Liz Peek laid out Trump’s three-part Iran strategy: stopping the country’s nuclear ambitions, degrading its missile capabilities, and addressing Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz that holds global economies hostage Media Matters for America. She made clear each objective matters—the nuclear angle gets the most attention, but Democrats won’t acknowledge that Trump finally achieved what policymakers have called for “for decades.” On missiles, Peek noted the U.S. didn’t even know the full scope of Iran’s reach until last week when their own test exposed it to the world. Now that’s being dismantled under Trump.
The third pillar—Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz—is the wildcard nobody was discussing before. Twenty percent of the world’s oil flows through that waterway, and Iran’s been using it as leverage. Peek called it a “matter of global concern,” pointing out that other countries are already feeling it: windfall profits taxes on oil, gas lines forming in Asia. The U.S. has dodged the worst because of strong energy policy, but this is a massive deal that Trump’s forcing into the open.
What really got her: NATO allies and Japan and South Korea have been “totally okay” with the strikes but won’t step up themselves. Trump called them out, and Peek agrees—it’s absurd. The bottom line? This is a win, markets know it, and investors are already reacting. The left just can’t stomach admitting Trump did something right.
