A Familiar Deadline: Trump to Make Iran Decision ‘Within Two Weeks’, White House Says

Speaking to Kyiv Post, [UANI Policy Director Jason Brodsky] highlighted Trump’s unique approach to the Iran conflict, suggesting that the White House might be hoping for a coercive diplomatic outcome after a military strike, which would be unprecedented for the Islamic Republic. “I think that the President is still holding out for the very slight possibility that the Iranians will agree to his terms as a part of a coercive diplomatic play after they’ve been directly hit militarily in an unprecedented way,” Brodsky said. “I think that the scenes that we’re seeing in Tehran, it’s historic. This is nothing that the Islamic Republic has ever faced before,” he emphasized. The analyst also implied that Trump might be using misdirection to confuse Iran, steering the conversation to throw them off.  “There also might be some misdirection at play. You know, with the president, sometimes he’ll want to try to steer the conversation in a certain direction, to throw off the Iranians,” he concluded.