Ann Coulter at the 2019 Student Action Summit, hosted by Turning Point USA, in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 20, 2019 (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
March 13, 2026
ALTERNET
When the 2024 GOP presidential primary got underway, far-right author Ann Coulter was quite bullish on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who, she argued, would be a much stronger candidate than Donald Trump. Coulter attacked Trump as a RINO (Republican In Name Only), arguing that he wasn't nearly as powerful within the Republican Party as many of his critics said he was. But DeSantis ended up dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump, who became the GOP nominee and narrowly defeated Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in the general election.
Now, almost 15 months into Trump's second presidency, Coulter — although not an outright Never Trumper — isn't shy about criticizing him. And during a March 12 appearance on The First TV, a right-media media outlet, she offered scathing criticism of Trump's decision to go to war against Iran.
Asked "Why are you mad at Trump right now?," Coulter told host Jesse Kelly, "I think this war is a disaster. A disaster. Utterly pointless."
Coulter told host Jesse Kelly that Trump campaigned on "no more pointless wars" — a promise he is breaking now.
"Waging pointless wars around the world, being the world's policeman — how many times do we have to vote on this?," Coulter argued. "I mean, Trump was attacked for the things he said in 2016. Remember, he said… (Republicans) lied us into war, and the Wall Street Journal and New York Post assured us that was going to kill him in South Carolina…. We have voted on this over and over and over again."
Coulter continued, "So now, we've had, how many Americans — seven — die? Not to mention 166 schoolchildren in our name for a war in our name that does not make one American safer."
When the 2024 GOP presidential primary got underway, far-right author Ann Coulter was quite bullish on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who, she argued, would be a much stronger candidate than Donald Trump. Coulter attacked Trump as a RINO (Republican In Name Only), arguing that he wasn't nearly as powerful within the Republican Party as many of his critics said he was. But DeSantis ended up dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump, who became the GOP nominee and narrowly defeated Democratic opponent Kamala Harris in the general election.
Now, almost 15 months into Trump's second presidency, Coulter — although not an outright Never Trumper — isn't shy about criticizing him. And during a March 12 appearance on The First TV, a right-media media outlet, she offered scathing criticism of Trump's decision to go to war against Iran.
Asked "Why are you mad at Trump right now?," Coulter told host Jesse Kelly, "I think this war is a disaster. A disaster. Utterly pointless."
Coulter told host Jesse Kelly that Trump campaigned on "no more pointless wars" — a promise he is breaking now.
"Waging pointless wars around the world, being the world's policeman — how many times do we have to vote on this?," Coulter argued. "I mean, Trump was attacked for the things he said in 2016. Remember, he said… (Republicans) lied us into war, and the Wall Street Journal and New York Post assured us that was going to kill him in South Carolina…. We have voted on this over and over and over again."
Coulter continued, "So now, we've had, how many Americans — seven — die? Not to mention 166 schoolchildren in our name for a war in our name that does not make one American safer."
Conservative commentator shocks with new attack on Trump's Iran war move
David McAfee
March 15, 2026
David McAfee
March 15, 2026
RAW STORY
Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter presented a stark hypothetical scenario to illustrate what she characterizes as a double standard in the Trump administration's approach to civilian casualties in the Iran conflict.
Coulter posed a thought experiment: "Suppose Iran dispatched operatives to Mexico, where, from the Texas border, they fired a missile at an American base and, unintentionally but carelessly, demolished a nearby American school, killing 175 people."
She then escalated the scenario to include additional infrastructure strikes: "What if they then blew up fuel depots, showering a chemical rain on residents? Then struck homes, schools and clinics, as Iran's leader warned that 'death, fire and fury' would so pulverize America that it could never be rebuilt?"
Coulter's rhetorical point directly mirrors documented events from the actual Iran conflict. The U.S. military has been credibly accused of bombing an Iranian girls' school on the conflict's opening day, killing approximately 175 children. American strikes have also damaged fuel depots, resulting in toxic oil rain over civilian areas, and targeted residential neighborhoods and medical facilities.
"In that case, President Trump — and all of us — would howl at outrageous attacks on innocent civilians. And we'd be right," Coulter concluded, suggesting that identical actions warrant identical moral judgment regardless of which nation commits them.
Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter presented a stark hypothetical scenario to illustrate what she characterizes as a double standard in the Trump administration's approach to civilian casualties in the Iran conflict.
Coulter posed a thought experiment: "Suppose Iran dispatched operatives to Mexico, where, from the Texas border, they fired a missile at an American base and, unintentionally but carelessly, demolished a nearby American school, killing 175 people."
She then escalated the scenario to include additional infrastructure strikes: "What if they then blew up fuel depots, showering a chemical rain on residents? Then struck homes, schools and clinics, as Iran's leader warned that 'death, fire and fury' would so pulverize America that it could never be rebuilt?"
Coulter's rhetorical point directly mirrors documented events from the actual Iran conflict. The U.S. military has been credibly accused of bombing an Iranian girls' school on the conflict's opening day, killing approximately 175 children. American strikes have also damaged fuel depots, resulting in toxic oil rain over civilian areas, and targeted residential neighborhoods and medical facilities.
"In that case, President Trump — and all of us — would howl at outrageous attacks on innocent civilians. And we'd be right," Coulter concluded, suggesting that identical actions warrant identical moral judgment regardless of which nation commits them.
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