adminPatrick Bet-David, an Iranian American who fled theocratic repression, told Fox & Friends Weekend that President Trump is taking the kind of clear, unapologetic stand the world needs and blasted the mainstream media for downplaying those efforts. His testimony is not some partisan talking point — it’s the voice of someone who knows what life under the mullahs looks like and who sees bold U.S. action as a lifeline for brave Iranians.
The protests sweeping Iran are not a fleeting headline; they are a brutal, countrywide eruption against an economic collapse and a violent regime that is shooting its own citizens and cutting off communications to hide the carnage. Independent reporting and human rights groups are documenting mounting deaths, mass arrests, and internet blackouts as the regime lashes out to stay in power.
President Trump has signaled he will use America’s unique levers — including direct pressure on tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk to restore internet access — to make sure the world can see what the mullahs are doing and the Iranian people can organize. That kind of unconventional, results-oriented diplomacy is exactly what conservative patriots have argued for: leverage, solidarity with the oppressed, and technological tools to break censorship.
Bet-David’s criticism of the media underscored a truth Americans should not ignore: many outlets reflexively minimize U.S. leadership and amplify the regime’s talking points, while cheering on hollow diplomatic gestures that yield nothing. It’s predictable but unforgivable when journalists trade moral clarity for narratives that fit their partisan worldview, leaving courageous Iranians to fend for themselves in the dark.
We’ve seen the regime’s playbook before: blackout the internet, flood state TV with forced confessions, and then pretend nothing untoward happened while the death toll rises. Reports of massacres and organized violence against protesters make it crystal clear why restoring communications and supporting dissidents is not interference — it’s a moral obligation to human decency and freedom.
American conservatives should be loud and proud in backing policies that help free people push back against tyranny, not apologetic about using America’s strengths to do it. If that means pressuring companies to provide satellite internet to bypass Tehran’s censorship or piling on sanctions until the ayatollahs feel real pain, so be it — liberty is worth the cost.
The choice is simple for patriots: stand with brave Iranians and a president who acts, or cede the field to an opportunistic press that prefers virtue signaling over victory. This moment should remind every hardworking American that freedom needs champions, and when those champions act, we should cheer them on and hold the media accountable for any silence that costs lives.
