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Mark Wauck: Spike In Renewed Iran War Rumors

April 30, 2026/3 Comments/in General/by Kevin MacDonald

There has been a flurry of rumors—entirely plausible on their face—to the effect that Miriam Adelson and other leading Jewish Nationalists are frantically lobbying Trump to renew his undeclared war on Iran. Trump himself has been on a toot with goofy tweets intended to project an image of strength, but which in context project desperation. This, as the War Powers Resolution deadline of May 2 approaches and Congress holds hearings on the subject. This also comes after a flurry of rumors that Trump is exploring some form of TACO—such as proclaiming the effectiveness of an ineffective blockade:

The American Conservative @amconmag

President Trump says the Hormuz blockade “is genius”:

“The blockade has been 100% foolproof. It shows how good our Navy is. No one is going to play games.. Now, they have to cry uncle. That’s all they have to do. Just say ‘We give up.’”

Is all this more bluffing to try to extract some concession from Iran, some fig leaf to cover the TACO and sell it to Americans as a victory? Whatever it is—bluff or real threat—Iran isn’t playing that game. The bottom line for me is that, one way or another, the war on Iran that threatens global economic catastrophe as well as a possible hot global war targeting China is being prolonged. It’s hard to exaggerate the negatives of continuing this war.

Here’s what’s up this morning.

Say what you want about Axios, but it has been used by Trump to feed leaks to the media—bluff, or signaling a real threat:

Drop Site @DropSiteNews

AXIOS: President Trump to receive new Iran strike options briefing Thursday

CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper is set to present plans ranging from a “short and powerful” wave of strikes on Iranian infrastructure to seizing parts of the Strait of Hormuz to reopen shipping, according to the report.

Other options include special forces targeting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.

Trump told Axios he views the naval blockade as “more effective than the bombing,” but could escalate if Iran refuses to concede.

United States Air Force general, who serves as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine is also expected at the briefing.

Oil prices have surged to new war-time highs

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Now, this morning, Larry Johnson appeared on Judge Nap’s show. LJ presented all the very strong arguments against a renewal of the bombing campaign. The leading—and related—reasons included two that we highlighted yesterday:

  • Iran controls escalation because of its enormous stock of high precision missiles, which have wreaked devastation on US bases;
  • The US is running short of precision munitions, most of which rely on Chinese provided rare earths and—in any event—take months to produce for each unit.

In other words, Iran can happily fire away while the US has to husband its resources—which have, in any case, not deterred Iran in the least. LJ also explains the likely disasters awaiting any entry into Iranian territory—a lesson Trump should have learned from the Isfahan debacle. Still …

MenchOsint @MenchOsint

20h

An MC-130J Commando II and 2 x HC-130J Combat King II are arriving in US Bases in the region.

*same planes that were used for that failed raid near Isfahan.

Perhaps most tellingly, LJ reports that he has heard that the top officers who would be most involved in such a renewed bombing and/or boots on the ground campaign are opposed. Trump’s claims and threats that Iran is desperate for an end fall flat in the face of continued Iranian defiance and the implausibility of any suggestion on his own part that he’s reluctant to attack for supposed humanitarian reasons. Nevertheless, Doug Macgregor, who has consistently predicted escalation and hasn’t been wrong yet, is predicting stupid choices and escalation …

Iran, for its part, has been threatening massive retaliation—eclipsing previous responses—and strongly suggesting that it will target USN ships. That, of course, raises the question of whether Iran has, to this point, held back some of its anti-ship capabilities.

IRNA News Agency ☫ @IrnaEnglish

In response to CENTCOM, IRGC Aerospace Force commander said:

With long and far-reaching painful blows, we will respond to the enemy’s operations even if they are swift and short by the grace of God.

We saw the fate of your bases in the region; we will also see your warships.

Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape

2h

Chilling: Iran supreme leader issues statement saying:

— only place Americans belong in Persian Gulf is ‘at the bottom of its waters

— Iran will protect nuclear capability

—Iran will keep Hormuz

Iran is not surrendering— it’s preparing for escalation

Will Schryver sums the situation up:

Will Schryver @imetatronink

15h

Trump has painted himself into a “damned if you do and damned if you don’t” corner.

Declare victory and leave? Everyone knows the score.

Try to redeem the fail with new attacks? Run serious risk of losing even bigger, and still have to leave because you’ve got nothing left.

Continues…

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  1. Tim
    Tim says:
    April 30, 2026 at 10:21 am

    An Amren-commenter replied to me:

    “What should happen is all Whites from overseas should emigrate back to Europe. We need to replenish our home base.”

    My answer:

    It sounds good at first glance, but on closer inspection it’s unworkable—at least until white people actually become a minority in their own countries. Europeans have the same ideological flaw as Americans; they’re programmed for self-destruction. This cannot be changed or stopped in the short or even medium term. Europe wouldn’t take in 200 million white Americans.

    Besides, white Americans generally believe that America is their “homeland.” Which is true (especially considering the last one or two centuries), but is historically and even biologically nonsense. But let’s assume your idea were to be realized, at least in part; on the other hand, this would mean an incredibly massive loss of resources due to the abandonment of the country (which, however, could not be simultaneously regenerated in Europe by this influx of people).

    It might actually work the other way around: abandoning Europe and launching a mass white invasion of America. Especially since America is, after all, at a greater (and more controllable) distance from Africa and South Asia. America would, of course, have to be systematically cleansed of all colorids (but also of those who want to keep them there and support them—we know who we’re talking about). But these are all just theoretical thought experiments that no one really considers seriously feasible, at least not in the coming decades.

    Or to put it another way: Europe is too small for 700 million people (or even 800 million if you count the Russians), but America is no longer too big for that (especially if it wants to keep up with China), certainly not if you include Canada.

    You can forget about Russia as a refuge. To this day, these people carry the legacy of communism, with all that it entails. America at least has a halfway decent infrastructure. However, all those cardboard-box-shaped glass and concrete blocks called skyscrapers need to be torn down; such soulless structures are profoundly un-Aryan.

    Europe is far too small, too cramped, too densely populated—indeed, overpopulated. The beautiful Gothic cathedrals and all that stuff will have to be left behind, for better or worse; millions of emigrants have managed this without falling into depression. Perhaps they could even be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere, though that would be like a kitschy Disneyland.

    As a result, America would become massively European, and Europe more “American.” All those who prefer to cling to Europe will be left to their own devices there. Communists would be banned in America and punished with exile to Europe.

    Let’s take this idea a step further: To preserve and maintain national European identities, there will be several spheres of influence (as I’ll call them here) in the new America, where the transitions are fluid, like in a living organism.

    The people of Northwestern Europe will settle on the northern coasts, and those from the Mediterranean region on the southern coasts. Central Europeans and people from the Balkans (“Dinaric race”) will find their new home in the Midwest, while the former Alpine dwellers will settle primarily in the Rocky Mountains.

    Should the Russians, after decades of massive geopolitical pressures, come to embrace freedom of thought and self-reliant initiative, they will operate their then-privatized “kolkhozes” in the Great Plains. You have to think, plan, organize, and act in a practical and efficient way—that’s what the Germans do best.

    English will likely remain the primary language of America due to its widespread use, not just because the process of switching to German took decades. In the digital age, books have become obsolete anyway and no longer need to be reprinted. German will become a required second language in every school.

    French (in the former Canadian territories) and Spanish (on the southern coasts) will at least be elective subjects there. Other European languages may be spoken within their respective communities, but have no social relevance (except on local television).

    Homosexuality, if it proves to be “innate” (i.e., in at most 3 to 5 percent of all cases), will be tolerated only within the private sphere of the group of people “affected” by it. Otherwise, they will be “taken out of traffic.”

    The new society prioritizes family formation and support, as well as European tradition. Furthermore, all egalitarianism will be abolished, and in its place, a hierarchical system of elite formation will be established.

    All fools, liars, fraudsters, and egoists will be removed from office, brought before a tribunal for high treason, and sentenced, just like sexual perverts and all other degenerates.

    Since perversion is incurable, the punishment, as mentioned, is in most cases exile to Europe, since a state with honor does not tolerate wreckers and parasites at its expense, not even as prisoners.

    In the future, then, “Europe” will take on a completely new meaning as a cautionary and deterrent term that signifies exile.

    The problem of degeneration and perversion will largely resolve itself simply because the media in the new America will serve an educational and cultural function; all harmful, sickening content will be banned and severely punished.

    Old Europe will then transform into a multiracial, crypto-communist hellhole into which only completely insane suicidal people will voluntarily enter.

    However, descendants of pure European lineage who are verifiably born there through no fault of their own will be granted an aid program for entry into America—in exchange for a helping hand to prevent the continent from completely conking out on its own—subject to the strictest scrutiny for infiltration and the smuggling in of “undesirable ideological elements.”

    Kevin deAnna writes:

    “President Donald Trump honored “Anglo-Saxon courage” at the White House and repudiated the idea that America is just a “proposition nation.” Unfortunately, this is the exception that proved the world. After the loss of the Empire, the Anglosphere is possessed by self hatred. Identity is a weapon, one the English-speaking world desperately needs.”

    My answer:

    When German ears hear the word “Anglo-Saxons,” an image of Saxons fishing (German “angeln”) comes to mind. The question is whether this term is more of a historical error, or rather, a pure myth. The Germanic Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians are, like the Latinized Normans and Vikings, so to speak, the proto-ancestors of the British.

    The term is also tainted by associations with the British monarchy and the inglorious role of the “Allies” in two world wars. Of course, no one in “Germany” can say such a thing in public without being branded a Nazi and ruining their reputation as someone who is oh-so-knowledgeable about history.

    Both the “Anglo-Saxons” and “Americans” remain a thorn in the side of German history, covered only by a dirty bandage. Ultimately, these “cousins” ruined not only Germany but, as was historically inevitable, themselves as well. Now the children’s children are being presented with their forefathers’ unpaid bill—and not on a silver plate, but thrown right in their faces.

    But since they accepted Mammon as their sole “value”—for which they sold their souls—they are corrupt to the core anyway. After all, alongside the (as yet relatively unknown) “Anglo-Saxon courage,” there is also the far better-known Anglo-Saxon liberalism. Perhaps the root of the problem lies already within their racial corruption.

    Reply
  2. ThePrisoner
    ThePrisoner says:
    April 30, 2026 at 10:33 am

    There is no doubt the zionists are pressuring Trump any way they can to escalate the war. It’s Trump fault, for communicating with them.

    Trump’s silly public performances are no help.

    Reply
  3. Tim
    Tim says:
    April 30, 2026 at 11:02 am

    I can already hear the malevolent spirits afflicted by “liberalism” crying out: “Ha ha, there’s an irreconcilable contradiction in your theory! How can you advocate freedom of thought while at the same time wanting to ban everything that contradicts your new racial state?”

    The answer is actually self-explanatory, but “progressives” operate outside the bounds of logic. By freedom of thought, of course, we mean everything that falls within the framework of promoting the race. And there will be the greatest possible freedom the world has ever seen!

    Why should your insane filth be considered “freedom”? Unfortunately, that has been the case until now, and it has led to our downfall. In the future, freedom will be inseparably linked to responsibility, as it should be.

    Freedom exists only when accompanied by responsibility; otherwise, it is taken away (or is lost, as is happening right now, which amounts to the same thing). This principle will be firmly instilled in even the youngest members of society.

    Reply

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