Trump Just Pushed Iran to the Breaking Point, but the Call That Followed Changed the Course of the War
Jul 16, 2026
President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against Iran is exposing cracks the media and foreign-policy establishment swore did not exist. After 47 years of regime lockstep, Tehran is suddenly feeling real consequences as Trump hits the terror state where it hurts: its missile network, naval aggression, and ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz. This is the story of how Trump’s Iran strategy, backed by strength instead of appeasement, shattered the illusion that the mullahs could attack global shipping and civilians without paying a crushing price.
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Stephen Miller said Iran now has a giant canyon-sized fissure after 47 years.
So stop right there.
That line tells you everything.
Trump didn't just pressure Tehran, he cracked the regime open and now the mullahs are fighting
each other while begging for a deal.
And wait until you hear what Trump said about finishing it.
Now seven commercial ships got struck in the Strait of Hormuz and nearly a dozen crew members
were killed, missing or injured.
Read that again.
Iran's terror machine attacked global shipping and Trump answered with crushing force while
the media clowns still babbled about escalation.
And then they got hit, threatening a six million barrel a day hole in the market.
And even with that chaos, Trump said oil can settle back towards $55 a barrel.
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Tehran tried to blackmail the world and Trump broke the leverage.
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Now Trump said Iran has largely spent their best missiles and almost every one got shot
down.
And that's not the invincible monster that Barack Obama financed with cash pallets.
That's a regime burning through top shelf while Trump tightens the screws.
Now watch the tweets because the panic inside Tehran, it just jumps off the screen.
And Stephen Miller has said there are fractures among Iranian leadership, a sign of how successful
President Trump's policy has been.
Let's check in with Stephen Miller.
As the president has said all along, the people of Iran, the citizens of Iran have an obligation
to chart the future that they feel is best and right for themselves.
But again, to the underlying point that we've been discussing, there are individuals with
a military and otherwise who obviously want to be opponents and obstacles to peace.
But it's actually a sign of how successful President Trump's policy has been that you
have these fractures and fissures inside the country.
In other words, that's proof the strategy is working.
For 47 years, Sean, there wasn't an inch of daylight.
There wasn't any crack.
Now you have these giant canyon-sized fissures as the country is fighting amongst itself
for its future.
And the point is that America is saying, get your act together, get behind the peace program,
de-nuke, get rid of the nuclear weapons, and you can have any future you want.
We have to bring it back to that fundamental issue, Sean.
As President Trump said at the beginning, the number one state sponsor of terror cannot
possess the world's deadliest weapons.
President Trump is taking action today to present an unimaginable fate tomorrow.
And for that, he should be endlessly applauded.
So that's Stephen Miller.
The canyon-sized cracks inside the regime didn't appear by accident.
Next, Trump heads into the Situation Room.
As the message gets tougher, Iran has to decide because he's done chasing a deal.
President Trump went into the Situation Room for a major meeting surrounding Iran as he
prepares for power plant and bridge day next week.
This is huge.
...defense sites.
And this follows seven commercial ships that have been struck crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper gave a number we hadn't heard yet, nearly a dozen
civilian crew members killed, missing, or injured by the Iranian strikes.
And he added, U.S. forces are holding Iran accountable for unwarranted aggression that
continues to endanger innocent lives.
One hundred thirty-seven days into this conflict, the president says Iran has been beaten up
badly and leaders can be pressured into making a deal.
But the dialogue out of Iran is all defiant.
They continue this language, but have they reached their goals on the ground?
The people who wanted to run Iran into pieces, what have they reached?
We respond in action and protect what we believe in every inch of our soul.
The language they are using is worthy of themselves, not us.
And we have video of an Iranian Shaheed drone striking a warehouse in Kuwait.
Now, Iran has insisted they're not firing at their neighbors, but firing at U.S. targets
in those countries.
But Bahrainian air defenses went into effect this morning as they took fire.
Also, a drone came down in Iraq.
No reports of injuries.
Dana, back to you.
Thank you, Mike Tobin.
So we have the pressure, not just rhetoric.
It's hitting the command level now, the economic choke point where reports say Iranian strikes
may have shut down Fujairah and punched a massive hole in global oil flow.
Iran may have just blown a six million barrel a day hole in the global oil market.
And the port of Fujairah, not going to try that one.
One of the world's most important tanker storage and fueling hubs
reportedly been shut after Iranian missiles struck two oil tankers.
Wall Street Journal reported that tanker operators are worried that the scope of
Iran's attacks is widening away from the strait after a vessel was targeted off Oman.
If it hadn't crossed the strait at all and was loaded with chemicals, headed to Malaysia.
So the threat to shipping is exactly why the fight keeps widening.
Next, Fox lays out a fourth straight night of U.S. strikes,
a blockade in the strait and Trump's warning that next week gets worse if Tehran stalls.
Night, a fourth night of crushing strikes against Iran.
And President Trump says next week will be even worse if Tehran doesn't come to the table soon.
Mike Tobin joins us live.
He's in Tel Aviv and he's got the latest, Mike.
Good morning, Joey. Good morning, gang.
The U.S. blockade is now in place.
And President Trump says what that means is that the strait is open with the exception
of any ship that visits an Iranian port.
What we've seen from both Iran and the U.S. now is an increase in strikes.
U.S. Central Command says they've wrapped up another round of strikes inside of Iran.
The targets have been Iranian missile and drone sites,
naval capabilities and coastal defense sites.
And this follows seven commercial ships that have been struck crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper gave a number we haven't heard yet.
Nearly a dozen civilian crew members killed, missing or injured by the Iranian strikes.
And he added U.S. forces are holding Iran accountable
for unwarranted aggression that continues to endanger innocent lives.
So for four nights of hammering Iran's defenses, the next question is simple.
What does the regime still have left?
Trump says their best missiles are largely spent and most of what they fire is getting knocked down.
The Iranians are counterattacking, launching missiles at U.S. allies and forces in the region.
How many missiles do you believe the regime has left?
Well, I tell you, they have they have some.
And so there's always a danger.
Hundreds.
But for the most part, they're being knocked down.
You know, they've done hundreds, thousands.
I don't want to say I know.
I think I know.
Nobody knows an exact number.
I think I know close to an exact number.
They have some.
They have largely spent their best ones, you know, their most impactful ones.
But if you look over the last four or five days,
they hit with a lot of missiles and almost every one of them has been shot down.
So Iran's top missiles are running dry.
That gives Trump even more room to squeeze next.
He reveals the kind of surveillance power back in the campaign.
Hyper cameras so sharp they can read a badge from space.
Within two weeks, had we not done the B-2 bombers, had we not
bombed their nuclear sites, their three nuclear sites.
And there's another one we're looking at right now, as you know,
pickaxe now.
Yeah, we're looking at pickaxe because somebody said there's a little activity.
You know, we have cameras, Space Force.
We have cameras that are they can read the badge.
They can read your name.
Probably Mohammed.
They can read your name on a badge from from space and every area of pickaxe.
But the other three are covered.
But specifically, they make any move.
They make any move.
We immediately go and do whatever we have to do.
But they haven't done it was so decimated.
Some weapons experts say that the United States doesn't have the ability
to strike deep enough with these bunker buster bombs at Pickaxe Mountain.
They can go deep.
We have good, good stuff.
Nobody knows about pickaxe.
By the way, nobody knows if they even are doing anything.
So that kind of eye in the sky capability means Iran can't hide much of anything.
And now Trump goes a step further talking about Karg Island
and making it clear he could take it if Tehran gets pushed back far enough.
You posted today on True Social comments that you made back in 1988 about Karg Island.
And at the time, you said one bullet shot at one of our men or ships.
And I do a number on Karg Island.
I'd go in and take it.
Yeah.
Do you still intend to take Karg Island?
I can't say that to you because if I did, it would be foolish.
But it would be nice to make a little headlines, but it would be foolish.
But I'll tell you about Karg Island.
So we've already.
Are you ruling out a ground campaign in a limited capacity?
I don't want to say that either.
But I would say no, if I thought it was appropriate.
Sometimes you need a ground campaign.
But we have other people that will do the ground campaign for us.
But we already hit Karg Island, as you know, twice, even three times.
I said hit everything but the oil.
Just leave that little area from 25 yards out.
Leave that little area.
Don't touch the oil.
Because I don't want that in terms of the world economy.
It's a you know, it's a chunk of the world economy.
So we haven't hit that at some point.
We could.
But I think it's unlikely as far as taking it is concerned.
If we degrade them far enough and deep enough back, I would do that.
Do you anticipate?
I would do that.
So it's not just about warning shots.
Trump is openly talking about targets that hit the regime where it hurts.
Next, he says the endgame's in sight.
Iran will be defeated soon, saying these remarks in Pennsylvania today.
All of these things have added up to a level that we're just we're booming.
The country is booming and we'll have Iran defeated soon.
They'll be defeated very soon.
And then I guess it'll be even better.
But, you know, even during this, it's been it's been amazing.
I mean, to think so.
I call it a military operation, but I call it whatever you want.
It's incredible.
It hasn't made a dent.
A lot of people thought oil would go up to three hundred and fifty dollars a barrel.
And today it's at seventy nine dollars.
A couple of days ago, it was at sixty eight.
It went up a little bit because I had to take tough action because they did not
obey what they're supposed to obey.
I mean, they just didn't do it.
So we took a little action.
But it'll all when that settles down, you'll be I think you're going to have
fifty five dollar oil, which is all great for what you're doing.
Maybe less than that.
But this year alone.
So Trump says Iran will be defeated soon.
He says the economy can absorb the hit.
Next comes the bluntest threat yet.
When asked about the IRGC, he says they may get wiped out the way ISIS was.
Does that mean that you might wipe them out like you did ISIS?
Yeah, it does.
We will see what's happening.
We received a call just as I was coming here that they want to meet.
They always want to meet.
But, you know, they should have been done by other presidents for many years,
for forty seven years, but really a lot longer than that.
And it wasn't.
And I never understood why.
But now I do, because if you're not going to do it the way I'm doing it,
you're never going to make a deal with them.
They were very difficult.
They're good negotiators.
They were tapping everybody along for forty seven years.
Then Obama came in and he just offered him a fortune of money.
He paid him off one point seven billion in green cash
and hundreds of billions of dollars.
And that really set everyone else back because they started making
wanting to make nuclear weapons.
And then we hit him a year ago, just about a year ago,
with the B-2 bombers.
And that ended that.
So we got a little bit lucky.
Our timing was a little bit lucky.
Yes, Mr. President, Dan Cain.
So once the message landed, the regime's tone changed.
Next, Trump says Iran is suddenly calling to settle,
but he may decide not to cut a deal and just finish the job.
And it wasn't.
Other presidents didn't do what was right.
They should have done it a long time ago.
Would have been much easier.
And we they want to settle so badly.
They don't like what we're doing and they do want to settle.
We'll find out whether or not we settle with them or we just finish it off.
But I want to thank Secretary of War Pete Hanks.
That he's been amazing.
Pete, thank you very much.
Great job.
He's been really amazing.
He used to do interviews.
All he wanted to talk about is war.
Sir, will you give a pardon to 19?
So after years of Obama style payouts and swamp weakness,
Trump's pressure has Tehran begging.
Next, Netanyahu delivers his own warning to Iran.
Hit Israel again and the response will be twice as hard.
Is he referring to using nukes?
That's the question people are asking.
We are fully prepared for every single potential scenario.
I can tell you only one thing today.
I tell Iran's leaders,
do not count on things remaining quiet if you choose to attack us.
Do not count on seeing a simple repeat
because it simply won't be a repeat of the past that was already powerful enough.
This will be a different story.
Something much more powerful.
Gone are the days when someone harms us and we don't strike back twice as hard.
We did this to the axis of evil in Iran
and we will keep doing it to anyone who harms us.
That is what we do.
They don't like what we're doing.
We'll find out whether or not we settle with them or we just finish it off.
That is President Trump talking to a regime that's been 47 years running the same scam.
Stall, threaten, fund terror, choke shipping,
and then count on weak American presidents to fold.
Well, not this time.
Look at the board.
Stephen Miller says the leadership has giant canyon-sized fissures.
Trump says Iran burned through its best missiles
and almost everyone got blasted out of the sky.
CENTCOM hammered missile sites, drone sites, naval assets,
coastal defenses, seven commercial ships got hit,
civilians got killed and wounded,
and Trump still kept oil panic from exploding the way the fear mongers promised.
You can see the rhythm break in real time.
Tehran attacks, Trump wallops them,
the regime cracks and then the calls start coming in
because yes, they suddenly want to settle.
Obama fed this monster and Trump cornered it.
So Donald Trump should reject any bailout for the IRGC and demand surrender terms.
That's it.
No rescue package from the same establishment geniuses
who spent years funding, flattering, and excusing the butchers in Tehran.
You heard Trump's words.
They don't like what we're doing.
Of course they don't.
U.S. strikes gutted their capabilities, their best missiles got burned up,
their shipping blackmail backfired,
and their own leadership is splitting into what
Stephen Miller called giant canyon-sized fissures.
So no, we do not throw this regime a lifeline now that it blinked first.
We press, we force de-nuking,
we force it end to attacks on Americans, Israelis, and world shipping.
And if the mullahs think they can drag this out with another fake charm offensive,
Trump already answered that too.
We settle on America's terms, but we finish the job.
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