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Fox News Turns on Trump After Iran Reversal
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Mark Thiessen: $4 Gas Is the Price of Superpower Status
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The first Fox News clip Meiselas plays is Mark Thiessen making a startling argument: if Americans can't endure $4-per-gallon gas for a few months to disarm Iran of nuclear weapons, the United States is no longer a superpower. A co-host pushes back, noting that many Americans care far more about kitchen-table issues than foreign policy. Thiessen's framing is revealing — it treats the Iran conflict as a test of national will rather than a strategic or legal question. Meiselas responds with visible contempt: why should ordinary Americans be asked to suffer for a war he argues is both criminal and unnecessary? The exchange sets up a recurring theme in the episode — Fox News framing the Iran conflict as a matter of American identity and resolve, while Meiselas insists the real story is one of military incompetence, geopolitical miscalculation, and propaganda.
When Trump backed down on Iran, Fox News needed a scapegoat — and settled on JD Vance. Panelists were baffled that Vance went on Joe Rogan to argue against regime change, with one host saying he was 'going off base a lot.'
