This is not Iraq. For 118 years, every government in Iran has served Britain's financial empire. Trump has spent a year dismantling that architecture. The Mullahs were the last piece on the board. As of this morning, he's clearing it.
In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth-grade reading. Today, it ranks 9th. In Steubenville, Ohio, over 95% of third graders pass reading benchmarks despite widespread poverty. These results point to something deeper — a cultural renewal rooted in literacy and human dignity.
Trump lost the Supreme Court tariff ruling—and immediately hit back with new tariffs. But the real story is bigger: America's productive economy has been hollowed out, and tariffs are the way back.
This is not Iraq. For 118 years, every government in Iran has served Britain's financial empire. Trump has spent a year dismantling that architecture. The Mullahs were the last piece on the board. As of this morning, he's clearing it.
Barbara Boyd argues that the U.S. and Israel’s major combat operations against Iran, announced by President Trump as Operation Epic Fury, are being miscast as “Iraq 2.0” and “regime change.” She cites Trump’s message to Iranians to “take over your government” and JD Vance’s statement that there is “no chance” of a years-long Middle East war, framing the strikes as targeted to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions rather than an occupation. Barbara shows Iran’s leadership has long served a British-centered financial system rooted in the 1908 BP oil concession, reinforced by events such as the 1953 Mossadegh coup and the 1979 revolution. She says Trump’s recent policies—Abraham Accords, the “Board of Peace,” Gulf investment redirection, and designating the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists—aim to dismantle that system, with Iran as the final obstacle amid escalating retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
00:00 The Saturday Wrap-Up - NOT IRAQ 2.0: The 118-Year Empire Trump Just Ended - February 28, 2026
02:53 NOT IRAQ: Why This Strike Is Different
06:33 1908: When Britain Seized Iran's Oil
09:57 THE BOARD OF PEACE: Trump's Real Strategy
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In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth-grade reading. Today, it ranks 9th. In Steubenville, Ohio, over 95% of third graders pass reading benchmarks despite widespread poverty. These results point to something deeper — a cultural renewal rooted in literacy and human dignity.
Trump's State of the Union reminded Americans why they voted for him — forcing Democrats to sit in silence on immigration, child safety, and insider trading while laying out his vision to rebuild America as a sovereign, producing nation.
Mike Steger frames current events as an existential conflict over how nations and the world should be organized, emphasizing the need to educate more citizens in core American principles and a coherent worldview centered on the common good.
A third assassination attempt. Corporate threats from Rice and Sullivan. A Supreme Court ruling the globalists think they won. But the tariffs are already working — and the names on those briefs tell you everything about who destroyed this country.
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