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May 19, 2026
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, May 19th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. On day forty-one of a fragile Iran ceasefire, Tehran unveils a new Strait of Hormuz authority as Trump warns "the clock is ticking" and a New York Times/Siena poll finds sixty-four percent of Americans believe going to war was the wrong call. W. James Antle III argues Trump wants a face-saving exit from Iran, but the hawks and late-converts to MAGA who cheered him in—chief among them Lindsey Graham—will turn on him the moment he tries to leave. Adam Gallagher finds a silver lining in the…
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