Putting It… Mildly?

Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the Spokesman for the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified combatant command headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces:

“Hey Trump! You are fired! You are familiar with this sentence. Thank you for your attention to this matter. The… pic.twitter.com/XpN4ZZqIDD

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 23, 2026

Brig. Gen. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, the Spokesman for the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, the unified combatant command headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces:

“Hey Trump! You are fired! You are familiar with this sentence. Thank you for your attention to this matter. The Central Headquarters of Khatam-al Anbiya.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump:

“PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH, TO PUT IT MILDLY!!!” pic.twitter.com/PYAb7rTxwH

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 23, 2026

If he’s putting it mildly, why is he shouting?  And what is he putting mildly? Peace? Strength? Or how to say something? The Iranian guy I understand. Maybe his cleaned up in translation.  I don’t know what would fix Trump’s.

As Charlie Pierce used to say: “This close to English.”