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On Friday’s edition of The Record, foreign policy analysts Walid Phares and Steve Yates made the patriotic case that President Trump’s vocal support for anti-regime protestors in Iran was exactly the kind of clear, moral leadership America should provide to oppressed people around the world. Conservative commentators on the show rightly celebrated a president who doesn’t whisper from the sidelines but stands squarely with freedom and the brave Iranians risking everything for liberty.
President Trump’s public admonitions of Tehran weren’t an empty gesture — he repeatedly tweeted support for demonstrators, declaring that “the USA is watching very closely” as citizens rose up against corruption and the regime’s funding of terrorism abroad. That posture mattered: when the leader of the free world names the injustice and refuses to look away, it emboldens those in the streets and shoves tyrants onto the defensive.
Walid Phares told viewers that Trump’s tough rhetoric sent a message Tehran understands: the United States will not normalize blood money and brutality while people cry out for basic rights. This is exactly the kind of peace-through-strength moment conservatives have argued for for decades — showing strength at the right moment gives the powerless a chance to reclaim their destiny.
Meanwhile, the left and the legacy media predictably sneered — as if moral clarity and the defense of human dignity are partisan scandals rather than American virtues. Hardworking Americans see through that hypocrisy: supporting freedom abroad and standing up to state-sponsored terror are not “provocations,” they are our duty. Washington should stop agonizing over optics and start backing policies that give real leverage to Iranian dissidents.
That means more than words; it means sanctions that bite, digital tools that break the regime’s censorship, and diplomatic cover for those risking everything to speak out. The conservative case is simple and unashamed: when authoritarian regimes choke off the internet and silence their people, the United States should amplify voices of liberty and make clear there will be consequences for repression.
Patriots know that America’s strength is not just in our bombs or our banks but in our willingness to champion freedom without apology. President Trump showed that backbone, and conservatives should push for sustained pressure until Tehran learns that tyranny has a price and liberty has powerful friends. The time for timid statements is over — stand with the brave, hold the line, and let freedom ring.
