Letter to the Editor: President Trump struck while the iron was hot
Published 1:00 pm Friday, March 27, 2026
Kudos to Mr. Elfers for his thoughts on the spread of nuclear weapons (“Who should have nukes in politically-unstable world?” published March 11). However, I say Stalin got the US and British nuclear bomb plans from Soviet spies and American/British traitors, not “British and American spies.”
I also disagree with the view Red China developed a bomb to protect itself from “Eisenhower’s geopolitical bullying.” The Communists took control of China in 1949, annexed Tibet in 1950, supported North Korea’s 1950 attack on South Korea, and tried to take Taiwan by force in the 1950’s. Presidents Truman and Eisenhower raised the nuclear flag as a deterrence. China’s nuclear arsenal is to facilitate its own geopolitical bullying.
Elfers is right about the threat from an Iranian nuclear bomb. Novelists spin credible thrillers about terrorists delivering nuclear devices to some U.S. city using a ship or a freight truck. Terrorists and the crazed Iranian theocracy cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Elfers closes by expressing his puzzlement that “Trump doesn’t seem able to articulate the Iranian threat to the American People.” To clear that puzzlement, I suggest he consider Trump’s campaign promises to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon and the statements made by the president and his cabinet after the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear weapons facilities in June 2025.
President Trump’s statement of March 2 sets forth these US objectives: (1) destroy Iran’s missile capabilities, (2) destroy Iran’s navy, (3) prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and (4) stop Iran from continuing its arming, funding, and directing of terrorist proxies.
Though no U.S. President has acknowledged the constitutionality of the War Powers Act of 1973, Trump complied with its requirements by informing the Congressional “Gang of Eight” leadership in advance of the U.S. attacks and notified Congress and the American public on the first day of the war.
Perhaps President Trump could have announced the plan to all of Congress before launching the attack on Feb. 28. But an announcement to the notoriously leaky Congress would have alerted the Iranian regime, resulting in far greater losses for the US forces and a much less effective attack. Imagine the consequences if President Trump had given this advance notice to Congress: “On February 28th, the Ayatollah and his cronies will be meeting in a vulnerable location and Israel is going to eliminate all of them. On that same day, American forces will attack their nuclear weapons facilities, air defenses, navy, and missile bases. We will continue bombing these targets until Iran surrenders unconditionally. We expect to accomplish this in a period of weeks.”
I am glad that the president chose “Plan A” instead of this hypothetical “Plan B.” I pray for the successful completion of this attack in the coming weeks and for minimal losses to the U.S. and Israeli armed forces. I pray also for the protection of Israel, the neighboring Arab nations, and the Iranian people who suffer under this regime.
Kristopher Galvin
Black Diamond
