Is there any point in having a cabinet government in the USA at the moment? That everything is done at the whim of an insane president is obvious, but literally everybody else is kept out of the loop.
It’s not just Gabbard, but Hegseth, Rubio and Vance apparently also advised against starting a war with Iran. Didn’t help. The latter three went on the interview circuit, assuring people that the aim is not regime change. They should check these things first: a correction on Truth Social insisted that the whole point of the action is regime change. They were at least present at an official announcement to hear the president struggling to read an autocue and unable to pronounce words.
Nevertheless, Vance has been doing his best trying to sell the operation. The problem in the past, he explained, is that the USA had really dumb presidents. Thank goodness that is no longer the case. When asked what Iran should do – what with the USA breaking its existing agreement and then launching an unprovoked attack – Vance was quite clear that you can’t trust Iran.
Public opinion is strongly against the attacks, although this will change. Maga has already learned the message from the party that 2 + 2 = 5 and they are faithfully repeating their new knowledge.
Iran has announced it will close the Strait of Hormuz. Whether they do remains to be seen, but it would cause chaos everywhere. This likely counts as a win for maga.