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The Trump administration’s foreign-policy message is finally getting through where the last regime’s moralizing failed: blunt, clear, and unapologetically in America’s national interest. State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Trey Gowdy on Sunday Night in America that President Trump has been “very clear” in his message to Tehran, and that clarity is a welcome change from the muddled, wishful thinking that cost American lives and emboldened dictators for years.
Iranians are risking everything in the streets, and the world is watching whether the free world will back the people demanding liberty or side with the ayatollahs who loot their own nation. Pigott’s remarks came amid those ongoing protests, and the White House is rightly weighing measured but decisive steps that advance U.S. security while supporting those brave souls pushing for freedom inside Iran. The choice is between principle and pretense — and this administration is choosing principle.
Make no mistake: when Pigott says the president’s Iran stance is driven by “national interest,” he means security, deterrence, and the protection of American lives and allies — not pointless nation-building or virtue-signaling. That realism is what kept the United States out of endless quagmires while still applying pressure where it matters: crippling sanctions, targeted diplomatic isolation, and support for dissidents who want neither the mullahs nor Tehran’s proxy wars in our region. Conservatives know that defending liberty overseas and safety at home are not mutually exclusive; they are the same fight.
At the same time, the administration has shown restraint where rash action would have played into Iran’s hands, holding off on immediate large-scale military strikes while keeping options on the table and tightening the screws elsewhere. Pigott explained that the president’s team has been deliberate in calibrating responses — a mix of military readiness, stepped-up sanctions, and diplomatic moves aimed at stripping the regime’s resources and legitimacy rather than tossing American lives into another nation’s civil conflagration. That steady, strategic posture is exactly what our troops and taxpayers deserve.
Washington’s tools are more than tanks and planes; they are sanctions, visa restrictions, and public exposure of theocratic brutality — all instruments the State Department has recently deployed with renewed vigor. The current State Department leadership has signaled a willingness to use targeted economic pressure and public accountability to choke off the regime’s ability to export terror while making clear that the U.S. stands with the Iranian people seeking freedom. This is smart, muscular diplomacy that protects Americans and prizes the cause of liberty.
Hardworking Americans know we can be both compassionate toward oppressed people and ruthless toward regimes that threaten our security. If Democrats and the legacy media want to play politics, let them — the American people will side with a president who puts our national interest first and supports those who risk everything for freedom. The choice is simple: stand timidly with tyrants, or stand boldly with America and the billions who yearn to breathe free.
