U.S. President Donald Trump with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff aboard Air Force One , U.S., March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
In a Saturday, March 7 post on his Truth Social platform, U.S. President Donald Trump offered a vigorous defense of his decision to go to war with Iran and claimed that the operation is going extremely well. But Trump's arguments got a strong pushback from Never Trump conservative Tim Miller, who stressed that the president is failing to offer a "coherent" explanation for getting the United States into war.
Trump's escalation with Iran represents a continuation of his longstanding adversarial stance toward the Iranian regime. Since taking office, Trump has pursued an aggressive posture toward Tehran, withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposing strict economic sanctions.
The administration has repeatedly accused Iran of destabilizing the Middle East through its support of proxy militias and regional actors. Throughout his first term, Trump authorized military strikes against Iranian military commanders, including the 2020 assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, which significantly raised tensions and prompted retaliatory threats from Iran. These actions set the stage for an increasingly confrontational relationship, one that Trump has continued to fuel with inflammatory rhetoric and hardline policies upon his return to office.
In a video for the conservative website The Bulwark, Miller — a frequent guest on MS NOW and a former GOP strategist — went over Trump's points, one by one, and took them apart.
Trump posted, "Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attacks."
Miller, in a mocking tone, told viewers, "I don't think they've apologized to their Middle East neighbors."
Trump wrote that Iran was "looking to take over and rule the Middle East" — to which Miller responded, "Maybe aspirationally."
Trump called Iran as "the loser of the Middle East," and Miller described that rhetoric as comparable to a "nine-year-old."