue statements Trump is making about the war on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3633400301\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Literally since the start of the war, the president has said it\u2019s over; that it\u2019s still going; that we\u2019re close to a deal with Iran; that Iran isn\u2019t really trying to make a deal; that Iran really wants a deal; that Iran needs to open the Hormuz Strait; that the Hormuz Strait would be open in short order; that we control the strait; that the U.S. wants help from other allies; that the U.S. doesn\u2019t need help from any allies; that Iran must unconditionally surrender; that a deal might not include unconditional surrender; that regime change is a requirement to end the war; that the war might very well end with the existing regime.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few of Trump\u2019s real-life, whiplashing inducing declarations on the war since early March, in reverse chronological order:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[I] have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.\u201d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TruthTrumpPosts\/status\/2065136842614374492\">June 11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will be hitting Iran \u2026 VERY HARD TONIGHT.\u201d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/juliamanch\/status\/2065048253142335562?s=46&#038;t=G1nRzF-HvbepVmWZPyfXAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 11<\/a>, same day<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he UNITED STATES of AMERICA CONTROLS the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 NOT Iran.\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-claims-100-million-barrels-oil-200-ships\/story?id=133759533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!!\u201d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/trump-says-iran-pay-price-134923272.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">June 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinal aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly.\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116625784011805994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">May 23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen the F-ckin\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards \u2026\u201d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/metzgov\/status\/2040762889833762836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll be leaving very soon.\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-remarks-election-executive-order-march-31-2026\/#76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 31<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are \u2018begging\u2019 us to make a deal \u2026\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116295045718240014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Iran] is totally defeated and wants a deal \u2026\u201d\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/statuses\/37302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 13<\/a> (Almost two full months after this statement, Trump said Iran shot down a U.S. Army helicopter on June 8.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the war is very complete, pretty much.\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-iran-cbs-news-the-war-is-very-complete-strait-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!\u201d\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trumpstruth.org\/statuses\/37159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s war with a formidable nation. If that was the route Trump wanted to take, with Israel nudging him along, he owed it to Americans to honestly set our expectations and manage them as events evolved. He\u2019s not doing that. To the contrary, the president has used his public appearances to say opposite things at once, apparently for the purpose of keeping oil prices lower than they otherwise might be and disorienting Iran\u2019s leadership, whoever that may be at any given moment. It may have been useful in buying Trump more time to figure out a way to bring the war to an end, but it has also flummoxed and irritated American voters, who are gearing up to render their judgement on this operation in just a few short months in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The average price of gas is up more than <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 percent<\/a> from this time last year, and inflation has spiked, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/10\/business\/economy\/inflation-consumer-price-index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wiping out<\/a> any pay raises Americans have worked hard for. These circumstances are only made worse when the president continues to string the public along, leaving everyone in the dark about what\u2019s happening and what to expect in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>If there isn\u2019t a promising deal forming, with clear buy-in from the Iranians, he shouldn\u2019t say there is. If the Hormuz Strait is still being held hostage, he should admit it. If Iran\u2019s military is functional enough to remain a threat, Trump is lying when he says it\u2019s \u201cobliterated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too late to pretend that this can still be a splendid little war that ends cleanly. Iran has proven resilient and that it\u2019s far more creative than the American administration appears to have anticipated. Trump can start leveling with the public now, and maybe this unpopular war will be less of a liability for his party in November.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FR8XCMYC\">Traitors: The Democrat Party\u2019s Collapse into Anti-American Filth<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Eddie Scarry<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eScarry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@eScarry<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/eddiescarry\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2026-midterms\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2026 midterms<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/iran-war\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Iran War<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/israel\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/midterm-elections\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Midterm Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/regime-change\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">regime change<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/tehran\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Tehran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit Joyce N. 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