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A staunchly MAGA publication called out President Donald Trump on Thursday for his \u201cobviously untrue\u201d statements about the war in Iran.<\/p>\n

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After reviewing how Trump told Fox News that the Iran war is over and blaming the media for claiming otherwise, The Federalist\u2019s Eddie Scarry wrote that \u201ca lot of us who are rooting for a successful end to this conflict aren\u2019t so upset with the media. We know how they operate. What\u2019s frustrating us to the point of furious tears are the wildly inconsistent, contradictory and otherwise obviously untrue statements Trump is making about the war on a near-daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scarry then reviewed how Trump has flip-flopped about the state of the war in Iran since he first took office.<\/p>\n

“Literally since the start of the war, the president has said it\u2019s over; that it\u2019s still going; that we\u2019re close to a deal with Iran; that Iran isn\u2019t really trying to make a deal; that Iran really wants a deal; that Iran needs to open the Hormuz Strait; that the Hormuz Strait would be open in short order; that we control the strait; that the U.S. wants help from other allies; that the U.S. doesn\u2019t need help from any allies; that Iran must unconditionally surrender; that a deal might not include unconditional surrender; that regime change is a requirement to end the war; that the war might very well end with the existing regime,\u201d Scarry wrote, before listing 11 examples of Trump\u2019s untrue statements about the war between March and June. He then argued that if Trump believed the war in Iran was a good idea, he should have been upfront about his goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that was the route Trump wanted to take, with Israel nudging him along, he owed it to Americans to honestly set our expectations and manage them as events evolved,\u201d Scarry explained. \u201cHe\u2019s not doing that. To the contrary, the president has used his public appearances to say opposite things at once, apparently for the purpose of keeping oil prices lower than they otherwise might be and disorienting Iran\u2019s leadership, whoever that may be at any given moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIt may have been useful in buying Trump more time to figure out a way to bring the war to an end, but it has also flummoxed and irritated American voters, who are gearing up to render their judgement on this operation in just a few short months in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s too late to pretend that this can still be a splendid little war that ends cleanly,\u201d Scarry concluded. \u201cIran has proven resilient and that it\u2019s far more creative than the American administration appears to have anticipated. Trump can start leveling with the public now, and maybe this unpopular war will be less of a liability for his party in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scarry is not alone in arguing that Trump is attempting to effectively gaslight the public about the state of the war against Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say it’s a lot harder to TACO about a war than it is to TACO about tariffs,\u201d economist Ed Elson, the co-host of Prof G Markets, told MS NOW on Thursday. \u201cLet me break down what’s happened: back in April of last year, before the tariffs, we had 2.3 percent inflation. Then the tariffs came \u2014 we all said they would be inflationary \u2014 and inflation rose to 3 percent within the year, roughly a four percentage point added to inflation because of the tariffs. Then Trump decided to bomb Iran without clear objectives and without any contingency plans if this thing doesn\u2019t work out. We do that, oil prices skyrocketed, and now we’re at 4.2 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elson added that, although the president could alleviate inflation by both ending the Iran war and eliminating his tariffs, \u201cit’s never going to happen, because that would mean admitting defeat, which is something he will never do. This is one of the greatest self-inflicted economic injuries in American history, and because of his pride and ego, I think it’s only going to get worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

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