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MIKE DAVIS: Why Trump's Iran strike was necessary and lawful

The president possesses the authority — the constitutional duty — as the commander in chief to repel invasions and defend Americans

By Mike Davis Fox News

Published February 28, 2026 8:43pm EST

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President Trump takes historic action in responding to Iran's aggression

Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson recaps the history of tensions with Iran and how President Trump is responding on 'Fox News Live.'

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s [dead] supreme leader, has met his well-deserved demise after a barrage of airstrikes announced by President Trump Saturday morning. A slate of Khamenei’s fellow Islamic terrorists in the Iranian government have met the same fate.

Khamenei never tried to hide his thirst for American blood. Two weeks ago, he posted on X threatening to sink American ships. He plotted to assassinate President Trump prior to the November 2024 election, deploying a hit squad to U.S. soil armed with surface-to-air missiles. 

This forced Trump’s Secret Service team to use a decoy plane.

A screen grab from a video released on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shows Trump making statements regarding combat operations on Iran Feb/ 28, 2026. in Palm Beach, Fla.  (US President Trump Via Truth Social/Anadolu via Getty Images)

These are just the most recent incidents in the Islamic terrorist war Iran has waged against the U.S. for 47 years. In 1979, Iran took American hostages at our embassy in Tehran, torturing........

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