“After days of threats to launch a new offensive against Iran, President Trump is once again trying to achieve through diplomacy what he has yet to accomplish through war,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The question is whether Trump’s Gulf partners can make enough headway in the days ahead to reopen the Strait of Hormuz […]
Trump Pivots Back to Diplomacy as Iran Victory Eludes Him
https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/02/trump-pivots-back-to-diplomacy-as-iran-victory-eludes-him/
3 Comments
echo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 32d
Trump wouldn't know diplomacy if it bit him on the ass...
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 32d
Honestly it’s more fun to just disassociate and watch the regime incoherently ping pong between wildly different and unrelated strategies and observe the reactions for pure entertainment value.
If I take this shit seriously anymore, it damages my sanity and calm. Absurdism is my defense mechanism.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 30d
Only because we're out of missiles.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-used-virtually-all-its-long-range-precision-missiles-during-iran-war-2026-08-04/