Ep. 2408 - WINNING: Trump CRUSHES Doubters, Opens Strait of Hormuz!

In this episode of The Ben Shapiro Show, host Ben Shapiro delivers a forceful defense of President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran, framing it as a decisive strategic victory. Shapiro outlines four key objectives Trump set for the war—destroying Iran's forward military capacity, eliminating its defense industrial base, crippling its economy, and ending the nuclear threat—and asserts that three of the four have been achieved. He emphasizes that Iran's axis of resistance (Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis) has been dismantled, its navy destroyed, and the Strait of Hormuz now fully open after being blocked by Iran. Shapiro attributes the opening of the strait to Iran's desperation, pressured by China and the U.S.-Israel blockade, and dismisses claims that the ceasefire in Lebanon influenced the decision. He highlights Israel's military success in southern Lebanon, including the elimination of Hezbollah's infrastructure and leadership, and frames Trump’s diplomacy as a breakthrough, including a 10-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Shapiro also condemns Democratic opposition to the war, portraying it as ideologically driven and disconnected from national security, while criticizing progressive policies like California’s wealth tax and transgender surgeries for undocumented immigrants as examples of fiscal irresponsibility and ideological overreach. The episode concludes with a critique of anti-Trump propaganda, particularly from Iranian-backed social media accounts using AI to spread disinformation, and a defense of Trump’s approval among senior voters despite media narratives to the contrary.