{"id":47612,"date":"2026-04-10T12:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47612"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:26:31","slug":"viral-parody-video-exposes-absurdity-of-trumps-illegal-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/viral-parody-video-exposes-absurdity-of-trumps-illegal-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Parody Video Exposes Absurdity of Trump\u2019s Illegal Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/comedian-dave-columbo-parodies-the-trump-administration-s-rational-for-the-iran-war-in-a-video-that-has-gained-millions-of-views.png?id=65499925&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C237%2C26%2C63\" alt=\"Viral Parody Video Exposes Absurdity of Trump's Illegal Iran War\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Comedian Dave Columbo parodies the Trump administration\u2019s rational for the Iran war in a video that has gained millions of views across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo: Screen grab via X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cOur goal from day one was for Iran to open the strait that didn\u2019t close until after we attacked.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apr 09, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comedian Dave Columbo on Wednesday released a parody video that lampooned the Trump administration\u2019s contradictory and constantly changing rationales for its unconstitutional war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, which was first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DW4GkQTEVbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>&nbsp;on Instagram and has since gone viral on other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/social-media\">social media<\/a>&nbsp;platforms, Columbo assumes the role of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a>&nbsp;spokesperson trying to explain what the US has achieved so far with its war, which Trump illegally launched without any congressional authorization more than a month ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-iran-war-montage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/president-donald-trump-joined-by-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-speaks-during-a-memphis-safe-task-force-roundtable-on-march-23.jpg?id=65402290&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=170%2C0%2C171%2C0\" alt=\"US Military Reportedly Feeds Trump a Daily Propaganda Reel of \u2018Stuff Blowing Up\u2019 in Iran\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-iran-war-montage\">US Military Reportedly Feeds Trump a Daily Propaganda Reel of \u2018Stuff Blowing Up\u2019 in Iran<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/iran-war-planes\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-president-donald-trump-answers-questions-after-signing-an-executive-order-to-limit-mail-in-voting-in-the-oval-office-of-the-w.jpg?id=65470786&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=333%2C0%2C334%2C0\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump answers questions after signing an executive order to limit mail-in voting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. \"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/iran-war-planes\">As Search for US Airman Continues, Trump Issues Latest \u2018Countdown to Massive War Crimes\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a victory for the US,\u201d Columbo says at the start of the video. \u201cBecause our goal from day one was for Iran to open the strait that didn\u2019t close until after we attacked, which was completely controlled by their military that we had total dominance over. And it was a waterway that we could have taken over, but instead we asked for help that we didn\u2019t need, but we\u2019ll remember our allies did not give us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10\/10. No notes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YQ3JPNIR02\">pic.twitter.com\/YQ3JPNIR02<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Barney Panofsky&#39;s Best Intentions (@mynamesnotgordy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mynamesnotgordy\/status\/2042017050860699740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbo then explains that this purported victory has only come about due to \u201ca&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-fifa-peace-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIFA Peace Prize<\/a>&nbsp;recipient\u2019s threat to annihilate a civilization in order to liberate them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comedian next touts the administration\u2019s success in changing the Iranian regime from \u201can old man who hates us to his younger son, who hates us for those reasons, and that we killed his father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbo acknowledges that the administration is unsure about \u201cthe status of Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities that we obliterated last year, but were going to be a problem in two weeks,\u201d before boasting that Iran now has \u201cmore money and control over the strait than they had when they made the old deal that we ended because it was terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Columbo\u2019s video is intended as satire, much of it simply relies on arguments that the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&nbsp;has made throughout the course of the war, such as the president\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trump-nato-iran-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demands<\/a>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/nato\">NATO<\/a>&nbsp;allies give help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that he also says is unnecessary given&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/us-military\">US military<\/a>&nbsp;strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of this writing, the Iran War has\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/iran-cost-ticker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">cost<\/a>\u00a0US taxpayers more than $45 billion, and the Strait of Hormuz has still not reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Dave Columbo parodies the Trump administration\u2019s rational for the Iran war in a video that has gained millions of views across social media. \u00a0(Photo: Screen grab via X) \u201cOur goal from day one was for Iran to open the strait that didn\u2019t close until after we attacked.\u201d Brad Reed&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/viral-parody-video-exposes-absurdity-of-trumps-illegal-iran-war\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47613,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47612\/revisions\/47613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}