Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying no dialogue is taking place between the two sides and characterizing Trump’s announcement as part of efforts to lower energy prices and buy time for military planning.

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      Iran has been very trustworthy lately.

      Iran: If you do A I will do B

      USrael: *does A*

      Iran: *does B*

      USrael + Western Media: *surprise pikachu face*

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      Also worth noting that Americans are literally retreating from Iraq after requesting a truce from Iranian affiliated militias.

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    and buy time for military planning.

    You can’t trust trump to hold to any ceasefire. Hell launch a surprise attack, declare victory immediately, and try to blame victim when you keep fighting.

    It’s the same as Bibi and Vlad do. But when you make your enemies think peace is impossible, you lose all say in when a conflict can end.

    trump fucked up by targeting a country that can unilaterally halt oil shipments.

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        No, this is how bullies try to de-escalate.

        If Iran goes along with it, trump will hit them again when they’re not looking.

        They’re going to make him surrender, which will likely include nuclear weapons development if not outright nukes. It’s the only way to ensure another attack doesn’t happen, because only a complete idiot would trust trump and this administration.

        Just walking away isn’t enough to end this. It only takes one willing side to fight a war.

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      • Bam, I won!
      • what are you…
      • ok, ok, since you gave up I will let you go
      • but…
      • Bam! I won again! Haha, you’re such a loser!
      • I really don’t think punching your own balls is…
      • Bam! Surprise attack! Just give up!
      • Ok, man, whatever…
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    At first I thought Trump really fucked up. Unusual specificity in his threat.

    I already knew his followers would eat the shit right out of his ass, but it’s somehow getting even more pathetic.

    TACO means nothing to him. His followers just go with it every time.

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      …It could just be market manipulation. I hear DOW jumped when he made the threat.

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        i was watching some YT content and had the tickers on in a window to the side, saw a huge jump, and i was thinking wtf has Trump down now

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        Oh it’s definitely something like that. Trump may be dumb publicly, but he’s also blindly loyal to his own ego and wallet. He has a reason for this, whether it’s market manipulation or bribes, but he definitely has a reason that will serve him exclusively.