Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich issued a full-throated defense of the Iran War on Saturday.
In an early-morning X post, Gingrich declared that the United States is out of options when it comes to dealing with Iranian nuclear capabilities, and conflict is basically inevitable.
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The United States may be entering the most dangerous period since the defeat at Fredericksburg in 1862. It is clear that our will to survive is declining. The Iranian religious dictatorship continues to chant “death to America” and continues to work on its nuclear program and its…
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) September 19, 2026
“The United States may be entering the most dangerous period since the defeat at Fredericksburg in 1862. It is clear that our will to survive is declining,” Gingrich wrote. “The Iranian religious dictatorship continues to chant ‘death to America’ and continues to work on its nuclear program and its missile systems. It is openly allied with Russia, Communist China and North Korea. The Iranians have been targeting Americans and are openly trying to drive the United States out of the Region. The Democrats have become their allies and consistently vote for surrender when the choice comes up in the Congress.”
“Some Republicans have become tired of the fight and the confusion and would accept a face-saving defeat,” he continued. “The American people entered this fight with a clear understanding of what is at stake. According to America’s New Majority Project, 55% believe the Iranians really mean it when they say death to America (62% of independents). Nearly two-thirds of Americans (64%) believe the nuclear threat is real. The Iranian refusal to negotiate in good faith helps convince 60% that the nuclear threat from Iran is real. In fact, 64% of the American people believe that a nuclear-armed Iran could target American cities and kill millions.”
“A series of Presidential Oval Office addresses laying out the 47 year history of Iran attacking Americans, killing Americans, supporting terrorist groups to kill Americans, and working consistently to build weapons to bring ‘death to America’ would solidify support for an all-out effort to replace the religiously inspired dictatorship which has proven again and again that it can take a tremendous amount of punishment and continue to work toward destroying America. We have to either defeat the Iranian dictatorship or accept a willingness to coexist with Iranian nuclear weapons and missiles capable of destroying our citizens and killing millions. We are at a crossroads and there is not a third choice,” the post concluded.
X users weighed in on this take:
We are weak because we engage in, and spend money on, continuous wars that we never win. Start there. We are less than a decade away from collapse, whether from out-of-control inflation or from the deflation that necessary deficit reduction would cause. Game over. Tick tock.
— Stan Labanowski (@StanLabanowski) September 19, 2026
Newt, nobody gives a shit about what you think. You’re a product of the problem, and man who helped manufacture them. Also, China has had a market based economy for decades. We don’t want a war, we don’t want its debt. Iran hates us bc of our support for the stain that is Israel.
— Andrew Farmer (@drewsusmfarmer2) September 19, 2026
While Iran is no friend of ours and has caused much death and pain, there are ZERO nuclear weapons. For the past 25 years they were just weeks or a few months away. ENOUGH already.
— PB (@PBOnPoint) September 19, 2026
We either choose to survive or not. This is the moment. https://t.co/GTqi3IrOXk
— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) September 19, 2026
Well said https://t.co/cxgdXh2oWr
— Mark Alford 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@markalfordkc) September 19, 2026
If Iran gets a nuke, they might use it against the Islamo-communist caliphate of New York City, or the Hindu capital of Texas, or the burned down, fentanyl poisoned husk of Los Angeles. How would America ever recover? https://t.co/Rd1ehwTTJv
— Dick Masterson (@dickmasterson) September 19, 2026
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