Iran just proved President Trump right, and the timing couldn’t be more revealing. After Tehran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia—a joint U.S.-U.K. military base roughly 2,500 miles away—the regime’s earlier lies about their capabilities have been utterly exposed. Just days before the war, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was still claiming they “intentionally kept the range of our missiles below 2,000 km” and had no hostility toward America or Europe, as reported in his official statements from the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website.
That was a lie, and Friday’s attack proves it. These missiles weren’t aimed at Israel—they were aimed at us, and they had the range to reach European capitals like Berlin, Paris, and Rome. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir didn’t mince words Saturday, stating in a press briefing, “These missiles were not intended to hit Israel. Their range reaches the capitals of Europe,” according to a transcript from the Israel Defense Forces’ official media release. And the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which has been tracking Iran’s missile program for years through their research reports available on their site, has now confirmed the regime’s deception about their true capabilities.
Trump warned us about Iran; he pulled out of the disastrous nuclear deal, imposed crushing sanctions, and made it clear that appeasement only emboldens tyrants, as detailed in his administration’s policy documents from the White House archives. Now we’re seeing the result of years of weakness from previous administrations—an Iranian regime that feels bold enough to target American bases directly while lying through their teeth about their intentions. The question now is whether Europe will finally wake up; when missiles can reach your capitals, the threat becomes impossible to ignore.
Trump understood this reality years ago. The rest of the world is just now catching up. Providence watches over the bold.
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