He also announced the U.S. will STOP sending $4B a year in aid to Israel by end of year, calling it an agreement between him and Netanyahu.
Ret. Indian Army Officer and Defense Analyst Pravin Sawhney has a warning about what comes next.
Trump is facing 3 factions pulling in opposite directions:
Vance, Whitkoff and Kushner want a deal. Hegseth and Netanyahu want war. Ratcliffe, Rubio and Besant want to keep the blockade and squeeze Iran until it breaks.
Nobody is winning that argument. And Trump, by his read, may not even know what he wants to do…
The nuclear sequencing is the core problem. Iran wants the blockade lifted first, nuclear talks later. Trump wants nuclear talks first. Neither side is moving.
Meanwhile, Khamenei has given the IRGC a new directive: if America starts this war, respond immediately, effectively, and without limits.
If Trump pulls the trigger, he could lose control of the war within hours. No pausing it this time.
The only exit is a deal. And the Iranians know they’ve already won.
