Easily? Yeah, sure. He’s a paper tiger and after yesterday’s lame birthday parade he made the U.S military look like one as well. (It isn’t but Trump stupid little display might have made some people think it is.)
He wants a “deal.” Of course. He thinks foreign policy and national security is like branding some mediocre resort in the Bahamas. He’s completely out of his depth and so is everyone around him.
- On Saturday night, Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that the U.S. “had nothing to do with the attack on Iran” but stressed that if Iran attacks U.S. interests in the Middle East, he will order a harsh retaliation.
- White House officials say Trump is still trying to prevent further escalation of the current war and resume talks with Iran on a nuclear deal.
- Sunday’s latest round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran was canceled on Saturday.
What he is saying: “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make…we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place,” Trump wrote Sunday on his Truth Social account.
Israel has asked the Trump administration to join the war with Iran in order to eliminate its nuclear program, Axios reported on Saturday.
- A U.S. official said Saturday that the administration is currently not considering Israel’s request.
- On Sunday, Trump told ABC News’ Rachel Scott that the U.S. is not involved in the war but added that “it’s possible we could get involved.”
Two Israeli officials said that there are currently no serious diplomatic initiatives to try and stop the war.
- One of the officials said that Israel currently isn’t interested in a ceasefire because it still hasn’t implemented all its objectives — especially when it comes to destroying Iran’s nuclear program.
For the record, he didn’t stop the India Pakistan skirmish but he’s taking credit for it anyway. Of course.
Everyone, including Iran, thought that Israel would not attack as long as Trump was engaged in nuclear talks. He was sending Witkoff there this weekend and it would be seen as a slap to do it under those circumstances. Israel did it anyway, apparently with Trump’s tacit agreement in exchange for not killing Iran’s Supreme Leader.
The Israelis played him, making him look weak by issuing a threat they were probably never planning to carry out. Needless to say Trump had to cancel the “talks” (which his amateur envoy was bungling anyway) and now he’s just standing on the sidelines getting baited by Israel to join the war and threatened by Iran if he does it.
He’s just paralyzed. Everyone’s supposed to just stand down in the face of his big swinging … threats and they aren’t doing it.
Never forget that there was a hard fought negotiation with Iran that was working until he came along and canceled it simply because it was an Obama policy. (He has no idea what he’s doing so he just reverses his predecessor’s work and calls it a victory.)This is the result.