War On Iran: – April Ceasefire – A Tick Tock Of Statements And Comments

April 8, 2026

Trump has chickened out from his threat of committing a genocide in Iran by agreeing to a ceasefire based on Iran’s 10 point declaration.

The war isn’t over.

Israel will do its best to sabotage the ceasefire by all means.

If Trump really wants to stop losing the war he had started on advice of Netanyahoo (archived) he will have to throw him under a bus.

The Secretary for War Crimes Pete Hegseth and others who had urged for the war will be made scapegoats for this defeat.

An attempt to tick-tock what happened:

Minutes before the launch of the genocide he had threatened Trump chickened out.

Arash Azisi: Direct talks between Ghalibaf and Vance in the last few hours made the ceasefire agreement possible — sources in Tehran tell me.

At 23:50 UTC the ~~Foreign~~ Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahbaz Sharif announced a ceasefire:

With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

I warmly welcome the sagacious gesture and extend deepest gratitude to the leadership of both the countries and invite their delegations to Islamabad on Friday, 10th April 2026, to further negotiate for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes. …

The original statement was probably written by someone else.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a Statement on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Trump conceded defeat:

Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE! The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East. We received a 10 point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated. On behalf of the United States of America, as President, and also representing the Countries of the Middle East, it is an Honor to have this Longterm problem close to resolution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
(TS: 07 Apr 18:32 ET)‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍

The full statement by the Supreme National Security Council of Iran – PressTV write up.

Iran’s position has slightly softened. The 10 points Iran issued yesterday are slightly different from the 10 points now mentioned in the PressTV piece (Lebanon is now missing(?!) but lifting of ALL sanctions against Iran) (There also seem to be differences on enrichment in the Farsi and English versions of the latest 10 points issued.)

Nevertheless:

Poète dubitatif @evil_SDOC – 23:56 UTC · Apr 7, 2026

If this is it really, Trump will have saved face at a cost of strategic defeat to the US, because negotiations based on the Iranians’ 10 points, together with interim Iranian control of Hormuz for the duration of the cease fire definitely means Iran has won.

White House press statement:

This is a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen.
From the very beginning of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump estimated this would be a 4-6 week operation.
Thanks to the unbelievable capabilities of our warriors, we have achieved and exceeded our core military objectives in 38 days.
More on that tomorrow morning from @SecWar and Chairman Caine!
The success of our military created maximum leverage, allowing President Trump and the team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for a diplomatic solution and long-term peace.
Additionally, President Trump got the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
Never underestimate President Trump’s ability to successfully advance America’s interests and broker peace.

Sarcastic comment by AmCon’s Andrew Day:

The Strait of Hormuz was closed for 47 years by the Mad Mullahs of Iran. But tonight, Donald Trump opened it.

As very positive sign Trump reposted Araghchi’s statement on his Truth Social account.

Trump’s victory statement:

…Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just “hangin’ around” in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will. Just like we are experiencing in the U.S., this could be the Golden Age of the Middle East!!!

Netanyahoo falsely claims that the ceasefire “does not include Lebanon”.

The opposition leader in Israel is furious about this defeat.

Various comments:
Mark Ames:

Trump’s insanely stupid & evil war ends in perhaps the most humiliating defeat in US history. …

Amal Saad:

The US didn’t agree to a ceasefire but acquiesced to a new balance of power. …

James Acton:

The U.S. acceptance of the Iranian proposal as a basis for negotiation is a *huge* concession. There is nothing about Iran’s nuclear program in there and it includes a toll for the Strait.
Obviously this is a starting point, not an end point, but it is unlikely the U.S. will achieve any of its strategic goals—which is the price we must pay, I guess, for absolutely terrible and horrific policy.

Chinahand:

my uninformed opinion is that usa/allies denying overflight/refueling to israeli planes is the key behind the scenes condition for iran agreeing to the ceasefire. iiuc israel still lacks the ability to strike iran without these facilities. if Trump genuinely wants to wind this thing down, Netanyahu will have to resort to some other provocation to try to keep the war going. IMO.

Gregg Carlstorm

Listen, it is indeed striking that Trump describes Iran’s ten-point proposal as a “workable basis” for talks, but stipulating that at the start does not bind you to anything at the end
If America walks in and says it wants to change “right to continued enrichment” to “zero enrichment”, then we’re right back where we were in February

Side note:

The war has (so far) lasted 40 days. That limit has religious importance in Judaism and Islam.

PS: Latest Iran Lego Movie: TACO Tuesday – How to defeat a hegemon

Posted by b on April 8, 2026 at 07:12 UTC | Permalink

Comments

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Trump has chickened out from his threats of committing a genocide by agreeing to a ceasefire based on Iran’s 10 point declaration.

The war isn’t over.

Israel will do its best to sabotage the ceasefire by all means.”

and Isntreal have already excluded Lebanon from the Terms….

oil bombs 19% – those who shorted it made $$MM. Next step is a breaking of the ceasefire by Isntreal and those that shorted the stonks make another $$MM

Posted by: AleaJactaEst | Apr 8 2026 7:23 utc | 1

The war isn’t over.

Posted by b at 07:12 utc | Comments (2)

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But Trump most certainly is.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 7:25 utc | 2

Israel has to be defeated, meaning this nation can no longer inflict carnage and misery on other people whenever it wants. Also, the neocons in America must be disgraced and destroyed … permanently. Donald Trump, who committed even more crimes against humanity, is still president, which must end with due haste. It’s a good start, but this war isn’t over. The Derp State and Rpsteim Regime are still operating and have yet to be exposed and held accountable.

Posted by: GMST | Apr 8 2026 7:29 utc | 3

Statement of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran:
“Iran has achieved a great victory and forced the US to accept its 10-point plan”
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The text (in bold) above is the title of an article published at the “Conflicts forum” Substack website. (think: Alastair Crooke). The title of the iranian statement is – IMO – a bit too snarky, a bit or too much “over the top”. Did the US / Trump / Hegseth / Neocons / ………. REALLY accept all points ?? Will the US faithfully execute all points of the plan ?? Will the “Seize fire” hold ??? And for how long ?? I have A LOT OF doubts. Only time will tell what is going to happen. Pass me the popcorn ………..

https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/statement-of-the-supreme-national

Posted by: WMG | Apr 8 2026 7:39 utc | 4

Well I stand corrected. Nothing really did happen after all. Who backed down first? We’ll never know.

There’s nothing original about this observation: see J. Baudrillard, The Gulf War Did Not Take Place.

It’s a shame we can’t make observations of all kinds without ad hominem attack. But I guess even hate is a form of back-handed recognition.

Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 8 2026 7:45 utc | 5

“🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸 Iranian media: No official in Iran trusts America or Trump, nobody. Even with the announcement of the ceasefire, our armed forces have their finger on the trigger and remain fully alert and ready.

The United States and the Trump administration achieved none of their declared goals in this conflict.

– There has been no regime change.
– There has been no collapse of the Islamic Republic.
– There has been no partitioning of Iran.
– And there has been no weakening of our armed forces or our people.”

The Iranians know the truce won’t last as US is agreement incapable.

https://t.me/RezistanceTrench/63020

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 8 2026 7:45 utc | 6

Simplicius latest says the same thing. The ceasefire is just a breather forced on Trump by the GCC.

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 8 2026 7:46 utc | 7

Iran won the war. America will not be the world leader. Iran broke their bones. Now I am worrying about Israel 🙁

Posted by: Lady Gaga | Apr 8 2026 7:52 utc | 8

Rather than doubling down on failure, Netanyahu should start negotiations with the Arabs using the Peking Declaration as the foundation. Israelis deserve a lasting and secure peace. The Likud strategy of facts-on-the-ground has brought only pain and suffering to Israelis. Time for the Likud to recognize failure and change its strategy. The Peking Declaration offers a way out.

Posted by: Exile | Apr 8 2026 7:54 utc | 9

We should expect another decapitation strike then.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20260408/pakistani-pm-invites-us-iran-to-talks-in-islamabad-on-april-10-1123960384.html

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 8 2026 8:02 utc | 10

Have the Israelis explicitly said that they are a part of the ceasefire (or is it just the Americans saying that Israel will also cease fire)?

Posted by: Dave G | Apr 8 2026 8:04 utc | 11

For those who don’t know Iran’s 10 Points Plan.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Wednesday that the two-week ceasefire with the United States does not signal an end to the war, pending negotiations over the details of its 10-point plan. Israel already broke number 10.

According to Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency, the 10 points are as follows:

1. U.S. commitment to ensure no further acts of aggression;

2. Continued Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz;

3. Acceptance of Iran’s nuclear enrichment rights;

4. Lifting of all primary sanctions;

5. Lifting of all secondary sanctions;

6. Termination of all United Nations Security Council resolutions against Iran;

7. Termination of all International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors resolutions against Iran;

8. Payment of damages to Iran for loss in the war;

9. Withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region;

10. Cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358418.shtml

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 8 2026 8:07 utc | 12

Regardless of whether Trump or Vance is President (Trump is irrelevant. Vance would just be a different style), or whether Netanyahu is still alive (his replacement will be a clone), round 3 is very likely.

I believe that the point of the ceasefire from the US standpoint is that the military looked at what the BIG 8 PM ATTACK could accomplish… and it would have been not any bigger than anything done before. And not really changed things on the ground in Iran. The weekend attack was apparently a much bigger disaster for the US than anything described here. So after The Trump Bluff, the ceasefire gives the US a chance to regroup and come up with a new plan.

Russia / Iran / China are presumably also preparing for round 3.

Who won round 2? Definitely Iran. However, “at what cost” is not just a throwaway mocking taunt. Iran paid a huge price for their victory. In the meantime, Iran has established that it has a right to the Straits of Hormuz. The rest of the world will come up with work arounds. The GCC nations will ask the Epstein Class for what they should do next.

Round 3 is just around the corner. Round 3 could go either way. Iran won round 1 and round 2. But all the US has to do is to win even ONE round to win the game.

Posted by: Woke American | Apr 8 2026 8:07 utc | 13

If Iran is still in control of their own resources, then Trump has failed, which means that he will try again.

Posted by: Dave G | Apr 8 2026 8:11 utc | 14

One other source of pressure on the USA is probably the regular destruction of corporate and billionaire assets; Oracle, data centers etc. The rich were losing control over investments and the quantity destroyed. (How many were insured?)

Secondly, it should be clear by now that Israel is not civilised in any sense of the word. It still holds onto the lack of morality prevalent thousands of years ago. Not only by the destruction of other tribes, but in it’s barbaric rituals. Now coming to light by revelations of it’s (Jewish) victims from the age of three onwards (Up to the age of 20, in one case).

Why should anyone credibly support them in an age that tries to hold onto civilisation, without losing all the advances made in human behavior and thought over the millienna?

Posted by: Stonebird | Apr 8 2026 8:12 utc | 15

“Iran has achieved a great victory and forced the US to accept its 10-point plan”

Doubt. The attackers faced a logistics problem (ammo and airframes), and they need 2 weeks to reorganise. Then the attack will restart, because Iran still has (1) enriched uranium, (2) missiles (3) a desobedient government (4) a non-Rothshit Central Bank.

Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 8 2026 8:19 utc | 16

Well I had a jolly sleep without nightmares so let’s get to it. Have caught up with most and penned a few words too – which are probably too many.

Yesterday was waiting for the maestro to do this magical world smithing and just in time here he is so I will save my opinions for later posts.

The words of the Master say it better and faster.

🇷🇺💬🇺🇸🇮🇷 Dmitry Medvedev:

The conflict between the US and Iran has been put on hold. Predictably, both sides claimed victory.

So who won? First and foremost, common sense, which was severely undermined by the White House’s statements about destroying Iranian civilization in a single day.

However, the very fact that Trump agreed to discuss a ten-point plan is a success for the Iranians. The question is whether Washington will agree to it: after all, it involves compensation for damage to Iran, the continuation of the nuclear program, and Tehran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz.m

Obviously, they won’t. This would be humiliating for them and would mean a real victory for Iran.
So what? More military action?

Maybe, but there’s an intermediate option. Trump doesn’t want and can’t wage a long war, and he won’t get support from Congress. So we need to maintain the fragile truce and pretend everything is fine. Because every move on this board creates a situation close to a zugzwang.

But this is chess, where there are not just two players, but three. There’s also Israel, which doesn’t side with the US. It doesn’t need a truce and hasn’t achieved its goals. And it might well make its own move: simply wipe all the pieces off the chessboard. This makes the situation extremely uncertain.m

Therefore, European Russophobic fools will have to live in a strict austerity regime for a long time.

After all, there will be no cheap oil…

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 8 2026 8:19 utc | 17

After the air force failing to detect missile bases, failing to neutralize sufficient AD systems, gulf bases put out of commission, oil and gas infrastructure in the gulf non-defendable, Israel getting hammered, US special ops ambush and USS Tripoli being driven off into the depths of the Indian ocean,

there were no other cards left except nuclear weapons.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:20 utc | 18

Trump wanted to get out of this war. What they tried last weekend failed and he then needed to agree to start negotiations on the basis of Iran’s 10 point proposal. All the statements related to stone age, etc.. were just a preparation for “we forced them to ..”
As soon as Trumps is out he will not return. Up to the GCC to come up to terms with Iran and up to Israel people to get a new government. Iran has emerged as the local superpower everybody will need to live with.

Posted by: hubert | Apr 8 2026 8:21 utc | 19

This ceasefire calls for Collective Punishment.

Israeli Army issues full scale evacuation order in Southern Lebanon ==> https://t.me/llordofwar/596969

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 8:22 utc | 20

Patroklos | Apr 8 2026 7:45 utc | 7

“Well I stand corrected. Nothing really did happen after all. Who backed down first? We’ll never know.”

We do at least know that according to these comment threads, up until a few hours ago it was unthinkable Iran would agree to a ceasefire. Now most of the usual authoritarian-follower suspects are scrambling to invent Just So justifications after the fact, as usual.

It sure looks like Iran and the “Resistance” all caved in to nuclear blackmail. It’s called appeasement and of course won’t work. Unless it’s really Iran who needed a ceasefire, this is simply a pure gift handed to the aggressors. Next time the US will go right to nuclear threats. Who’s going to “resist” next time, that didn’t have the guts this time?

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 8 2026 8:22 utc | 21

“Throw Netanyahu under the bus”
More than that. I believe Netanyahoo should be given a “tool” which would allow him a “honourable” exit practicing some kind of “seuku” like a Yakuza element. The so called “Bibí” has failed in every sense. His life doesn’t make sense any more.

Posted by: Ignacio | Apr 8 2026 8:23 utc | 22

By the way, China is continuing to send more AD systems to Iran.

Iran can build only-Lord-knows-how-many drones and missiles in a week.

US can build maybe a dozen or two missiles in a month.

So if Zionazis are looking for round two, it won’t be them who are stronger.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:27 utc | 23

I have no idea what “negotiating” with the US even means, nowadays…
How do you negotiate with people that have made a point of not respecting any agreement, of stating that they will not abide by international law, that sunk an unarmed military ship returning from a training excersize and let the survivors drown, that boast about committing or planning war crimes, that trigger negotiations only to gather the enemy leaders together and slaughter them…
What credibility and what guarantees does Iran have that this will not be just the usual US/Israel ploy to take a breath, rearm and then begin a new round of attacks meant to wear down the iranian cohesion little by little and lead it to the Syrian destiny?

Posted by: Leonardo | Apr 8 2026 8:27 utc | 24

What was the off-ramp? Some actual facts.

Caitlin Johnstone

@caitoz
6h
This is nuts, Trump really did do exactly what Ryan Grim suggested he do hours earlier: pretend Iran’s ten-point plan is a new proposal, counting on the fact that the media hasn’t been reporting on Iran’s demands to make it look like a new offer Tehran put forward in desperation.

Yup. That means that just as jfk withdrew the Turkish missiles as the quid pro quo in that word destroying moment.

What is the secret not yet reported withdrawal this time?

I’d like to believe it is that off the Entity from West Asia and the end of the ‘Middle East’ – that is the surrender term that matters most – the entity and its genocidal cancer in the Levant isn’t even referred to in The 10 points except in passing.

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 8 2026 8:28 utc | 25

Minsk 3.0 ? ATO in Lebanon ? I don’t see the Zionist colony stopping anything there for now.
Same about US presence in the GCC , the problem is still there , so the region is still a powder-keg with a short fuse.

Posted by: Savonarole | Apr 8 2026 8:29 utc | 26

1. U.S. commitment to ensure no further acts of aggression
9. Withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from the region

Since nobody has any trust on a “US commitment”, point 9 is crucial to ensure that another attack round against Iran will be difficult.

A compromise would be that US pays no reparations but Iran keeps the toll on Hormuz to finance the repairs and reconstruction.

But anyway, I seriously doubt that the US will even give any consideration to those (capitulation) points… The neocons have no reverse gear.

Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 8 2026 8:30 utc | 27

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 8 2026 8:22 utc | 21
My thoughts exactly.

Posted by: Vortex | Apr 8 2026 8:30 utc | 28

This ceasefire calls for Collective Punishment.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 8:22 utc | 20

Any attacks in Lebanon and the ceasefire is void. This is Trump’s chance to prove he holds the leash.

Term 3: End to Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Posted by: Tel | Apr 8 2026 8:31 utc | 29

I have no idea what “negotiating” with the US even means, nowadays…

Posted by: Leonardo | Apr 8 2026 8:27 utc | 24

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Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will lead the Iranian delegation to Friday’s talks with the US in Islamabad, the ISNA news agency reported.

https://t.me/EurasianChoice/60966

Ghalibaf will take a hard line.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 8:32 utc | 30

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 8:32 utc | 30

The Pakistanis are double-faced US Vassals. Iran shouldn’t really send anyone to Islamabad, lest they end up like the negotiators in Doha.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:33 utc | 31

Next it’s the Pakistan connection! We’ll actually it’s more than that one satrap. I have posted previously about it and will do more but here is others:

There is only ONE daddy in charge NOW and they have used the natzios proxy millions of boots their ziofascist empire has long built to take EurAsia. In a sacrifice to the last deluded colonial and brought them ‘onside’ – absolute victory for the multipolar, the hegemon lost its ‘allies’

🇨🇳🇮🇷 According to Associated Press, the two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran was made possible in part due to China’s involvement.

As Iran’s largest trading partner, Beijing reportedly encouraged Tehran throughout negotiations to pursue a ceasefire path.

AP cites two anonymous officials saying China “urged Iranians to find a way to a ceasefire as talks progressed.”

The report adds that Beijing worked through intermediaries—Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt—to help facilitate a diplomatic breakthrough.

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 8 2026 8:34 utc | 32

Iran shouldn’t really send anyone to Islamabad

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:33 utc | 31

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Pakistan has a large eager opposition for Ghalibaf to incite.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 8:36 utc | 33

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 8 2026 8:07 utc | 12

That is significantly different to what we were hearing a few days ago.

Posted by: Tel | Apr 8 2026 8:40 utc | 34

Here’s the proof:

🇵🇰🇺🇸 And how do we know that Trump is negotiating with himself through Pakistan?

The original post made by Pakistani PM on X started with an interesting line:

*Draft – Pakistan’s PM Message on X*

The post has since been edited. But it’s now pretty clear that the post was sent to him. Unless his own staff calls him “Pakistan’s PM” which would just be weird.

🇺🇸 TRUMP’S TACO SHACK IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

🔴 @DDGeopolitics |

Including Trump speak [Not]

‘wherein’ and ‘consummated’

That can mean ‘fucked’ as in rape with penetration planned to impregnate!

It’s a deal to nowhere on the road to hell.

Fuckthem and all who sail in it.

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 8 2026 8:46 utc | 35

Well that’s built up a bit of thirst and hunger – I’m off to have breakfast and enjoy the sunny day and some warmer temperature grateful that Civilsation has survived another day against the ziofascist barbarians onslaught. I’ll be back later with more about their tears, as they swepter in their stinking sewage bunkers, haven’t seen many dancing vids recently. Lol.

Thanks for the bar b and look forward to your further analysis

Posted by: DunGroanin | Apr 8 2026 8:51 utc | 36

How can we lessen Israel’s influence on western politics? Both main political parties in most western countries STILL won’t criticise the brutal, destructive genocides and land-theft that Israel is responsible for. How do we change that?
Look at the UK for example – the first government utterance about the latest war was the UK foreign secretary berating Iran for daring to defend itself, totally ignoring the reasonless, unnecessary US/Israeli attack which started it. And the UK’s two major opposition parties wanted an even more pro-Israel response, so voting the government out would actually make the situation worse!

Posted by: Dave G | Apr 8 2026 8:52 utc | 37

Nima R. Alkhorshid: Iran-US Double Ceasefire: What Just Happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_YpJENeAOM

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:57 utc | 38

My view is that the Iranian change of tack was intended to give Trump an off-ramp, which, as all commentators have said, he entirely lacked. one can be sure that, like Gaza, there will be no more detailed negotiations, but Iran will retain control of the Straits. Israel too seems keen to stop, after the bloody nose the IDF has received in Lebanon, but I wouldn’t like to predict yet what will happen there.

Posted by: Laguerre | Apr 8 2026 8:57 utc | 39

So is anyone in USA going to proceed with the 25th Amendment stuff?

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 8:59 utc | 40

The ceasefire will hold simply because there are too many American assets for America to lose. Iran can directly help Hezbollah if isreal misbehaves. Sending Iranian speaker is not a good idea. Send some lower officials to discuss with American group and finalise everything online.

Posted by: R M Rao | Apr 8 2026 8:59 utc | 41

Nima seems to think this situation is caused by USraeli completely running out of all sorts of missiles, both interceptors and stand-off missiles. They have no hope to continue and achieve anything except the destruction of their own assets.

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:59 utc | 42

Tel | Apr 8 2026 8:40 utc | 34

“That is significantly different to what we were hearing a few days ago.”

It seems like Iran is now wavering on whether they proclaim unquestionable sovereign right to control the Strait. In any event they now agree to finance their own reconstruction out of Strait tolls. (Also, how is that a reparation if you’re using your own money? Sounds more like a deal where the US agrees to allow Iran to impose tolls.)

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 8 2026 9:04 utc | 43

Trump threatened major escalation, but realistically the only possible major escalation would be to nukes and he wasn’t willing to go that far. I wonder if Kamala would have hesitated?

So Iran called his bluff and Trump “chickened out”.

As an aside, what is the semantic difference between “We’re going to bomb you into the Stone Age if you don’t do what we say!” and “All options are on the table if you don’t do what we say!”?

Of course there is no difference, but stupid people prefer the latter because, being stupid, it is easier to convince themselves it really means something different. Style over substance really matters for some.

I’m glad Trump “chickened out”, but the zio beasts must be losing their minds, what of them they have. I wonder if America has a grand televised tragedy celebrated by “dancing Israelis” coming up soon?

Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 8 2026 9:07 utc | 44

Thanks b. Looking forward to this continuing saga.

Anyone noticed there’s no press conference with the “rescued” pilot and wso?

Trump posting his version of Iran’s 10 points is the kicker and can only be interpreted as capitulation.

I’m sleeping well tonight and checking in tomorrow.

Posted by: Suresh | Apr 8 2026 9:07 utc | 45

Iran holds all the cards here, Netanyahu or other Zionists are set for complete destruction since they cannot compromise, they prefer to be dead right, and that is what they will get for being the provocateurs. Iran will use the time for the next round to set up and put more in place – has likely set another trap. I see that it has not compromised one iota, and will not accept that this phase has made any difference. The US is already weakened, if we knew the full details of damage done to American bases, its aircraft and personnel, I am sure we would all be quite shocked.

So many apologists still who want to believe Trump is driven by others, but he was always an idiot and way out of his pro-Zionist depth.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 9:09 utc | 46

It sure looks like Iran and the “Resistance” all caved in to nuclear blackmail. It’s called appeasement and of course won’t work. Unless it’s really Iran who needed a ceasefire, this is simply a pure gift handed to the aggressors. Next time the US will go right to nuclear threats. Who’s going to “resist” next time, that didn’t have the guts this time?

Posted by: Flying Dutchman | Apr 8 2026 8:22 utc | 21

The US has Epstein Class blackmail abilities and strong intelligence agencies as tools as well. But your idea is correct. The remaining tools for the Epstein Class are of the “if you do not obey us, we’ll destroy the world” kind. The US will push these narratives for all they are worth because it’s about all we got left.

Posted by: Woke American | Apr 8 2026 9:14 utc | 47

Totally speculation but what if Trump threw Israel under the bus? Makes sense for him, no Mossad, no blackmail.

USA aren’t big fans of the kosher mafia anyway and cries to cut costs are getting louder. I can’t imagine all the billionaires being that united either. US going broke endagers their biotope.

From Iranian perspective that would be a win that costs USA little. A tiny little concession for a lot of oil. Stay, keep your bases, keep buying oil but stop meddling and have peace. All you want is the oil, right? We’ll sell, we just need the security to do so and can’t have it with the rabid Zionists. Daddy, please?

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 9:17 utc | 48

So is anyone in USA going to proceed with the 25th Amendment stuff?
Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 8:59 utc | 40

Trump will be replaced by Vance only when the Epstein Class decides that their best tactic is to have a change of style in the White House.

Posted by: Woke American | Apr 8 2026 9:18 utc | 49

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/from-dire-straits-to-done-deal-triumphant

Simplicius also states the obvious: the war isn’t over at all, and Iran only agreed to cease fire if not attacked. If nazinyahu – as he is doing now – continues attacking Iran, Iran will continue missiling zionazistan. In that case Trump will have the choice of rejoining the war or walking away leaving his master nazinyahu under the bus.

No less than the anti Russian propagandist ghoul Timothy Snyder has declared Trump lost in every way possible:

https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/2041693537113149584?s=20

Yair Lapid is not exactly happy either:

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2041749986153574686?s=20

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 8 2026 9:22 utc | 50

Peace President Donald is currently ending the ninth war and opening the Strait of Hormuz!
Legendary results have been achieved:

Khamenei replaced by Khamenei 2.0
The US Army is out of the Gulf
The USA has withdrawn from Iraq
Trump has united the Iranian people
Iran, together with Oman, controls the flow of oil from the Gulf
Iran has seen massive income increases through more and more expensive oil deliveries, as well as through tolls
Trump accepts the Iranian 10-point plan as a basis for discussion

As he already posted at the beginning of March: MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Posted by: Johann Siegfried von Oberndorf | Apr 8 2026 9:24 utc | 51

Israel too seems keen to stop, after the bloody nose the IDF has received in Lebanon, but I wouldn’t like to predict yet what will happen there.
Posted by: Laguerre

Satanyahu needs war to keep his corrupt ass out of jail.

Posted by: Apollyon | Apr 8 2026 9:27 utc | 52

Nima seems to think…

Posted by: unimperator | Apr 8 2026 8:59 utc | 42

Nobody gives a fuck.

Posted by: danton | Apr 8 2026 9:32 utc | 53

Something feels fishy about all this. Trump says ceasefire and netanyahu agrees straight away? What if this was the ploy all along? ie to get iran’s negotiators to come to islamabad and then use them to track the remaining leadership for next phase of decapitation strikes? didn’t iran just recently refused to come to islamabad? the difference of opinion between the sides is night and day. what is there to negotiate?

Posted by: bee | Apr 8 2026 9:33 utc | 54

Anyone noticed there’s no press conference with the “rescued” pilot and wso?
Posted by: Suresh | Apr 8 2026 9:07 utc | 45

Yep. I’ve very much noticed that. And notice it more and more as the weekend fades.
IMVHO TrumpTeamTrix is hoping everyone will move on and quickly forget about rescued pilots and other inconsistencies, / inconvenient questions

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 9:38 utc | 55

The US ran out of missiles. That is enough to force Trump to TACO. He had no choice

Posted by: Stonebird | Apr 8 2026 9:39 utc | 56

No less than the anti Russian propagandist ghoul has declared Trump lost in every way possible
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 8 2026 9:22 utc | 50

But not everyone sees Iran as winning though. Twitter warrior Medvedev is not happy that US agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Iran but not with Russia. Somehow this also showed him how bad the EU is, for some reason (because they did not attack Iran?):
“Predictably, both sides claimed victory (…) The question is whether Washington will agree to it (…) Obviously, they won’t” ( t.me/medvedev_telegram/641 )

Posted by: rk | Apr 8 2026 9:41 utc | 57

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html

How Trump took the US to War With Iran.

^^ Someone is firing up the bus, readying it for Trump to be thrown under it.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 9:44 utc | 58

@SOS | Apr 8 2026 9:17 utc | 48
While you ponder over minor details the big picture is about attempting to stop Chinas rise before it is too late. China has been one of the targets since Mao’s time. And the US is in a hurry. They knew Iran would and will be a hard nut to crack but as long as they aim to retain hegemony they have to deal with it. In the past it wasnt necessary to destroy the world economy. Now that has become one remaining option.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 8 2026 9:45 utc | 59

Huge mistake on part of Iran, giving in to Trumps threats. What happened to „we are not negotiating“? Trump hasn’t agreed to shit, apart from 2 weeks of pause, which gives the US time to bring more troops and assets to the region.

Posted by: Joe Public | Apr 8 2026 9:47 utc | 60

Medvedev is not happy that US agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Iran but not with Russia.
Posted by: rk | Apr 8 2026 9:41 utc | 57

So maybe Russia should have used Iran’s method of bombing the US bases in the region (Poland, Germany, Rumania)…

Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 8 2026 9:49 utc | 61

Anyone noticed there’s no press conference with the “rescued” pilot and wso?Posted by: Suresh | Apr 8 2026 9:07 utc | 45

Yep but there are hilarious articles about “Ghost Murmur”, some wiz tech to find pilots in the desert – as if they had to hide some Mossad agents that would be the obvious other explanation.

^^ Someone is firing up the bus, readying it for Trump to be thrown under it.
Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 9:44 utc | 58

Yes and it seems to be Peter Thiel’s faction as they are painting Vance as the good guy who “resisted” Trump. Not too much mud from Hegseth from this side though, someone else is flinging that.

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 9:50 utc | 62

By refusing to really help Iran, China and Russia caused this defeat.

Posted by: Crow | Apr 8 2026 9:52 utc | 63

Stonebird @56

Agreed, but how many interceptors and tomahawks can the US make in two weeks? The US has blown decades worth of stockpiles so far. Two weeks doesn’t buy the breathing space needed. Even two weeks of the Straits of Hormuz being wide open with the Gulf states shipping all they can won’t be enough to buy breathing room in the economy for another round.

I’m unsure what two weeks actually buys the Empire other than perhaps the expiration of the current news cycle.

Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 8 2026 9:52 utc | 64

Addendum:
Also disappointing for so many on the western anti-imperialist alt media to buy into Irans „we‘ve won“ narrative. They haven’t. They effing caved!

Why agree to a cease fire while there are still US bases standing?! While they are out of interceptors?!

Posted by: Joe Public | Apr 8 2026 9:53 utc | 65

petergrfstrm | Apr 8 2026 9:45 utc | 59
Not sure USrael and oil are minor details. I don’t buy into theories though that China can still be conquered or broken. Contained maybe in really limited ways. If Iran can keep the carriers away, China could sink them off Hawaii with impunity.

China has won economically and militarily. What US can do is to keep vassals from realizing it and raising cost of defection.
That and proxy wars.

Economic wars were tried with the tarriffs and spectacularly backfired. 40 Trillion reasons US will not win there.

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 9:54 utc | 66

Make Israel Palestine Again

Posted by: Frasco | Apr 8 2026 9:55 utc | 67

Posted by: Stonebird | Apr 8 2026 9:39 utc | 56

He was warned about running out of missiles before the war even started, but as usual he could not listen to any advice.

He’s pretty much destroyed his own forces/bases and shown to the world US weakness – I think the US will cut and run leaving this to Israel and Iran. Same as it was with Ukraine and Russia. A lot of face saving going on but I think the US is now out of the picture and efforts will be made to destroy Trump’s presidency.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 9:55 utc | 68

J D Vance in Hungary still… Says DT says the Iranians must negotiate in good faith..USA still has a lot of pressure mechanisms still available to apply military political economic but these are on hold….well the Iranians were before negotiating in good faith as on a Friday agreements had been made said that documents were to be signed the following Monday.

Isr. attempting to still have leverage and conditional supremacy….they will still continue action in Lebanon until proven Hormuz is functional. They still want their actions against Hezbollah to continue.

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 9:55 utc | 69

Something feels fishy about all this. what is there to negotiate?
Posted by: bee | Apr 8 2026 9:33 utc | 54

There was a big problem that can’t be solved otherwise. US and Israel don’t have any ammo left. They were using their last ones made in 2026. Trump’s nuclear plans were not as well received as he thought (at least for the moment) and their puppet kings in the region were getting completely destroyed. Trump also has complete failures in other areas, one after another. Yesterday his plan to change the citizenship rules failed. Like his personal businesses, everything he touches ends bankrupt and sometimes even himself. He’s very lucky that Deutsche Bank exists, they save him every single time, it’s like he owns them or something.

Posted by: rk | Apr 8 2026 9:58 utc | 70

Joe Public | Apr 8 2026 9:53 utc | 65

Not sure it’s a realistic war goal to fell the US David vs Goliath style. I don’t think it’s the win over imperialism the impotent Left was hoping for, I don’t think US will just retreat. It is a strategic victory but not a total one.

If Iran has to cash in the tokens to be winning. If they are too exhausted to keep up the pressure, they lose all they won. This was a blow against exuberant P/E ratios, wrecking the global economy and damaging China would turn the world against them.

Even if USrael will attack again, they will be much weaker and more cautious next time. Some thousand bombs and missiles will not come back next time, some carriers won’t, some EU allies won’t. Don’t expect Arminius and Bodicea to conquer all of Rome.

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:00 utc | 71

I wonder if Iran has to some degree been able to set up especially Isr. to fail, ie it’s continuing genocidal intentions for a Greater Israel and continuing war crimes etc etc..the Israeli self beliefs and fervour can be it’s own weaknesses.
Will Hezbollah still be self defending?

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 10:04 utc | 72

Posted by: rk | Apr 8 2026 9:41 utc | 57

But not everyone sees Iran as winning though. Twitter warrior Medvedev is not happy that US agreed to a temporary ceasefire with Iran but not with Russia. Somehow this also showed him how bad the EU is, for some reason (because they did not attack Iran?)

I think he wrote this because his audience is mostly Russian, and any break on the West Asian front may lead to more pressure on the Russian front. Everything is ready for a two-pronged attack: UK and all states around the Baltic Sea can increase piracy levels any moment. And drones through the Baltic states on St. Petersburg come in daily. Not only is a major Russian city under attack, the ports of Ust-Luga, St. Petersburg and around are responsible for 40% of Russia’s maritime trade.

As with Ukraine’s attack on Donbas, that’s a weak spot EUrope can use to force a Russian reaction. Once the decision is made, the EU/NATO war on Russia enters a new stage. I don’t know if this is set in stone but there’s a large and relevant faction inside EUrope that wants this escalation. From this point of view, Medvedev’s message makes sense IMO.

Posted by: Konami | Apr 8 2026 10:05 utc | 73

Let’s call him Trimp. Like a shrimp.

Failed : (1) tariffs (2) war on Iran (3) releasing all the Epstein files
Success : (1) family making money on the stock market (2) his personal Epstein files not released (so far)

Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 8 2026 10:07 utc | 74

Fresh thought. Karoline Leavitt’s next press conference is going to be a wowser!

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 10:08 utc | 75

UAE/Kuwait reporting ongoing attacks – is this Israel or Iran?
https://t.me/MilitaryNewsEN/36259

Bombs on Lavan island (Iran):
https://t.me/MilitaryNewsEN/36260

Trump talking about Iran accepting 15 points, not 10 – is there a ceasefire at all?https://t.me/Slavyangrad/161173

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:10 utc | 76

Posted by: Asian Frog | Apr 8 2026 10:07 utc | 74

Failed : (1) tariffs (2) war on Iran (3) releasing all the Epstein files
Success : (1) family making money on the stock market (2) his personal Epstein files not released (so far)

You are right but five weeks of war on Iran did more:

Slowed down global trade in a way that will be felt for probably months to come.
Perhaps is enough to trigger global depression: even if there will be peace (unsure at the moment), industry in many places (e.g. South East Asia) and agriculture worldwide will be affected throughout 2026.

Unclear if those are “success” or “failure” but they’re real. I can see how someone in Washington would want those.

Posted by: Konami | Apr 8 2026 10:14 utc | 77

I would not be surprised if the Republicans try to replace Trump with a fresher face like Vance. Trump in my opinion has blown it, so the only chance is to put in a more moderate appearing younger leader who presents a complete change in appearance from mad Donald for the party. Of course it will be a somewhat fake change, since it always is, but I don’t see how Trump can continue given he has made such a mess of so many things and has also created so many enemies as well. I wonder if this is why Vance has been distancing himself from Trump for some time now, it may have a strategic purpose.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:15 utc | 78

I’m unsure what two weeks actually buys the Empire other than perhaps the expiration of the current news cycle.
Posted by: William Gruff | Apr 8 2026 9:52 utc | 64

Oil prices will be manipulated again on Friday, next monday and again the friday after that. Doesn’t promise much for the empire but it will help the Trump Bank Ballance no end.

TRump always Banks it, TABI

Posted by: Stonebird | Apr 8 2026 10:19 utc | 79

a fresher face like Vance.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:15 utc | 78

—

Usha’s pregnancy would give J.D. a lot of sympathy, however one should remember Vance has always served as another’s foil. America’s blue-eyed son. Little Boy Blue.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 10:24 utc | 80

Dean Blundell has a very good substack. Yup is not Iran but maybe his own personal situation more important re home issues for DT…
Soooo
Re
Noem: Fired just as she was becoming a congressional liability and generating her own investigative threads about spending, personal conduct, and misuse of government resources. Given a face-saving title. Sent away.

Bondi: Fired two weeks before she was scheduled to testify under oath about the Epstein files. Given a face-saving statement. Sent into the private sector without a government legal safety net. Now potentially exposed to international subpoenas she cannot deflect.
Gabbard: Expected to be next. Sitting on classified foreign intelligence about someone close to Trump. Facing a buried whistleblower complaint that alleges she potentially covered up something that “could cause grave damage to national security.” When she goes, that entire situation becomes exponentially more legally complicated.Trump is not firing incompetent people. He is firing people who know things. He is replacing them with people who will owe him everything.

Noem, Bondi, Gabbard(allegedly on the way out especially as a follow on from Joe Kent and her getting very sensitive high level leaked info and then bypassing internal procedures and o urgent went straight to the WhiteHouse ) and all three now exposed to Senate Committees — none of them are going to receive the golden ticket they may have once imagined as the return on their loyalty investment.
Donald Trump is consolidating control. He is replacing potentially dangerous witnesses and officials with people whose loyalty to him personally — not to the Constitution, not to their departments, not to the law — is the *only* qualification that matters. He is doing this because something is coming.
Not a normal political challenge. Not another indictment he can dismiss as “election interference.” Something that he genuinely believes he cannot fight from a position of distributed power — something that requires him to have absolute control over the DOJ, the intelligence apparatus, and the levers of domestic law enforcement.
What that something is, we don’t fully know yet. The Epstein files. The Gabbard whistleblower complaint. The foreign intelligence about someone in his inner circle. Possibly all of the above. Possibly something we haven’t yet seen the surface of.
But the behavior — the purge, the consolidation, the replacement of independent actors with devoted loyalists, the desperate legal maneuvering around classified intelligence — all of it points to a man who believes the threat is real, is coming, and is bigger than anything he has survived before.Pay attention. This is the part where it gets serious.

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 10:29 utc | 81

Yep, ceasefire is over:
https://t.me/c/1567469683/3057013

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:30 utc | 82

Wanna know the *real* reason Trump tapped out ?

Legos. He just couldn’t take anymore lego humiliation.

Let’s admit it, the whole world was login in to watch the latest Iranian lego.

TrumpTeamTrix was completely out-lego’d and they just had to make the humiliation stop.

____

Here’s the Lego explaining the lost and found wso/ uranium heist

https://files.catbox.moe/fannz6.mp4

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 10:30 utc | 83

a fresher face like Vance.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:15 utc | 78

Shaddy Maybelline is “Fresh”? 😂😂😂

Posted by: Nobody | Apr 8 2026 10:31 utc | 84

@ SOS | Apr 8 2026 9:54 utc | 66
Israel stands for the same intention as the US oligarchy so Israel and the US are roughly one thing. Saying Israel is more or less important to the US is therefore tautology. Netanyahu says what the the US needs. It works as long as the US oligarchy still believes they have a chance to outdo China.
You seem to be convinced the US cant stop China. But that doesnt mean the oligarchy has the same opinion.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Apr 8 2026 10:34 utc | 85

This is the part where it gets serious.

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 10:29 utc | 81

—

The is the part were a child watching the parade asks “Where are the Emperor’s clothes?”, and the stunned crowd begins laughing.

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 10:35 utc | 86

Just checked on flightradar24: There are several US tanker planes over Tel Aviv and along the Saudi-Iraq border, as if the ceasefire were not in force.

Posted by: cb66 | Apr 8 2026 10:36 utc | 87

Of course, Donald Trump deserves no one’s sympathy, he is a bully and a megalomaniac. However in walking away from the path of doom he was treading I think he deserves praise not being mocked as “chicken-out”. Whatever or whoever persuade him to change course has done the world a great service. I hope an amicable solution is found to the problem. It’s of course most likely that the Zionist forces around the globe would do everything to sabotage any prospect of peace. That’s disheartening.

Posted by: Steve | Apr 8 2026 10:37 utc | 88

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Posted by: b | Apr 8 2026 10:38 utc | 89

Posted by: too scents | Apr 8 2026 10:24 utc | 80

I agree with everything you say, but Trump has really lost it now after the weekend’s performance of abusive genocidal threats replete with expletives, and the destruction of US forces and power in the entire Gulf region which will have a knock on effect for America’s future in terms of internationally perceived military strength – I suspect Trump may not even have the US military behind him now, its credibility is looking challenged, and the security of even being a General is diminished.

So a fresher faced America’s blue-eye boy could still possibly work in bringing back votes while supplying an exit ramp for Trump’s removal. As you say “Vance has always served as another’s foil” but that may be why he has made efforts to appear distanced from Trump and stay pretty much in the shadow. Whoever takes power would be working for the usual suspects anyway.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:41 utc | 90

cb66 | Apr 8 2026 10:36 utc | 87
“Just hanging around” as Trump said.

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:43 utc | 91

So a fresher faced America’s blue-eye boy could still possibly work in bringing back votes while supplying an exit ramp for Trump’s removal.
GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:41 utc | 90

Can you imagine the MAGA turnout for a dude wearing lipstick? Vance is the acceptable “cultivated” face for non-US West. Not presidential at all, not brutal enough. All the flag wavers want a patriotic figurehead.

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:45 utc | 92

Posted by: Jo | Apr 8 2026 10:29 utc | 81
Re something Big is looming and terrifying TrumpTeamTrix.

9/11.

The Epstein Files are missing for the years immediately prior and immediately after 9/11.

Trump was a Big Deal In NYC those years.
Lutnick was Cantor Fitzgerald. Who can forget Lucky Larry?

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 10:46 utc | 93

Iran just agreed to a Minsk 2/ Astana 2.0 and they’ll pay for this! The US never honors ANY agreement. It’s very obvious what comes next for Iran is balkanization though a civil war and the US is going to pursue this aggressively – watch this space. They’ve tried the direct approach(war) and they got burnt badly so they’ll use money to bride anyone willing to bite.This war’s made me 100% convinced the “reformist” tribe have been collaborating with the enemy to weaken/kill the irgc from Iran’s power circle. It started off with Soleimani, then Raisi etc etc. All the assassinations have been against the patriots while the “reformists” pretend it’s all a by accident.

Posted by: Zico | Apr 8 2026 10:49 utc | 94

Posted by: Nobody | Apr 8 2026 10:31 utc | 84

Think about the average American voter, not what you know, or who you would vote for. It’s all play acting in US politics anyway. All I can see is that Trump is nothing but a liability now, especially if any serious information is leaked concerning the extent of a disaster for the US this foray into the gulf is likely to have been.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:49 utc | 95

Posted by: Steve | Apr 8 2026 10:37 utc | 88

Whatever or whoever persuade him to change course has done the world a great service.

1. Cold economical facts. US companies invested heavily in the region. Oracle is just one company and it put dozens of billions into the region. In hardware (cloud/data centers), something that can be destroyed and cannot be moved away. GCC states have invested trillions in the USA. Bloodshed and genocide is one thing but if US capital is affected then something has to give.

2. Military issues: apart from the Easter debacle, the USA were running out of valid targets (so they’ve been going for civilians, as it their wont but that won’t win the war) whereas Iran is far from doing so: they have a long list of further relevant targets.

3. Geopolitics: this war was supposed to take Iran out of the picture and to weaken China. It did the opposite. No matter how deluded the leadership, as long as there’s something to go for (and US capital is far from finished), someone has to cut the losses.

I stand by my private conspiracy theory that one goal was to unleash a second Great Depression. The damage done may suffice to achieve that. Hitting *all* trade hits the competition harder than the US bloc because China’s become so big and should lead to further wars down the road — preferably not on American soil. Win win! As always in history: why should it repeat? But it is a plan to turn around a losing position, and it did work in the 1930s.

Posted by: Konami | Apr 8 2026 10:50 utc | 96

Worldwide economic collapse would not serve Irans interest. Probably needed the Strait open for awhile to prevent that from occurring.

Posted by: James Richard | Apr 8 2026 10:51 utc | 97

OK, how does this thing restart now? I can see that Israel may pop off a few bombs or whatever to get it going again but the whole thing looks so onerous and the relief so great (check out the stock futures) that I would think everyone involved doesn’t want to go back to it. Further, where’s any hope of success? Wonderwaffen?
Trump by nature (narcissism) must, must always blame somebody else. Could he scapegoat Netanyahu? Or do they have enough Epstein stuff to hold Trump back? With AI in the mix, maybe Trump just says ‘fake news’ and gets away with defying the Zionists.

Posted by: Eighthman | Apr 8 2026 10:51 utc | 98

Posted by: SOS | Apr 8 2026 10:45 utc | 92

Trump’s been wearing fake orange tan make-up for years. I don’t think his base is growing and the litany of failures is seriously building up. For all the phony patriotism, he certainly does a lot of TACOS. It’s over for the US world dominance, the tide has turned.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Apr 8 2026 10:55 utc | 99

The most astonishing thing.

Both Mileikowsky and Iran consider Trump a L.O.S.E.R

Following the U.S.–Iran ceasefire, sources close to Benjamin Netanyahu’s office allege he lashed out behind closed doors, shouting, “TRUMP IS A LOSER”

https://nitter.net/YourAnonTV/status/2041693259286667658
{and yeah this guy ^ is a Ukrainian supporting nobody on the internet}

Iranian L.O.S.E.R lego.
This was one of the first, one of the best; now 2 weeks old, and eerily prophetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYX2fcZdw0A

Posted by: Melaleuca | Apr 8 2026 11:06 utc | 100

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