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On January 17, 2026, Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen appeared on Life, Liberty & Levin and delivered a wake-up call to the nation by calling Iran a “death cult” and predicting that President Donald Trump will visit “a free Iran, a free Havana and a free Caracas” before he leaves office. Thiessen’s words cut through the usual diplomatic euphemisms and forced the choice into plain sight: call evil what it is, or let it metastasize.
That phrase isn’t empty hyperbole when you consider the regime’s endorsement of martyrdom, its sponsorship of Hamas and Hezbollah, and the way it crushes protests at home while funding chaos abroad. International reporting has documented both the regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent and the urgent questions over its nuclear ambitions, making the alarm Thiessen sounded not only justified but overdue.
President Trump’s foreign-policy instinct—strength first, diplomacy from a position of power—makes Thiessen’s prediction plausible rather than fanciful. Conservatives remember that negotiations without leverage have only rewarded tyranny; a president who backs dissidents, imposes real sanctions, and supports targeted action can change facts on the ground that hollow words never will.
Bringing Cuba and Venezuela into the same sentence wasn’t a rhetorical flourish but a reminder that Communist tyranny is a hemisphere-wide moral blight that destroys lives and livelihoods. For years the left’s obsession with appeasement has allowed dictators to loot their countries while lecturing America; it’s Patriots’ duty to push for policies that empower freedom fighters, expand information access, and cut off the cash that props up brutal regimes.
Those who still cling to the fantasy of engaging Iran with trust and light sanctions should look at history for a lesson: weakness invites aggression and endangers our allies. Democrats and establishment Republicans who preach restraint while tolerating theocratic repression have been on the wrong side of history; real conservatives must demand a strategy that dismantles the regime’s capacity to export terror and pursue a bomb.
This is not mindless jingoism; it’s moral clarity. If America stands tall—backing intelligence, sanctions, and selective pressure—regimes that rely on fear and fanaticism will be forced into the light or collapse under their own corruption. Patriots should be loud in demanding that our leaders stop apologizing for American strength and start using it to deliver the liberty the world needs.
Conservative voices from across the movement, from Thiessen to other hawks, have been consistent: Iran’s ideology is incompatible with global stability and must be confronted decisively. If President Trump follows through, history will remember who chose freedom over feeding tyrants; if Americans remain complacent, the nightmare Thiessen warns about will only become more real.
