Scott Jennings CLOWNS Obama WH Official Hailing Iran’s Memes

Jorge Bonilla
April 5th, 2026 5:59 PM

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The thing about watching coverage and analysis of the ongoing Iran operation is that you think it can’t possibly get stupider. And yet, each day’s stupidity is surpassed by that of the next. We are now at the phase of discussing Iran’s memes, a discussion that CNN’s Scott Jennings rightly mocked.

Watch as Jennings clowns Obama White House official Nayyera Haq for hailing memes as an Iranian asymmetric ability comparable with the Shahed drone:

CNN STATE OF THE UNION

4/5/26

9:21 AM

NAYYERA HAQ: I think the irony in all of this is that Iran has shown its capabilities in two ways, where the United States is unfortunately catching up. One is using cheap drones, which is -- they have been providing those to Russia to use in Ukraine. So they have lots of experiments with that.

And the second is the meme war and Internet propaganda, which is something actually the Iranians have been known for and influencing. And so they had -- for all of our talk on our side of all the people killed in the regime, they have been pushing out through multiple channels around the world, images of the American army generals and military people who have also lost their jobs at this time.

So, again, the way this looks out in the public is not a United States that is locked and loaded and working in one direction.

SCOTT JENNINGS: Do you think that the Iranians would rather have their entire navy back or their memes?

HAQ: Oh, I think the -- I think that, no, when we're talking a ...

JENNINGS: I mean, come on. We have destroyed 13,000 military partners. And they have memes.

(CROSSTALK)

HAQ: This is a- just big distinction, is that we're fighting the war on their land. So they have a say. If they survive, that's a win for them. That's it.

So their stakes are so much higher, but they have to do so much less to be able to maintain some kind of credibility. Second -- that's the Iranian regime I'm talking about.

The people of Iran, even back to George Bush, have suffered. They have always had sanctions on them. They just want some relief. And President Trump started this whole thing by saying, this is your time. Now you can come and take over your government.

And now they're losing electricity. They're losing civilian bridges. They're losing clean water. I mean, this is -- this is nobody, United States or the regime, is helping the people of Iran.

This segment falls under what I’ve described as an ongoing campaign to discredit the Iran operation before the American public. There is no other rational way to explain the barrage of negative coverage against an operation barely a month in against a 47-year enemy.

This is where the hailing of Iran’s meme operation and Scott’s mockery thereof come into play. It is a fact that the United States has hit over 13,000 targets. Hard targets. The Shahed drone is certainly a capability but to suggest that memes are somehow on par with that, even the regime’s Lego memes, is not rooted in reality.

Jennings was right to make fun of that take, and compare the Khomeinist regime’s memes to their flattened navy and air force- particularly on a day where it is known that the United States went into Iran, built a covert air base, and cooked a bunch of IRGC and Basij before exfiltrating our downed pilots.

Today’s cycle was certainly idiotic. But with the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump’s deadline still pending, there is the certainty of tomorrow.

 

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