‘Call it like I see it’: Conservative champion seriously questions Trump for ‘confused’ messaging on Iran
Conservative champion Matt Walsh, who gained worldwide notoriety with his eye-opening documentary “What Is a Woman?,” is now seriously questioning President Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury in Iran.
In a series of posts on social media, Walsh wondered: “What exactly is the end game? ‘The Iranian people rise up and take control of their government’? Okay what does that mean exactly? Which people? How are they taking control? What happens after they do take control?
“Are we sure the new people, whoever they are, will be better than the old people? How are we going to make sure of that? How are we going to make sure of it while also not putting boots on the ground? This has not been explained. It needs to be.”
Last night, U.S. B-1 bombers, struck deep inside Iran to degrade Iranian ballistic missile capabilities. As the President stated, “we’re going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.” pic.twitter.com/tIkIo5ugWv
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
On Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted a statement reiterating the president’s goals:
Destroy the Iranian regime’s missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.
Annihilate the Iranian regime’s Navy.
Ensure the regime’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces.
Stop them from making and using IEDs or roadside bombs, which have gravely wounded and killed thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.
Guarantee that Iran can NEVER obtain a nuclear weapon.
Preventing this radical regime and its terrorist leaders from threatening America and our core national security interests is a clear-eyed and necessary objective.
Killing terrorists is good for America. 49 of the most senior Iranian regime leaders – including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – have already been wiped off the face of the Earth so far in the opening strikes of Operation Epic Fury.
Finally, while Operation Midnight Hammer did obliterate Iran’s major nuclear sites, the regime was fully committed to rebuilding their nuclear program, and they REFUSED to make a deal, despite months of extensive talks and good faith efforts by President Trump’s top negotiators.
Simply put, the terrorist Iranian regime would not say yes to peace.
For 47 years, the Iranian regime has actively and intentionally facilitated the killing of Americans while chanting “death to America” and funding other bloodthirsty terrorists seeking to destroy the United States and all of Western Civilization. Prior American leaders were too weak and cowardly to do anything about it. Now, President Donald J. Trump is correcting decades of cowardice and holding those responsible for the deaths of Americans accountable.
Their brutal attacks and threats will finally end under President Trump.
America will win – the terrorists will be defeated.
Multiple squadrons of F/A-18s are supporting sustained operations against Iran. U.S. forces are flying day and night to deliver overwhelming firepower. pic.twitter.com/twFDvYtbMC
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
In response to Leavitt, Walsh indicated: “So far we’ve heard that although we killed the whole Iranian regime, this was not a regime change war. And although we obliterated their nuclear program, we had to do this because of their nuclear program. And although Iran was not planning any attacks on the US, they also might have been, depending on who you ask. And although we are not fighting this war to free the Iranian people, they are now free, or might be, depending on who seizes power, and we have no idea who that will be. The messaging on this thing is, to put it mildly, confused.”
He also noted: “It’s just a basic fact of life that, generally speaking, the most ruthless and violent forces will be the ones who seize the crown. What exactly is the mechanism by which we plan to ensure that the secular ‘pro-western’ factions in Iran, who are by definition not barbaric killers, somehow manage to fill the power vacuum and prevail over the factions that are indeed barbaric killers? I’m not a foreign policy expert. I admit that. I’m just a common sense guy, and a student of history. So someone explain it to me.”
“Regime change wars in the Middle East coupled with a homeland flooded with third world Islamist migrants is a very volatile combination,” Walsh added.
“I know some of my followers here are annoyed at me but I have to call it like I see it. A basic level of honesty is an obligation that comes with having a public platform. This operation seemed like a bad idea to me before it happened, and I said so. Now that it is happening, I’m not going to suddenly change my tune. It still seems like a bad idea to me. I hope I’m wrong. But that’s how I see it.”
Two days ago, the Iranian regime had 11 ships in the Gulf of Oman, today they have ZERO. The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over. Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global… pic.twitter.com/nzdkMVMqZC
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 2, 2026
Sean Davis, CEO and founder of the right-leaning Federalist, also is wondering aloud about “any coherent objective.”
“Is the goal to eliminate the Iranian regime or free the Iranian people or degrade their nuclear capability or degrade the conventional weapons capability or eliminate their regional hegemony or to cut off their oil supply to China or to help Israel or what?” Davis said on X.
“The lack of any coherent message seems to suggest the lack of any coherent objective.”
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