Ben Shapiro: “I think it is highly unlikely” that Trump leaves the current Iranian government in control of the Strait of Hormuz
Shapiro: “There's only one way that Iran gets out of this situation — it is if the US, Israel, the Gulf allies somehow decide to basically leave the Iranian regime in place and in effective control of the Strait of Hormuz”
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From the March 30, 2026, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): Meanwhile, by the way, the Iranian government is divided against itself. According to Iran International, serious disagreements have now arisen between Pezeshkian, who, again, is the one who's kind of, like, appealing to the Gulf allies to stop, and the IRGC chief commander Ahmad Vahidi over how to manage the war. Pezeshkian, who's widely perceived in the region as weak, is criticizing the IRGC for continuing to up the ante. The IRGC, meanwhile, they're basically saying, we want to keep upping the ante because eventually, the Americans and Israelis will back down. The Iranian regime, by the way, has taken it directly on the draw.
Again, all of the talk about how America is, quote, unquote, losing the war — Iran has been absolutely pummeled, absolutely pummeled.
According to The Washington Post, four of Iran's key ballistic missile manufacturing locations and at least 29 ballistic missile launch sites have been damaged in the first four weeks of the US-Israeli offensive, undermining Iran's central military strategy. The damage, according to the Post, has most likely halted Iran's ability to produce short range and medium range ballistic missiles until the facilities can be rebuilt.
Again, there's only one way that Iran gets out of this situation — it is if the US, Israel, the Gulf allies somehow decide to basically leave the Iranian regime in place and in effective control of the Strait of Hormuz. That is the entire Iranian game. I think the president knows that, which is why I think it is highly unlikely that that is the end point here.