Unable to handle Trump’s successful strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, the left rushed to downplay it with lies. CNN led with a leaked “low-confidence” intel report claiming minimal impact, and the rest of the media fell in line—denying success and casting doubt. But the facts said otherwise: Israeli intelligence confirmed major damage, Iran admitted key facilities were hit, and even the UN nuclear watchdog agreed. Now, the New York Times has admitted it as well… but of course, there’s a huge twist.

In typical fashion, the Times can’t help but distort the story into a hit piece on Donald Trump. According to their latest narrative, yes, the attacks at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan really did derail Iran’s nuclear ambitions—yet somehow, this is all Trump’s fault.

“Israeli and American strikes appear to have created a major roadblock to Iran’s manufacture of atomic bombs, even if its cache of uranium fuel remains untouched, analysts say,” the report concedes. “That’s because attacks on one of the sites, in Isfahan, shattered gear that Iran was preparing to use for the transformation of enriched uranium gas into dense metal. That process, known as metallization, is among the last steps in making the explosive core of an atomic bomb.”

But here’s where the report takes a turn.

“Some nuclear experts argue that the demolished gear might never have existed but for President Trump’s abandoning a restrictive nuclear deal in his first term that President Barack Obama had negotiated,” the report claimed.

Mr. Trump and his allies faulted the 2015 Obama deal as preserving Iran’s ability to produce as much nuclear fuel as it wanted after 2030. But some experts see that criticism as ignoring a far more immediate threat. They note that Iran ramped up work at Isfahan only after Mr. Trump canceled the deal, and that now, in effect, he has been forced to neutralize a danger of his own making.

This is revisionist history at its worst. The fact is, Iran’s clandestine nuclear work at Isfahan and elsewhere predates Trump’s first term. Obama’s Iran deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was a sham from the start. While he claimed it would block Iran’s path to nuclear weapons, Iranian leaders openly said otherwise—even mocking the U.S. for caving. The deal lifted sanctions, gave Iran access to $150 billion, and included a secret $400 million cash ransom. Inspections were weak, delayed, and excluded military sites. 

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Just three months after it was signed, Iran test-launched a ballistic missile in direct violation of the very agreement Obama claimed would curb their nuclear ambitions.

In 2013—well before Trump even declared his intention to seek the presidency—Iran’s then-president Hassan Rouhani openly bragged about how Iran had duped Western negotiators, using talks as cover to expand their nuclear operations. 

Even the New York Times itself reported in 2015 that Iran was violating enrichment limits before Obama signed the so-called “historic” deal. Inspectors found Iran’s stockpile of nuclear fuel had increased by 20 percent during the negotiations, directly undercutting the Obama administration’s claim that Iran’s program was “frozen.” The plan was always for Iran to convert enriched uranium into oxide powder at Isfahan, supposedly for peaceful purposes, but they failed to do so—allowing their stockpile to balloon.

By April 2016, even Obama admitted Iran was violating the “spirit” of the deal—though he insisted they were technically following the “letter” of it. That didn’t hold up for long. A month later, Iran had already broken the deal’s terms and violated U.N. resolutions three times. By July, German intelligence believed Iran was actively seeking technology for its military nuclear program. And in November, the IAEA reported Iran had again exceeded its limit on sensitive nuclear materials.

None of this had anything to do with Trump. All of this happened while Obama was still in office—proving the deal was failing before the ink was dry. 

In other words, the deal didn’t stop Iran—it empowered it. Trump didn’t immediately withdraw from the deal, either. Violations continued into his presidency before Trump formally withdrew from the deal in May of 2018.

It’s a shame that the mainstream media can’t bring themselves to celebrate a clear win for nuclear non-proliferation and for the security of the free world. Instead, they’re too busy protecting their own failed narratives and blaming Trump for cleaning up the mess that Democrats created. That’s the real story here—and it’s one they’d rather you didn’t hear.