This was always the risk and Trump should have been well aware Iran was never to be trusted.  The planning assumption always was that Iran was going to hold the upper hand if things escalated, and Trump and Israel escalated them very quickly.  Now Iran has essentially launched a sort of diplomatic insurgency to make this an issue for the midterms and separate Trump and Israel from the rest of the world.  For what it’s worth, I don’t think it will be as catastrophic as they want.  Gas prices are falling fast in a lot of the country, just in time for summer and Americans have developed a very short attention span for overseas wars over the last 25 or so years. On this 82nd anniversary of D-Day and 250th birthday year, many of us also don’t care what Europeans think about us.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM Marc Liebman <marc@marcliebman.com> wrote:

https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-june-5-2026/

 

The Iranian stance clearly shows they are stalling for time.  So, as they say, either s—t or get off the pot.

 

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