An Iran Expert Says Tehran Is Playing Hardball for One Reason — Because It Believes Trump Badly Wants Out of This War

Trump Is Trapped in His YOLO War in Iran

It always works out, the president assures us. But Iran is playing hardball because it sees what every American does: The war is jacking up prices and dragging down the entire Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections.

Tehran Is Playing Hardball Because It Thinks Trump Wants Out of the War

Iran’s hardball posture makes the most sense when you treat the Strait of Hormuz as a bargaining instrument, not a symbol: Tehran believes it can convert maritime disruption, time, and U.S. political urgency into concessions, and that is why the negotiations keep orbiting around leverage rather than trust. Intro Header Iran’s central asset is not...

An Iran Expert Says Tehran Is Playing Hardball for One Reason — Because It Believes Trump Badly Wants Out of This War

Iran may not expect these terms to be accepted. Stalling costs Tehran plenty, but it costs Washington gas prices and a midterm calendar — which is why the demands look less like an offer than a tactic.

Flailing Trump running out of options as 'reality is slapping him in the face': analysts

Analysts warned on Monday that President Donald Trump is running out of options to end the war against Iran, the New York Times reported. Trump launched the war at the behest of Israel and Saudi Arabia more than five months ago, claiming that it would prevent Iran from ever developing a nuclear weapon — something that was already guaranteed by the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration that Trump tore up — and would presen…

Is There Any Point in Trump Negotiating With Iran ?

Any apparent agreement will be respected by America as an honorable and civilized country and ignored by the regime at Tehran.

Trump is still searching for a way out of Iran

President Donald Trump is struggling to find a way out of the conflict with Iran, as voters lose patience with the war and weapons stockpiles dwindle. The path forward remains unclear, even as Trump has privately weighed dropping his long-held requirement for a nuclear deal. Washington is unlikely to accept Iran’s latest list of demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And while Trump has publicly downplayed reports of a weapons shortage, the iss…