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Iconic and Ironic

July 15, 2026 Buck Banks

Donald Trump has done a heckuva job leading our grateful nation.
For his many projects and interior designs, he deserves an ovation.
So what to give a guy who has everything —
Another plaque, or a medal or a signet ring?
How about a 10-foot-tall gold trophy for “Iran War Participation.”

20 Minutes with Mitch

July 8, 2026July 24, 2026 Buck Banks

The recent news out of Kentucky was just awful,
They found the senator unconscious and horizontal.
And since his hospitalization,
There’s been little news about his condition,
But now everybody’s having a 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.

Was that ‘Progress’ or ‘Egress?’

June 22, 2026 Buck Banks

“We’ve already made great progress over just the last few hours. I expect that we will make additional progress in the hours to come.”

— Vice President JD Vance, quoted by NOTUS, even though Iranian negotiators walked out of their meeting with the U.S.

Obama Says U.S. Worse Off After Iran War

June 20, 2026 Buck Banks

“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off.”

— “Former President Barack Obama said it seems like the United States has either returned to the status quo or is ‘worse off’ now than before President Donald Trump launched the war on Iran in February,” NBC News reports.

Rubio’s Take on Iran

June 4, 2026 Buck Banks

“They have no navy, they have no air force, they have no air defenses. Their leadership is fractured. They have hyperinflation, their currency is worthless, and they’re having trouble making payroll… I guess other than that, they’re doing well.”

— Secretary of State Marco Rubio, quoted by the New York Post, on Iran.

The Great Negotiator

May 28, 2026June 9, 2026 Buck Banks

In negotiating with Iran, Trump can’t just pull a deal off the shelf,
Not after starting the war and then asking NATO allies for help.
The guy from “The Art of the Deal”
Is only good at the Art of the Steal,
And then he’s a great negotiator when he’s self-dealing with himself.

Bolton: Iran a ‘Catastrophic Loss’

May 26, 2026 Buck Banks

“I think we’re on the verge of something that ultimately history will decide was a catastrophic loss for the United States.”

— Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, talking to CNN about the Iran war.

In April Inflation Soared to 3.8%

May 13, 2026 Buck Banks

3.8%

Wall Street Journal: “Consumer prices rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, a clear impact of higher gas prices since the start of the war with Iran. … The figures, reported Tuesday by the Labor Department, surpassed the previous month’s reported increase of 3.3%. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected inflation of 3.7%.”

The Persian Paradox

May 12, 2026May 30, 2026 Buck Banks

Trump’s attack on Iran was a war of his own choosing,
Though his reasons for it ran from dumb to confusing.
He said we’ve now won the war twelve times,
Though there are no “Mission Accomplished” signs.
So, if we’re winning this much, why does it feel like we’re losing?

Iran Hit Many More U.S. Military Targets Than Has Been Reported

May 7, 2026 Buck Banks

228

Washington Post: “Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported.”

Tag: Trump’s War on Iran

Iconic and Ironic

20 Minutes with Mitch

Was that ‘Progress’ or ‘Egress?’

“We’ve already made great progress over just the last few hours. I expect that we will make additional progress in the hours to come.”

— Vice President JD Vance, quoted by NOTUS, even though Iranian negotiators walked out of their meeting with the U.S.

Obama Says U.S. Worse Off After Iran War

“We’ve now fought a war, spent billions and billions of dollars, you know, put enormous strain on our military. A lot of people have died. And it feels like we’re back where we were before we started the war, except maybe a little bit worse off.”

— “Former President Barack Obama said it seems like the United States has either returned to the status quo or is ‘worse off’ now than before President Donald Trump launched the war on Iran in February,” NBC News reports.

Rubio’s Take on Iran

“They have no navy, they have no air force, they have no air defenses. Their leadership is fractured. They have hyperinflation, their currency is worthless, and they’re having trouble making payroll… I guess other than that, they’re doing well.”

— Secretary of State Marco Rubio, quoted by the New York Post, on Iran.

The Great Negotiator

Bolton: Iran a ‘Catastrophic Loss’

“I think we’re on the verge of something that ultimately history will decide was a catastrophic loss for the United States.”

— Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, talking to CNN about the Iran war.

In April Inflation Soared to 3.8%

3.8%

The Persian Paradox

Iran Hit Many More U.S. Military Targets Than Has Been Reported

228

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”