Diplomatic, by Laura Rozen

Amid reports that the U.S. is running dangerously low on stocks of missile defense interceptors and precision munitions due mostly to the Iran war, President Trump should cut his losses in the Iran war and step up support to Ukraine, some former American officials and foreign policy experts said today. “We blew all our air defense in a stupid war that we lost,” former Republican congressman and U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Colonel Adam Kinzinger wrote on Twitter today.

Presidential approval rating as of July 29, 2026 graphed from gathering multiple US polls by the website 50plusone. President Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to all-time lows, and his disapproval rating has hit all-time highs, in multiple polls released today, as more Americans believe that the Iran war will drag on, and with it high prices, and inflation.

President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on July 22, 2026 in Dover, Del. of Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, Army Staff Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad and Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales who were killed in action in Iraq and Jordan. Kevin Dietsch, Getty Images.

President Trump arrived to speak at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn., on July 15, 2026. SAUL LOEB/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Why has President Trump chosen full-fledged escalation to respond to a few Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, rather than try to recover the 60-day ceasefire Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached in June?

President Donald Trump holds a press conference at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo Credit: Burak Kara/Getty Images. President Trump has told the Iranians that the Strait of Hormuz “is going to be open,” or Iran will face continued strikes from the U.S. military, Vice President JD Vance told reporters today.

Photo of the graduating class at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, on June 22, 2026. USMMA photo. Living in Washington, D.C., one could be inclined to let Donald Trump spoil the official 250th anniversary of the United States celebrations and 4th of July holidays, as he spoils much of what he seizes for personal glory and self-enrichment.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), shown at the White House on June 14. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo). “Change the voters, change the country,” top Trump aide Stephen Miller wrote on Twitter Wednesday. The stark message from a senior White House aide came after President Trump held a contentious meeting with Senate Republicans on Wednesday, at which his central demand was to pass legislation to restrict the ability to vote, known as the Save America Act.

US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press conference at the end of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Credit: Vadim Ghirda/AP. In a rare moment of candor amid a rambling press briefing, Donald Trump said he took a deal to end the Iran war to prevent economic calamity.

Here is the text of the Memeorandum of Understanding reached by the United States and Iran, according to my transcription of what a senior U.S. administration official read to reporters on a Zoom call today. Vice President J.D. Vance is currently expected to lead a delegation to a signing ceremony to be held in Switzerland this weekend with the Iranians, as well as the Pakistani mediators. The Islamabad Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Photo of McKees Rocks Bridge, (2008-2015). West end of the McKees Rocks Bridge looking into McKees Rocks near Route 51. St. Marks Roman Catholic, St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Holy Ghost and St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church are visible beyond the arches. Photo by Herb Ferguson, posted to HistoricPittsburgh.org, University of Pittsburgh Library System. One thing I have come to realize is that you can’t generally get someone else to change their mind. A person can change their own mind.