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Trump’s Iran war and the GOP’s landslide defeat: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 6, 2026

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🔮 President Trump believed the Iranians could have a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks and attacked Iran — and those who call it an unnecessary war need to consider the impact of Iran having nuclear capabilities.
🔮 A healthy democracy requires people willing to lose one, too.
🔮 Incredibly, Democrats will still defend her.
🔮 Before crediting the Times with seeing the light, consider it’s just as likely its editors recognized this hare-brained scheme could not possibly escape scrutiny.
🔮 The Post’s editorial rightly raises concerns about debanking (“ ‘Debanking’ Will Be Back,” Oct. 18).
🔮 Former President Barack Obama endorsed radical-left and antisemitic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and the two will continue trashing Israel on the campaign trail (“Embracing an Israel-Hater,” Editorial, Oct. 21).
🔮 Owners whose income has just been slashed will be left footing the bill, with fewer and fewer options.
🔮 If those on the left continue to vote for extreme leftists that allow crime to rule, we will end up with the same nonsense.
🔮 If Russian diesel is bound for the American market, the United States will become a direct participant in financing the murder of Ukrainians.
🔮 The Issue: The mayor and City Council speaker agree to shut down the Central Park horse-carriage industry.
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As for the troubling suggestion that Menin is seeking to strip property owners of their rights: She’s made housing affordability a central priority of her leadership and assembled a team to develop solutions. Disagree with individual policies if you wish, but conflating housing initiatives with a socialist property grab does a disservice to both Menin and your readers.
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🔮 President Trump believed the Iranians could have a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks and attacked Iran — and those who call it an unnecessary war need to consider the impact of Iran having nuclear capabilities.

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While there are many reasons for the GOP’s wipeout, I believe the crucial cause was the Iran war (“Iran mixes a Trump ‘mock’tail,” Nov. 5). asserted
Iran → be → mock’tail
President Trump believed the Iranians could have a nuclear weapon in a matter of weeks and attacked Iran — and those who call it an unnecessary war need to consider the impact of Iran having nuclear capabilities. uncertain
Iran → believe → capabilities
But this decision derailed his progress on affordability. asserted
decision → derail → affordability
Was it right to suffer short-term pain for long-term gain? asserted
it → suffer → gain
If the president believed Iran was an imminent nuclear threat, then attacking it was correct. asserted
attacking → believe → it
If, however, his decision was based on misinformation from self-interested sources, then the American people deserve answers. asserted
people → base → answers
A major reason for the Democrats’ victory was the president’s unwillingness to explain to the American people why he attacked Iran and convince Americans that it was the necessary choice. asserted
it → explain → Americans
The Democrats’ total annihilation of the GOP in the midterms should be laid at Trump’s feet. asserted
annihilation → lay → feet
His refusal to “finish off” Iran after the two-week cease-fire in March led to the prolonged increase in gas prices and cost of consumer goods. asserted
refusal → finish → goods
It made sense for the president to say Americans absorbing the cost of higher gas prices and inflation was “peanuts” in exchange for eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat. asserted
Americans → make → threat
But it appears the clock ran out on Trump’s vision — along with the patience of the American people. asserted
clock → appear → people
Retired US Army Gens. Jack Keane and Keith Kellogg told the president to finish the job, but Trump thought he was smarter than they were, and Iran played the long game with phony negotiations. asserted
Iran → retire → negotiations
The Issue: A column arguing that Council Speaker Julie Menin is enabling Mayor Mamdani socialist agenda. asserted
Menin → argue → agenda
When over 70% of New Yorkers favor a horse-carriage ban, criticizing Menin for enacting one goes against the will of the majority. asserted
criticizing → favor → majority
Menin has emerged as an important check on the radical-socialist mayor, for example, when she outmaneuvered Mamdani on buffer zones by advancing legislation protecting educational facilities and synagogues, despite him trying to veto the former. asserted
him → emerge → former
The horse-carriage ban has nothing to do with capitulating to the mayor: It’s a public-safety and animal-welfare issue. asserted
It → have → mayor
As for the troubling suggestion that Menin is seeking to strip property owners of their rights: She’s made housing affordability a central priority of her leadership and assembled a team to develop solutions. Disagree with individual policies if you wish, but conflating housing initiatives with a socialist property grab does a disservice to both Menin and your readers. asserted
conflating → seek → Menin
When Mayor Mamdani proposed raising property taxes, Menin immediately rejected it. asserted
Menin → propose → it
She demanded accountability during the Legionnaires’ outbreak, championed reforms to expedite overdue payments to nonprofits providing essential services, and advanced a plan to combat antisemitism — including protections for synagogues and schools. asserted
She → demand → synagogues
She deserves recognition. asserted
She → deserve → recognition
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