What Iran Knows About Trump
The mullahs of Iran join the bet that Trump always chickens out.
By David Frum
Well Frum never met a war he didn't like, so ....
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 21, 2025 10:26 PM |
That piece is not pro-war
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 21, 2025 10:35 PM |
TACO fucking TUESDAY
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 21, 2025 10:36 PM |
[quote]Trump seems to recognize that he cannot unify the nation and therefore dares not lead it into any arduous or hazardous undertaking. That may be the secret self-awareness behind Trump’s “two weeks” hesitation. This is not a self-awareness that will help Israel or secure the United States’ long-term interest in depriving Iran of a nuclear weapon. But in the absence of any strategic planning or preparedness, that self-awareness is all we have to guide the country through the next fortnight and, very possibly, a long succession of “two weeks” after that.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 22, 2025 10:29 AM |
Sooner or later Trump had to go through with something in order to defang the TACO meme.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 22, 2025 10:41 AM |
Frum isn’t usually this wrong. Turns out Trump’s people planned to bomb out Iran’s main nuke facilities as soon as Iran started bombing Israel, and used the “pause for 2 weeks” as a ruse.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 22, 2025 11:01 AM |
I think the TACO thing affected Trump. He has to stay unpredictable or he’s in a box. Also Trump will always wants to ally with perceived winners.Israel was looking like a winner.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 22, 2025 11:26 AM |
….Trump always wants…
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 22, 2025 11:27 AM |