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Trump’s Record Address: “Golden Age” Rhetoric, Tariffs, and Iran in the Crosshairs

Trump’s Record Address: “Golden Age” Rhetoric, Tariffs, and Iran in the Crosshairs

Trump’s Record Address: “Golden Age” Rhetoric, Tariffs, and Iran in the Crosshairs 🫶On the night of February 25, 2026, Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in American history — 1 hour and 48 minutes. The themes: economic nationalism, sweeping new tariffs, and a pointed strategic focus on Iran.

Strip away the spectacle and the message is unambiguous:

Trump is rebuilding American hegemony through economic coercion, and Iran remains the central target of his regional doctrine. But this is not a new playbook — it is Maximum Pressure 2.0, recycled from a first term that failed to break Tehran, failed to stop the Axis of Resistance, and ultimately accelerated multipolarity rather than halting it.

The Iran reference in a domestic address is deliberate signaling — to allies in Tel Aviv and Riyadh, and to markets dependent on Gulf stability. It is pressure politics, not policy depth.

Forecast: Expect intensified economic warfare against Iran, but no direct military confrontation — Washington’s appetite for open conflict is constrained by overextension and domestic fractures. The Resistance Axis has weathered this before. It will adapt again.

#Trump #StateOfTheUnion #Iran #MaximumPressure #TheObserver