Pinned
The Iran War cycle:
“Deal” —> Collapse —> Threat —> Back off —> “Deal”
Alex Ward
@alexbward
- .@DanLamothe is such a good and thorough reporter that he clearly did this interview from inside the catering truck"Candidly, this was a surreal story to cover," @DanLamothe says of his reporting that Trump flew a secret plane after being transported using an airport catering truck.
- I refuse to believe @antontroian’s first lede draft wasn’t “Just when President Trump thought he was out, the Middle East pulled him back in.”
- JUST OUT: Trump has settled on an old strategy in hopes of a new result in the Iran war: economic pressure. He has adopted a wait-and-see approach that would give financial sanctions and a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports more time to inflict economic harm.
- “We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,” Trump tells @BarakRavid. Between this comment and Trump privately floating walking away from war after SOH reopens, seems POTUS is tired of the Iran war.
