Staff Reports
The regime in Tehran staged a grotesque message to the world this week, broadcasting a mock prison and the staged execution of a Donald Trump lookalike on state television while a giant billboard in Enghelab Square declared in English, “We will kill Trump.” This wasn’t spontaneous anger from an anonymous crowd — it was a state production timed to the ritual November rallies and presented with the regime’s full blessing, a naked bet that American weakness will see it through. The images are a propaganda victory for the mullahs and a warning to every American who still believes resolve doesn’t matter.
State TV’s Chilling Propaganda
Footage from Tajrish Square showed a life‑size cell and a man wearing a President Donald Trump mask staged in a mock execution while cameras rolled, and in Enghelab Square municipal billboards and banners — including images of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — were burned in full view of state media. A billboard reading “We will kill Trump” in English was photographed and distributed internationally, and chants of death threats were captured on air. This is not the sort of thing a free society tolerates from a hostile state; it is deliberate psychological warfare broadcast from the center of Iran’s capital.
What Tehran Thinks the Midterms Mean
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf publicly framed the U.S. midterm outcome as “Americans said NO TO WAR,” while Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei doubled down on threats and called for readiness to strike without geographic limits. Taken together with the state‑produced street theater, Tehran has made its calculation: it believes the American people and politicians have shown weakness. Conservatives should be furious that the regime felt comfortable turning an election into a taunt aimed at the President of the United States.
From Pageantry to Policy: Demand Strength
These broadcasts are meant to humiliate and to test our response, and the only sensible reaction is firmness, not appeasement. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance need to make clear that threats on American soil or against American leaders will be met with coordinated diplomatic, economic, and strategic consequences, and Congress must back swift, targeted sanctions and enhanced support for regional partners. Our enemies watch for cracks; we must show them we will not be bullied by theatrical hatred on state television.
A Call to Patriotic Resolve
Hardworking Americans — patriots of every stripe — should demand accountability from their leaders and an end to the soft posture that encourages these stunts. This is a reminder of the hostage crisis era and why deterrence matters: when we look weak, enemies celebrate; when we act with clarity and resolve, we protect American lives and interests. Conservatives must turn outrage into pressure for policies that restore deterrence, protect our people, and make sure the mullahs’ televised bravado does not become a roadmap for future aggression.
