Busy night! Had to rush from a great candidate forum with the Spokane GOP to go and pick up one of my special assistants at the boxing gym. Good times. ๐บ๐ธ
"We have a Commander-in-Chief... that put Qasem Soleimani in the dirt, put the Ayatollah in the dirt, and put their nuclear programme under a pile of dirt"
Republican Congressman Michael Baumgartner on the Trump administration's US-Iran agreement.
#Newsnight
Our tremendous tour of terrific Spokane Valley manufacturing businesses continues at Lite-Check, an innovative maker of safety testing equipment for big rigs and military trucks! Iโค๏ธAmerican blue collar jobs! ๐บ๐ธ
At the start of Epic Fury, I wrote about โApplying Iraqโs Hardest Lessons to Iranโ for @NRO. Worth revisiting. ๐บ๐ธ
nationalreview.com/2026/03/applyiโฆ
The Spokane Valley has so many cool manufacturing companies! Great to visit DEA and learn about how they make underground hard rock mines safer with their spec built power transmission systems. I also really appreciate their focus on hiring military veterans. ๐บ๐ธ
Coming to DC to celebrate Americaโs 250th? We are rolling out the Red Carpet for E. Washington! Come tour the Capitol and celebrate with us! ๐บ๐ธ
My preference would be that the US maintains our physical blockade of Iranโs oil exports until all of its nuclear enriched material is in US possession. However, I have a lot of confidence in the guy who ordered Soleimani/Midnight hammer/Epic Fury to not get bamboozled on this
I think it would be worthwhile for some folks to think through how and why Anwar Sadat pursued peace between Egypt and Israel after the 1973 war. ๐บ๐ธ
The entire night of UFC fights at the WH was pretty special, but my favorite part was seeing Spokane/ North Central HS Medal of Honor recipient Ty Carter on the walk out. ๐บ๐ธ
The big lessons of the last 100 days in Iran:
-The US can choke out Iranโs economy;
-The US can eliminate senior Iranian leadership;
-The US can infiltrate Iranโs security intel;
-The US can obliterate Iranโs navy, air defense, and conventional weapons;
-The US can bury Iranโs
Fairchild Air Force Base is the jewel of the inland northwest and a pillar of Americaโs power projection which keeps the world safe. Great to be at todayโs โchange in commandโ ceremony with so many great Airmen and community leaders! ๐บ๐ธ