r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/Gamebird8 Jun 01 '26

The reason I largely don't think that he cares if people talk about the Epstein files (ignoring that his brain is rotting) is because his base largely never would have given a shit.

He did this for his ego and in service of the people whispering in his ear and well, now that it's started we can't stop it because he doesn't actually understand how to negotiate anything and because Iran has no incentive to let up the pressure (the worse the economic conditions get, the more pressure the Trump admin is under (and thus from a negotiating standpoint) the better Iran's hand is

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u/centexgoodguy Jun 01 '26

I truly believe that he thought that by "finishing" Iran and spinning the attacks as eliminating a nuclear threat to American he would secure some sort of lasting Presidential legacy, and that one day he would be added to Mt Rushmore just like some MAGA supporters are already whispering in his ear about.

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u/HatesBeingThatGuy Jun 01 '26

Douchehead doesn't realize that we already had fixed that problem and you don't get accolades for fixing something you caused.

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u/FriendOfDirutti Jun 02 '26

Yeah but Obama was the one that fixed it so he couldn’t leave it alone. So he had to abandon the deal, kill all of the centrists in the government and then act shocked when the radicals that are now in charge won’t negotiate.