War back on. Israel bombed Beirut. Iran retaliated by launching ballistic missiles at Israel. Now Israel has declared that "Tehran must burn tonight" and is promising a massive response. Hezbollah launching attacks at northern Israel. And oil is up 7 percent in the past 30 minutes. Markets likely to be grim tomorrow.

This war is nowhere close to ending. If the US participates in strikes on Iran now would expect all the Gulf countries to get hit. And the Persian Gulf will be closed for a long time.

Anonymous wrote:Now Iran is lobbing bombs at Israel.

So much for truce.

Israel should have observed the truce and not continued killing in Lebanon. Oh well mess with the bear.

Now Iran is lobbing bombs at Israel.

So much for truce.

Anonymous wrote:WELKER: Will any deal you make include the release of Americans who are being held by Iran?

TRUMP: We'll see. Nobody has an accurate list of who they are or if they're being held

WELKER: Are you demanding a list?

TRUMP: No



So basically ignore the hostages and they aren't an issue. I mean, Benghazi? Biden and Afghanistan? But we are just gonna let this slide?

Hunter Biden fake laptops are a big deal!

WELKER: Will any deal you make include the release of Americans who are being held by Iran?

TRUMP: We'll see. Nobody has an accurate list of who they are or if they're being held

WELKER: Are you demanding a list?

TRUMP: No



So basically ignore the hostages and they aren't an issue. I mean, Benghazi? Biden and Afghanistan? But we are just gonna let this slide?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the goal was to undermine the credibility and power of the US in the world, then Trump has been bigly successful.

Weird. Because somebody said the US is more respected now than ever. I forget who that was

Probably one of Trump’s DUI hires. Pulte, Kegsbreath, Patel, you pick.

Iran hits key oil facilities in Oman at the Port of Salalah and near the Mina al-Fahal terminal. These locations are significant because they are situated on the Arabian Sea, allowing tankers to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. This is an additional million barrels a day offline.

Anonymous wrote:If the goal was to undermine the credibility and power of the US in the world, then Trump has been bigly successful.

Weird. Because somebody said the US is more respected now than ever. I forget who that was

The Iran Deal Is Always Almost Here

Trump's Iran diplomacy has followed a recurring pattern for some time.

The breakthrough is imminent, the awkward details are secondary, and the calendar keeps moving deeper into the year.

After a recent call with Middle Eastern leaders, Trump declared on Truth Social that a peace deal with Iran had been "largely negotiated" and the details would be "announced shortly." That was, at the time of writing, almost two weeks ago.

Vice President JD Vance gave the softer version of the same message a few days later, saying: "We’re not there yet, but we're very close."

The problem here is the distance between "very close" and "done".

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jam-tomorrow-iran-inflation-12035991

So this deal Trump and company are working on is to open the strait while real negotiations to end the war take place.

This is what Trump and the clown show are trying to negotiate right now. Not a peace deal. Just to open the strait and begin talks!

Trump demanding better Iran deal than Obama's is revealing. It shows he's unable to grasp why Iran might be less likely to give him his way, due to his own actions. He doesn't grasp the situation at a fundamental level.

https://newrepublic.com/article/211404/transcript-angry-trump-privately-realizing-obama-outdid-iran


Trump's vanity to compare to the black guy will set our country back a century.

All the media today is full of the so-called backbone that Republicans have developed against Trump.

4 GOP House members voted with Democrats on this war powers thing.

That is not a backbone. I know it comes on the heels of rejecting the weaponization slush fund, and a denial of taxpayer money use for the ballroom... but come on. The
"opposition" to Trump from within his own party is beyond anemic. It exists in 2026, which is more than can be said for 2025. But I think it's pathetic that it's so small, and that Trump really needs to go completely batshit crazy in front of the whole world in order for these four Republicans to vote against him.

Per Reuters: IAEA REPORT SHOWS IAEA ESTIMATES OF IRAN'S ENRICHED URANIUM STOCKS UP TO JUNE 13, 2025 ARE UNCHANGED FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS


So....this war is completely unwarranted. Big surprise.

If the goal was to undermine the credibility and power of the US in the world, then Trump has been bigly successful.

https://iol.co.za/news/brics/2026-05-22-brics-series-how-the-us-iran-conflict-is-shaping-up-as-one-of-the-most-embarrassing-military-episodes-in-american-history/

Since US and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran in late February 2026, Americans have been treated to a spectacle that would be almost comical if real lives and livelihoods were not at stake. The war began without a congressional declaration, without a formal strategy, and according to multiple intelligence sources, without even a clear and honest justification. At his State of the Union address in February, President Trump claimed Iran had restarted its nuclear program and was developing missiles capable of striking the United States. US intelligence reports, however, suggested Iran posed no such military threat and would need until 2035 to build such missiles (if it chose to do so at all). The administration offered a rotating carousel of rationales for the war like preventing Iranian retaliation on Israel, destroying missile capabilities, seizing oil resources and regime change.

What followed has been a masterclass in strategic incoherence. Trump declared a ceasefire in April, announcing it had been a resounding success and that the "longterm problem" was "close to resolution." Days later, the ceasefire was described as being on "life support." Then came the deadlines, a parade of ultimatums that Washington set and then quietly shelved.

The most recent episode may be the most revealing of all. On Sunday, May 18, Trump warned on Truth Social that Iran had better "get moving, FAST," or "there won't be anything left of them." Twenty-four hours later, he announced on the same platform that he had called off a "scheduled" attack planned for Tuesday, at the personal request of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Qatar's Emir, and the UAE's President. He framed it as a gesture of respect toward his Gulf allies.

There was just one problem: Gulf country officials, speaking to The Wall Street Journal, said they had no idea the attack had even been planned. And reporting from Axios suggested Trump had not actually made a final decision to strike before announcing its postponement. In short, the president may have publicly credited foreign leaders with talking him out of a war he had not yet decided to fight, using allies who had not made the request he described to provide diplomatic cover for his own hesitation.

This is the kind of story that historians will find extraordinary. A sitting US president, unable or unwilling to define what victory looks like, bouncing between threats of annihilation and last-minute reprieves with the improvisational rhythm of a social media feed. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer captured the absurdity bluntly, accusing Trump of acting "like a toddler playing with a loaded gun."