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Updated: Trump thinks he can switch off the Iran War | If You're Listening | ABC NEWS In-depth

" Wacko. Anyone who starts a war then takes credit for stopping it does not deserve to be respected. (Sentence corrected)
[...]‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
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[...]Related: How ignorance, misunderstanding and obfuscation ended Iran nuclear talks
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One Gulf diplomat, who has direct knowledge of the talks and is furious with Witkoff and Kushner’s behaviour, described the pair as “Israeli assets that had conspired to force the US president into entering a war from which he is now desperate to get himself out of”.
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The 2011/2012 Statements
* Context: Trump posted multiple tweets and videos (particularly around 2011-2013) arguing that Obama was a weak and ineffective negotiator who would use a foreign war to boost his reelection chances.
* The Quote: "Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He's weak and he's ineffective. So the only way he figures that he's going to get reelected — and as sure as you're sitting there — is to start a war with Iran," Trump said in a 2011 video.
* His Position Then: Trump stated at the time that starting such a war would be an "outrage" and a sign of desperation.
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Quite why these indirect talks failed is not just a matter of historical curiosity, or a retrospective exercise in allocating blame for the start of such a disastrous war; it is relevant to whether a nuclear deal only is feasible or whether a broader agreement will be necessary now.
P - This matters because after the war, if Iran’s government survives, calls inside the country to obtain a nuclear weapon will inevitably grow. Last week’s purported statement from the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, made no reference to whether the fatwa banning the use of nuclear weapons set out by his late father remained in place. Protesters outside the foreign ministry in Tehran have demanded no return to talks with America.
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Questioning how he was voted back into the White House, he continued: "Megalomania is common among the powerful, but in Trump's case it combines with pre-existing traits, such as a lack of conscient, remorse, truthfulness or empathy which may go along with impulsiveness and over-confidence.
P - "In many societies, his glaring faults would disbar him from holding any post of authority, but Americans have twice voted to send him to the White House."
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Donald Trump once warned against endless wars. During the years of Barack Obama’s nuclear diplomacy, he cast himself as the outsider who would tear up bad deals and avoid new military entanglements. In his first term, amid soaring tensions with Tehran, he was sure he didn’t want another Middle East war. Now, a targeted strike has killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and many senior Iranian leadership figures, and many are asking whether Trump’s posture toward Iran has hardened — not just rhetorically, but strategically. Has he concluded that the Iranian regime’s threats are more bluster than bite? Or is this about projecting strength in a changed political landscape?

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