The economic pressure campaign against Iran is hitting so hard that the numbers sound almost impossible to believe. Families there now face nearly seventy dollars for a single loaf of bread—and five hundred dollars for one chicken.
Inflation is tearing the country apart, and the regime is scrambling to contain the chaos. This is what happens when America stops appeasing dictators and starts squeezing them where it hurts most.
The media mocked the sanctions. Democrats called the policy reckless. But now Iran’s currency is collapsing, prices are exploding, and the mullahs are feeling the pain.
Financial pressure may be proving more powerful than bombs. And while all this unfolds overseas, something else is shifting inside the United States.
Republicans finally stopped playing defense in a major debate. And a revived conversation about the Presidential Fitness Award may reveal exactly what happened to American strength.