Skip to main content

TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Mar. 2, 2026

Greetings! Word of the Day: Unilateral…Here’s Trump’s eight-minute video announcing the air strikes against Iran early Saturday morning. My biggest questions: what’s with the baseball cap Mr. President? Your eyes were almost completely covered; how can we trust someone who shields their eyes? Or were you having a bad hair day?…Dept. of Mockery: Leave it to Saturday Night Live to skewer Trump’s middle-of-the-night announcement about America’s most consequential Middle East policy decision in decades. “Good evening and welcome to World War III for those who celebrate,” intoned the  faux commander-in-chief (played brilliantly by James Austin Johnson). NewsBusters was not amused with the skit…Dept. of Irony: Trump wrote this in a Truth Social post:  “The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” (That’s his emphasis, not mine.) In other words, if you don’t agree to peace, I’m gonna smash you in the face!…Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) argues in a Wall Street Journal  op-ed that the attack on Iran was “unwise and unconstitutional”…Strange Bedfellows: Tucker Carlson and Jane Fonda both agree that the U.S. attack on Iran is “bad and a betrayal,” according to the Los Angeles TimesWhat deal? The early Saturday morning strike against Iran seems to have killed most of the chatter about Paramount’s successful bid to swallow Warner Bros. Discovery and the  fate of CNN.  However, the Washington Free Beacon has come up with a list of prominent CNN talent whose jobs may be in jeopardy if the deal goes through as projected: Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Kaitlin Collins, Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip….If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard