Global Politics

Trump didn’t start sending missiles because he had a change of heart—he did it because getting outmaneuvered by Putin and boxed in by Europe made doing nothing look worse than pulling the trigger.

Cutting USAID isn’t a budget decision—it’s a strategic blunder that hands our enemies the keys to the neighborhoods we once protected.

From Gaza to Tehran to the blockchain, America’s enemies are throwing grenades, empty promises, and crypto scams—and whether it’s veterans under fire, Iran’s fair-weather friends, or digital con men, the message is clear: the U.S. isn’t backing down. Welcome to the SOFREP evening brief for July 6th, 2025.

From Elon Musk blowing up his bromance with Trump to start the America Party, to the gator-guarded swamp gulag known as Alligator Alcatraz, to deporting foreign convicts to a war zone they’ve never set foot in, American politics this week feels less like a constitutional republic and more like the fever dream of a Red State Dr. Moreau. Welcome to Sunday, July 6th, 2025. This is your SOFREP morning brief.

Those who still believe Iran can be deterred by half-measures or diplomatic niceties haven’t learned a thing from the last two decades of American missteps in the Middle East.

Trump’s “obliterated” claim is looking more like wishful thinking now that the IAEA says Iran’s nukes could be spinning again by fall, journalists are bracing for subpoenas over leaks that told the truth, and Thailand’s military is inching toward the driver’s seat after a phone scandal lit the match on mass protests—2025 is shaping up to be a year where narratives die hard and power grabs come easy. Welcome to your evening brief for Sunday, June 29th, 2025.

President Trump’s blockbuster week saw him torch Iran sanctions after Khamenei’s victory lap, ink a rare earth-packed trade deal with China, and dodge a Senate bid to curb his war powers—all while reminding Washington who’s calling the shots. Welcome to Saturday, June 28, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

President Trump calls it a knockout blow, but early intelligence suggests Iran’s nuclear program may have only taken a standing eight count.

At 7,181 miles from the front lines, the United States must resist the temptation of ground entanglement and instead wield its influence through precision airpower, steadfast alliance, and diplomatic pressure that leaves Iran increasingly boxed in.

When the missiles came and the sky turned hostile, it wasn’t doctrine or diplomacy that held the line—it was a handful of twenty something Americans with steady hands and nerves of steel.

Trump’s big, brash ceasefire rolled off the runway like a flaming shopping cart—loud, chaotic, and destined to explode before anyone could say “mission accomplished.”

Iran just lit the fuse in a powder keg it doesn’t have the hands to hold, and if one American dies, the response won’t be symbolic—it’ll be biblical.