The same cast of characters is assembled to discuss the Iran War and next steps. It is March 3, 2026, four days after the bombings began. Present are Trump, Miller, Hegseth, Rubio, and Vance. Here is the conversation:
Trump: Welcome all and congratulate me. I am kicking the hell out of the Iranians, and any time now they will surrender and I will be acknowledged as the greatest President in the history of America or anywhere else for that matter. It will only be a matter of time before the idiots in Greenland give me the Nobel Peace Prize I so richly deserve.
Miller: “Norway.” Mr. President.
Trump: That is what I meant. “Norway.”
Miller: Mr. President, things are going well and we are destroying Iran, but I am afraid there is some bad news as well. The generals tell us that for us to win, a ground invasion will be necessary and that will cost American Lives.
Hegseth: Kill kill, kill, kill!
Miller: Mr. Secretary. Please. Control yourself.
Trump: What do you mean, Stephen?
Miller: I will let the Secretary of State explain.
Rubio: The generals say that a ground invasion is the only way we will bring these infidels to their knees. American lives will be lost. Perhaps thousands, maybe more. The invasion would take months perhaps longer. At least that is what the generals are telling us. This could get messy.
Hegseth: Kill, kill, kill, kill!
Miller: Please, Mr. Secretary, for God’s sake. But fear not, Mr. President. We have a solution that won’t cost any American lives.
Trump: Tell me more.
Hegseth: I will jump in here. We will use our nuclear weapons. Look, we have the nukes, why not use them? They don’t have them and we do. There is no Mutually Assured Destruction. It does not apply here. There is no “mutual.” We strike, they die. Lots of them and there is not a damn thing they can do about it. So, if you have them like we do, put them to use against an opponent who does not have them. Iran is nuke-less. Plus, this is a chance in a lifetime to get our money’s worth from all we have spent on nuclear weapons up to now and to show Iran and the world who is boss. The bombs are just sitting there gathering dust. Our country has paid a fortune for this arsenal and yet we never use them. What is the point? It is a no-brainer. Not to use them would be a derelict of duty.
Trump: I am all ears. Tell me more.
Miller: I will jump in here. Look, this is exactly the same situation which occurred when we won World War II. Japan did not have an atomic bomb, but we did. We nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki and that was the end of that. Truman ordered the bombing and became a hero. Everyone respected him. He saved countless American lives and probably Japanese lives since the bombing put an end to the war. You can do the same. You will be a hero!
Vance: You already are a hero, Mr. President.
Rubio: I would just say that I am not in agreement on this. Iran might not have nuclear weapons, but a lot of other countries do. An action like this could unleash forces beyond anyone’s control and could result in a nuclear catastrophe beyond anything we can imagine.
Hegseth: Wimp. Forget Marco, Mr. President, he does not know what he is talking about. Go for it. This is your big chance. MAGA will love you for it. You are killing infidels. Remember the Crusades. Wipe out the infidels!
Trump: Just so I understand this. Since we have the nukes and Iran doesn’t, that means that we should use what we have to save American lives and I will be a hero. No country will dare come to the aid of Iran. And this will make me a hero?
Vance: You already are a hero, Mr. President.
Trump: Then I think Stephen has a point. Why would I waste American lives if I could end the whole thing with tapping in the nuclear code and giving an order? This is what Truman did and he got high marks for it. So, Pete, how many nukes will it take and how many Iranian lives will be lost?
Hegseth: 65-70 nukes and perhaps a few more. We plan to hit every city with a population of 100,000 or more and there are 61 cities that meet this threshold. Our military is poised and ready, Mr. President. All you need to do is give the ok. A lot of people will die and that is the way it is. Better them than us. You will make the world a safer place.
Rubio: Don’t do it, Mr. President. You are talking causalities in the millions. There are over 90 million people who live in Iran. Over 70 million would likely not survive. This is morally abhorrent. It could lead to all out nuclear war between the major powers.
Hegseth: You are no one to talk about morals, Marco. And would you prefer that Americans die in a land invasion? Try getting votes in the midterms for this. This is a chance of a lifetime, Mr. President! Besides no one likes Iran. No country will risk nuclear war and come to their aid. This is about as risk free as you can get.
Miller: Agree fully.
Trump: Something to think about. Vance, what do you think?
Vance: I think you are the greatest President of all time and will do the right thing. Plus, you can be sure that the Epstein stuff will pass.
And so the meeting ends.
What do you think the odds are that discussions like this are happening right now in the White House? What are the odds that Trump would follow the advice of Miller and Hegseth?
If there are discussions like this happening right now, we are perilously close to a catastrophe beyond anything we can even comprehend. The planet has already had five mass extinctions each of which knocked out 90% or more of the plant and animal life on the planet. But the Earth rebounded and came back each time. However, the recoveries took millions of years. We have about a billion years left before our sun turns into a red giant, making the planet uninhabitable. Certainly, more mass extinctions and recoveries will happen between now and then. The point is right here, right now we have the capacity to unleash the Sixth Mass Extinction. And we are getting close to our time. The last mass extinction was 66 million years ago when the dinosaurs were wiped out. Mass extinctions tend to happen every 50-100 million years.
Pray that it does not happen to us right now.