FRED FLEITZ: Trump Knows Great Leaders Adapt As Circumstances Change

Donald Trump has launched airstrikes against the terrorist regime in Iran, and we keep hearing the same thing from his haters: the man won’t stop changing his mind.

You’ve probably seen those videos they keep sharing on social media. Trump opposes wars in the Middle East then he bombs the ayatollahs. Trump says U.S. allies should help reopen the Strait of Hormuz then he states that we don’t need anyone’s help.

The latest version is: Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s power plants only to delay attacks after negotiating with the Iranian regime.

Whatever you think of Trump’s positioning, one thing has remained consistent: his willingness to adapt as circumstances change.

Trump, more than any other politician in Washington, is fine changing course when he decides it’s needed. That’s not a bad thing; it’s what strong leadership looks like in a dynamic world.

Take, for example, Trump’s statements on Israel. The president supports the Israeli nation, viewing it as a valuable U.S. ally and rare democracy in the Middle East. When Israel warned that Iran needed to be hit because it had an active nuclear program and was funding terrorists, Trump agreed and took the reins.

But that doesn’t mean everything Israel does deserves a rubber stamp. So when Israel bombed a key natural gas production plant at South Pars in Iran, Trump took to Truth Social and told them not to do it again.

He was right: the South Pars bombing threatened to spike natural gas prices and even throw the globe into an energy crisis. The legacy media predictably spun it as a flip-flop, but Trump was reacting sensibly to what had happened.

Something similar happened last year after Houthi rebels began attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Trump administration responded by bombing Houthi targets in Yemen.