At the Ron Paul Institute, Larry Johnson suggests that the Trump administration’s propaganda does not comport with reality, and that President Trump and his team have settled on a strategy of focusing on Iran ending its nuclear program, along with a forthcoming massive barrage of missiles to destroy much of Iran’s remaining military hardware and research facilities as a way to climbdown from the war and claim victory. Johnson writes:
Trump’s erratic comments on relations with Iran and the state of the war have jumped from one extreme to another over the course of the last 10 days. However, I think we do have a clue about Trump’s thinking based on JD Vance’s final address to the press prior to departing Islamabad on Saturday, when he singled out Iran’s refusal to compromise on nuclear enrichment as the major obstacle to an agreement to end the war… He was saying that on instructions from the White House.
In a recent speech to Turning Point USA, Vance signaled what Trump’s exit plan may be:
Trump says to Iran: “If you commit to not having a nuclear weapon, we are going to make Iran economically thrive.”
Today we have Donald Trump, during his interview with Maria Bartiromo, reiterating the anti-nuke theme… i.e., necessary to disarm Iran’s nuclear capabilities. Gone are justifications involving regime change or opening the Strait of Hormuz. The central issue now is whether Iran will build a nuke.
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