Let’s hope Wauck is right about this.

Trump/Iran

Trump successfully stiffed Netanyahu—that seems to be the obvious takeaway from Trump’s media post and the lack of a joint press conference after the meeting. The Jewish Nationalist demands were, of course, totally unreasonable. They always are—it goes with the ideological territory. There are a variety of reasons for why Trump grew a backbone, despite the extreme Jewish pressure for war.

1. Trump’s polling is a disaster—and getting worse. The economy, Epstein, war instead of peace, genocide—it’s all bad for Trump’s polling. Below we’ll discuss pushback from Congress on tariffs. There are no positives.
2. The region, the Middle East, is up in arms against this and major countries—Turkey, Egypt (!), KSA, Pakistan—are forming a common front against Anglo-Zionism. That’s another disaster.
3. Russia and China appear to be all in in support of Iran. The degree of support they’re offering could contribute to an escalation of #4.
4. I’d be willing to bet that the US military has warned Trump that military action won’t get him what he wants and could result in significant losses/casualties. That could have very serious strategic consequences.
5. Everything and anything bad that results from 1-4 could spell the political end of Trump’s second term and guarantee impeachment.

Thus, Trump “insisted” on continued “negotiations” with Iran. That may just be a posture. There may be no need for a deal—the real point could simply be: no war. In point of fact, in his statement Trump doesn’t even promise war if there’s no deal. The bottom line is that this makes Trump look like he’s able to stand up to the Jewish Nationalists after all. We shall see, but for Trump it’s a reprieve.

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