Déjà vu in Iran: Trump keeps threatening major escalation, only to walk it all back
WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war.It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he’s on the cusp of ordering US forces to “obliterate” its power plants or seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don’t quickly agree to US terms to end the war. It ends with him edging away with a last-minute declaration, sometimes at the behest of Gulf allies, that he’s going to give diplomacy more time.The hardball strategy — one that Trump honed during his years competing in New York’s real estate scene and has employed in politics — aims to create movement in negotiation through pressure and chaos. But the tactic is facing a challenge with an Iranian theocracy that believes it holds a higher threshold for strategic pain than Washington.While Trump has reveled in the US military decimating layers of…
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US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened severe military escalation against Iran, only to de-escalate at the last minute, a pattern observed throughout the five-month conflict. This strategy, aimed at pressuring Iran into negotiations, often involves warnings of "obliterating" power plants or seizing oil assets, followed by declarations of giving diplomacy more time. The latest instance occurred when Trump, after warning of hitting Iran "very hard," called off planned strikes, citing progress in negotiations and requests from Gulf allies like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. Critics, including Senator Mark Kelly, describe Trump's approach as "rather erratic." Senator John Kennedy suggested maintaining the status quo with sanctions rather than further escalation, noting that two-thirds of US adults find the war not worthwhile, according to an AP-NORC poll.
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