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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped into Tehran’s initial peace offer, calling the so-called 10-point plan “unserious” and saying President Trump had “literally thrown it in the garbage,” a bluntness Americans deserve from their leaders. That assessment came as the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire after Operation Epic Fury began, a pause that officials say was won only because American force forced Tehran back to the table.
This is exactly how deterrence works: make the cost of bad behavior unbearable and then bargain from strength, not from shame. Leavitt defended the president’s threats and the administration’s posture as necessary leverage to extract a workable deal, refusing to dignify Iran’s early “wish list” with serious consideration.
The media and the Democratic noise machine were quick to howl, but Leavitt unmasked the double standard by blasting Democrats for refusing to condemn Iran’s bad-faith moves and for reflexively siding with appeasement. Voters can see the contrast plainly: an administration that backs its words with action versus critics who prefer headlines over security.
Military leaders themselves have been candid that Epic Fury has achieved important battlefield gains while warning the mission will take time and resolve to finish the job, a sober reminder that victory requires both steel and patience. Conservatives have long argued that clear objectives, decisive action, and relentless pressure are the path to a sustainable peace — not armchair moralizing from the sidelines.
Hardworking Americans should take pride in a policy that refuses to cave to hostile regimes and that insists any deal be forged on terms that protect U.S. security and prevent Iran from ever threatening the region with nuclear ambitions again. If the administration keeps negotiating from a position of strength, as Leavitt insists, we can turn battlefield success into real diplomatic wins without surrendering our nation’s safety or our principles.
