September 23, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Sep 23, 2026 · 4m

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, September 23rd 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. At the UN General Assembly, President Trump defended the Iran War and celebrated a Venezuelan oil deal with a smirking "to the victor belong the spoils," a line Jude Russo calls the purest expression yet of the administration's nakedly predatory foreign policy. As Iran's president pledged to defend Tehran's positions at the UN and the Revolutionary Guards threatened to change the geography of the war, some Republicans facing November midterms are quietly distancing themselves from the…