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Trump’s Trifecta: Advancement for America and Setbacks for China

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March 25, 2026
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Iran is understandably the number one news story, with primary focus on the progress of U.S. military and diplomatic engagement and the responses of the Shia Mullah regime in Tehran. Almost no one is thinking or talking about the equally important spiritual and cultural ramifications for Iran, and the region, if the United States prevails—driving the current regime in Iran out of power. There’s even less analysis of the shifting geopolitics resulting from the combined effects of successful U.S. operations restoring control of the Panama Canal, Venezuela and its resources, the collapse of Cuba, and the degradation of narco-terrorism—all in the Western Hemisphere, and the fall of the current Iranian regime—in the heart of the Middle East. Christianity has ancient roots in Iran, …

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Trump’s Trifecta: Advancement for America and Setbacks for China

Why Gas Prices Will Never Go Back Down

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Here Comes $10 Gasoline

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Ice vs. Electricity

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