There is no denying that he is the master of the deal and now he is mastering the art of war in how to negotiate with Global Terrorist Fanatic Idiologs...
We used to have a saying "Never Negotiate with Terrorists".... But there comes a time to draw a line in the sand when it becomes apparent that they are destined to cross the Red Line when given the chance...
To allow them the chance to cross the Red Line FIRST is LOSING PLAN for Humanity!!!
Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg just broke down Trump’s Iran strategy in terms the critics can’t spin.
“𝘎𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.”
Kellogg’s point: every time Trump makes a threat, the establishment calls it reckless. And every time, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. That pattern is the entire foundation of the ceasefire — Iran finally believes the threat is real because the track record proves it is.
On trusting the Iranians: “𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴? 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴.”
Kellogg described Iran’s negotiation style as “𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞” — 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. Their foreign minister literally 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. They’ll push and pull, make concessions and claw them back. But the difference now is that they’re bartering with someone who has already demonstrated he’ll 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, destroy their oil lifeline, and open the Gulf by force if necessary.
“𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰. 𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.”
The ten-point plan Iran floated was one-sided: sanctions relief, security guarantees, new billing arrangements for the Strait. Kellogg dismissed it. The U.S. holds the leverage. Iran’s economy is collapsing, its military infrastructure is degraded, and its leadership structure is gone. The question isn’t whether America has a strong enough hand — it’s whether Iran has enough cards left to even sit at the table.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐩.
We used to have a saying "Never Negotiate with Terrorists".... But there comes a time to draw a line in the sand when it becomes apparent that they are destined to cross the Red Line when given the chance...
To allow them the chance to cross the Red Line FIRST is LOSING PLAN for Humanity!!!
M.A. Rothman
𝐋𝐓. 𝐆𝐄𝐍. 𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐆: “𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁 — 𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐓, 𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓”Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg just broke down Trump’s Iran strategy in terms the critics can’t spin.
“𝘎𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.”
Kellogg’s point: every time Trump makes a threat, the establishment calls it reckless. And every time, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. That pattern is the entire foundation of the ceasefire — Iran finally believes the threat is real because the track record proves it is.
On trusting the Iranians: “𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭, 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴? 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴.”
Kellogg described Iran’s negotiation style as “𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞” — 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. Their foreign minister literally 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. They’ll push and pull, make concessions and claw them back. But the difference now is that they’re bartering with someone who has already demonstrated he’ll 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, destroy their oil lifeline, and open the Gulf by force if necessary.
“𝘏𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰. 𝘚𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦.”
The ten-point plan Iran floated was one-sided: sanctions relief, security guarantees, new billing arrangements for the Strait. Kellogg dismissed it. The U.S. holds the leverage. Iran’s economy is collapsing, its military infrastructure is degraded, and its leadership structure is gone. The question isn’t whether America has a strong enough hand — it’s whether Iran has enough cards left to even sit at the table.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐩.
wink wink, nod, nod... 
