Here we are eight weeks into this war, and not one of Trump’s core objectives has clearly materialized. The ceasefire is fragile, the blockade is still active, Hormuz traffic is still heavily impaired, and even the next round of talks remains conditional and uncertain.
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that “effective immediately,” he instructed the U.S. Navy to conduct its own blockade near the Strait of Hormuz after Iranians refused to agree to Washington’s hardline demands during negotiations in Islamabad on Saturday.
Pete Hegseth, the secretary of War, told reporters a day after the temporary ceasefire between Iran and Washington was announced that it was the Iranians who begged the U.S. to stop the war.
Yair Lapid, the Israeli opposition leader, called out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week for going along with President Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement with Iran, calling the move a historic “political disaster” for Israel because the war did not achieve any goals.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the stops in February during a meeting at the White House to convince President Donald Trump to go to war with Iran, The New York Times reported.
During my most recent appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Judging Freedom on Wednesday I expressed the view that the ongoing ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was a scam designed to support Israeli interests in the region and to give both Tel Aviv and the White House breathing room to prepare for the next major assault on Iran.
President Donald Trump addressed reporters outside the White House on Monday and committed to his self-imposed Tuesday deadline for Iran to agree to his administration’s terms for a ceasefire, and said Tehran, which has been defeated, does not want to say “uncle.”
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said in an interview last week that President Donald Trump needs to achieve his goals in Iran and “finish this thing” and “clean up” the Strait of Hormuz to preserve the future of the global economy.
A newly released poll found that 60 percent of American Jews say they are opposed to President Donald Trump’s decision to launch an illegal war of aggression against Iran, according to a report.
Another day, another day of more Trump bullshit. President Donald Trump said Sunday – just in time for the U.S. stock market to open on Monday – that a deal to end the war with Iran could be close, and that the alternative would be a massive attack on Tehran’s civilian infrastructure.