DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: Let’s talk about Iran, Trump, and the next major plot twist

Let’s talk about Iran.

Let’s talk about Trump.

Let’s talk about true or false information and what Americans who find it easier to complain than figure out a solution need to be reminded.

In the last 48 hours, I’ve heard the Strait of Hormuz was opened, closed, opened, and that Iran was firing at ships trying to cross it.

Trump said, “They wanted to close the Strait again,” even after Friday when Americans were told the Strait of Hormuz was completely open and ready for business and full passage.”

Iran said they would reopen the waterway – apparently the agreement was not honored.

I wasn’t personally there when the agreement was made nor were any of the journalists reporting, so it remains to be seen what is true or false on this topic.

What is true is Trump said, “Bombs will be dropping if a deal is not made.”

Iran turned around and said Trump has been lying and that his ceasefire statements were false.

So now we have a group of Americans that hate Trump (i.e., their own safety) so much they are choosing to believe what an Iranian leader is telling them versus their own President.

You know that same leader that gets off on having everyone chant “Death to America.”

While I currently do not agree with about half of Trump’s ideas, he is the President of this country which I love.

And I sure as heck am going to believe him over the Iranian option.

Why wouldn’t you? It’s that hate thing again that people have gotten so caught up in that they automatically believe the other side no matter what that other side is capable of doing. Don’t believe me – take your next vacation over there.

Sure, our politicians are under extreme scrutiny for lying. What makes you automatically believe our politicians are the only liars out there?

Americans don’t want war.

I don’t want war.

I also don’t want to deal with Iran having nuclear weapons or killing their citizens while Americans are just walking around smelling roses as if “it’s not happening here, so it isn’t really happening.”

The days of Americans being clueless are long gone, no matter how long you have been sleeping.

Here’s an example – Iranian courts recently sentenced four more people to death over protests that happened in January in Iran. To date since January, there have been 600 executions and that number could be higher because Iran was offline since March.

When a woman is executed in Iran, the regime believes if she is a virgin when killed she will go to heaven. So, before they execute her, they gang rape her.

How many of you believe this Trump/Iran problem began during this administration?

Truth: it’s been going on since 1979.

Until now, no one had the guts to manage the problems.

Trump’s handling of Iran has nothing to do with if you hate him, love him or any other little thing since once isolated issues have now become global nightmares.

I asked some blue friends if they thought Kamala Harris would have gone into Iran to eliminate the obvious threat we are now facing.

They said “no” and I reminded them of the 2024 interview when she was asked, “Which foreign country do you consider to be the US’s greatest adversary?”

Harris answered, “There is an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands. What we need to do to ensure that Iran never achieves the ability to never be a nuclear power is one of my highest priorities.”

In another interview she was asked, “What is the message to Iran?” She replied, “Don’t.”

Recently she must have fallen on her head – because she completely changed her tune with no recollection of past comments when Trump took the same action she had indicated she would take if President.

She told FOX News, “If we want to stop Donald Trump with this random decision that he has arrived at then Congress must act. Congress must act immediately. The American people do not want our sons and daughters to go into this unauthorized war of choice and I unequivocally oppose it.”

Hey lady – a random decision every president has known about since 1979 regarding the threat Iran poses on the world.

I’m not one to speak highly of AIPAC and have a tough time that is anything “Bibi” but recently she also played that card too.

Harris said regarding Trump and Iran, “He entered a war, got pulled into it by Bibi Netanyahu, let us be clear about that, entered a war the American people do not want.”

I wonder why she is hating on Israel. She took over $6 million for her campaign in 2024 alone from J Street, a liberal, pro‑Israel Jewish PAC.

This threat with Iran should have been dealt with years ago when Obama was in office and Iran kidnapped the navy sailors and held them hostage (thehill.com/policy/national-security/265785-obama-administration-downplays-irans-capture-of-us-sailors).

Obama created the Nuclear Deal (obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/328996) which expired in October 2025. At that time, the Iranian regime began celebrating a possible new nuclear era.

It’s also been noted talks with European powers to revive the agreement failed over the years.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog, The International Atomic Energy Agency, also said in June Iran was in violation of the agreement.

So, we wait, and according to reports the Strait of Hormuz is still in question so tankers have been flooding the Gulf of America. Loading up on Texas crude and refined products bound for Europe and Asia. In fact, it was noted U.S. Gulf crude exports are now on track to hit a record 5 million barrels per day in May.

Every day is a new day and for those not sleeping it is obvious we are never going back to the world we lived in before COVID, Trump, Epstein, and the pandemic of hate.

With that said, next week, I am going woo-woo again.

After all, it’s much more fun – and in truth the interdimensional travelers seem a lot more friendly than our current politicians here and abroad.

Rita Cook is a freelance writer for The Ellis County Press. She can be reached at rcook13@earthlink.net.