August 30, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Aug 30, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Sunday, August 30th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Scott Greer argues the conservative intelligentsia's "common good" crusade collides with a Republican base that just wants to be left alone, embracing folk libertarianism over any elite-defined collective mission. Daniel Zoughbie urges Washington to abandon the Munich analogy and seek a Treaty of Ghent-style off-ramp from the six-month Iran war, as casualty counts climb and true costs may exceed a trillion dollars. Treasury launches "Operation Economic Outcast" against Banque Misr's UAE…