October 13, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 13, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Tuesday, October 13th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Andrew Day argues in The American Conservative that Trump's second-term foreign policy, and especially the eighth-month-long Iran War, is accelerating the collapse of the global nonproliferation regime, with Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, and even European allies now openly weighing the bomb. Brent crude topped 105 dollars a barrel Monday as fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis intensified, with Iran offering to mediate and Trump signaling he may join Saudi retaliatory strikes…