Because Trump is desperate to make a deal and the Iranians know it. They are beating him at his own negotiating game. I hate this so much. I have zero faith whatsoever that he is buying time for a grander strategy. He is in over head and getting played by the IRGC.
He's like a beaten wife at this point, even though I'm 1000% sure most of it is an act by Trump
"Never do anything hungry, not even eating."
Like they have always done to everyone else I might add, but Trump thought he knows better than them
I think he's genuinely frustrated with Netanyahu. I think Trump feels like he owns him due to his support. I also further speculate that in Trump's mind, he pays so much in taxes that he personally pays for Israel's foreign aid and feels like he is entitled to boss around the President of Israel.
This is exactly right. Trump far overestimates his own abilities and competency. That is a dangerous trait for the President of the United States.
I disagree, maybe the first time but the second (or was it third?) in which we coordinated with CENTCOM (like in any previous time) they definitely asked Trump personally to approve and he did "in exchange" to publicly shaming Bibi to "show who's the boss"
If you aren't buying that it is because you are willfully blinding yourself to established facts. There is no debate over whether Iran is the primary backer and financier of Hamas; that is proven fact that neither party denies. You stating your disbelief in proven facts would indicate that you choose to live with blinders on or that you are woefully misinformed.
Again,this is a widely accepted fact the world over. There is a reason that Iran isn't getting any sympathy from most of the world. They are a known state sponsor of terrorism. You can choose to not believe it, but that doesn't make it untrue.
Explain how the Russian sanctions are playing with American wallets.
Not only does Iran fund Hamas and Hezbollah and the Houthis (practically the reason Hezbollah still exists) and turned Lebanon and Yemen into vassal states, they are also one of the largest heroin exporters in the world and directly sell their crap to the Mexican cartels, who then smuggle their garbage into the US.
So this begs the question.
If this continues as it is, no, it was not worth it. What was accomplished beyond breaking some stuff that we are apparently going to pay to replace?
That's like comparing apples and hand grenades. But the Obama deal would not be nearly as bad as what this appears to be. This deal sets them up for long term strength and profit.
Worse if this is an actual long term deal (which I cannot see either Israel or Saudi Arabia accepting, and Iran will push its luck at some point too). Bad still even if this peace becomes trash by the end of the year, because it becomes a black eye on America's power projection. The world doesn't have to love us but they better respect and fear us, and if the message is that rising gas prices is enough for Uncle Sam to fold after the flop is dealt, what does that say about China's designs on Taiwan and how much it should fear an American response?
The biggest consequence from this operation, in which for whatever reason no one in the Trump Admin foresaw, was the realization of the IRGC that they didn't really need a nuclear weapon to hurt the U.S. and it's allies. All they need is the threat of a sea mine or a drone in the Strait, and the World Economy starts experiencing aches & pain.
That's because Trump surrounds himself with yes-men, and not solid advisors who would push back on his grand plans. If Trump could throttle his ego and listen to competent advisors, he could have been a great president.
And that's where Trump really fucked the pooch. He let on way too much how much their tactics were effectively harming us. He is a terrible wartime president.
It's for the companies that are rebuilding Iran...but not anyone else.
Iran won't be giving reconstruction contracts to Haliburton. They will be using Chinese companies.
I forgot the worst of all of it, that he rushed to sign this shit so it would be on his birthday and to attend his fucking ufc event in time
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