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𝐅𝐎𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄: 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏𝐒 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋-𝐇∗𝐙𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐇 𝐅𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐇𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄
𝐏𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐱 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧:
“𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘪 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏∗𝘻𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴∗𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱.”
𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐁𝐂:
“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦.”
Read what Trump just executed in the span of one afternoon. 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥-𝐇∗𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫: 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧: 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥.
On what CENTCOM did between Trump posts. 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞-𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲, 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥. 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.
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Time is on our SIDE!!!
𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆
Per multiple confirming wire reports tonight, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳.
Per CENTCOM’s preliminary statement and corroborated by independent monitors, the targets included 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 at 𝐆𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐤, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 and on 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. The strikes were described as 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 — 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 — and 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 $𝟒 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
On Iran’s response. The Iranian regime 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜-𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, which were 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
On the political weather at the White House. Per President Trump’s Truth Social overnight: “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚.𝘈. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴.” 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. The Iranian negotiating position weakens with every Keshem Island radar that comes down.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟒𝟖 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜.
𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃
𝐏𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, President Trump 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 — then spent 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥-𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧, then 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 while 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.
On the president’s on-camera framing of the negotiating posture, in his weekend Lara Trump interview: “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺. 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘺.”
On Iran’s simultaneous response. Iranian state TV released propaganda footage claiming it had 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐊𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. Zero American casualties. The Iranian negotiating team 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, reportedly telling Western press “do not trust Iran” — an own-goal phrase the Iranian regime apparently did not realize would survive translation.
On the actual U.S. negotiating position Trump has now formally proposed: 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐔.𝐒.-𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬.
Read what the President’s posture actually communicates. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 while 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. This is the negotiating style that produced Abraham Accords 1.0 in 2020. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐳 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.
𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐎𝐍𝐄
President Donald J. Trump, on Truth Social tonight, on the state of the Iran negotiations and the chattering classes who have not stopped second-guessing him for one full week:
“𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚.𝘈. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘜𝘊𝘏 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 ’𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨,’ 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.”
On the closing line that the entire political press is going to spend the next 48 hours pretending not to understand: “𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 — 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴! 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘑𝘛.”
Read the negotiating posture the President just put on the record. Iran’s economy is shredded. Its proxies are degraded. Its supreme leader is reportedly in failing health. Its uranium-enrichment program is back under inspector scrutiny. The Iranian regime is sitting across the table from a President 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲 — and the regime knows 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.
The Democrats and the neocon-wing Republicans would prefer one of two outcomes: either Trump gives Iran too sweet a deal so they can call him weak, or Trump bombs Iran so they can call him reckless. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. The third outcome — 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐡∗𝐭 — is the one outcome Washington genuinely cannot stand.
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞. 𝐒𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭.
