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snot

(11,214 posts)
5. I've had similar thoughts.
Fri Jun 27, 2025, 07:59 PM
Jun 27

Trump is no negotiator; his only tactics are showmanship, lies, and bullying. Those have worked pretty well for him in his business and domestic political careers; and now he's trying to use lies and showmanship to de-escalate the conflict with Iran, because he already threw out the best deal anyone could gotten (the one Obama negotiated), he has no prayer of replacing it with any actual treaty that's as good, and he's too egotistical to settle for anything that's not seen as better.

So he's conducting a pretend and extend operation in the hope that nothing terrible will result before he's out of office.

Since Iran's given every indication that they really don't want an all-out war with the US, and if Trump has secretly informed Israel that he really will constrict the flow of US funds and weapons to them if they don't go along, it just might work.

Part of the problem, though, is that each government is issuing contradictory messages for external vs. internal consumption: each must somehow reassure the other countries that they've had enough and don't want further warfare, while reassuring their citizens that they've suffered no serious damage but have inflicted grievous harm on the other country and are eager to inflict more at the drop of a hat.

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This lie I can live with... [View all] FormerOstrich Jun 27 OP
obliteration as a gateway drug...... rampartd Jun 27 #1
Yep, no need for regime change Ohioboy Jun 27 #2
Won't he be surprised EndlessWire Jun 27 #3
Regime change needed. X4 usonian Jun 27 #4
I've had similar thoughts. snot Jun 27 #5
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