Wednesday, April 08, 2026

This Would Be…

... a “national security” matter requiring an investigation of CNN the NYT, except that would mean Trump calling attention to the article. So… Let’s talk about something else.

(This, by the way, is not how you do it:)
Anybody else expect Trump to never, ever, walk away from this agreement or the negotiations, now? ‘Cause that would mean his scary language and threats didn’t work.
Q: What was your understanding of what the president meant when he said 'this civilization is going to be eliminated'?

LEAVITT: I think it was a very very strong threat from the president that led the Iranian regime to cave to their knees and ask for a ceasefire. It was not an empty threat.
If Iran “caved to [its] knees,” but then stood up again,: 1) Iran didn’t cave; or 2) Trump reduces at negotiating.

Neither of those things can be allowed to be true. But we’re already halfway there, because: wasn’t this supposed to be an “unconditional surrender”? Unconditional surrenders are not negotiated. The terms are either accepted, or rejected. 

Of course, it could all be fucked up beyond repair:
The ceasefire was a complete fiction. While the White House announced one, missiles were still flying across Israel, Iran, and Lebanon. Reality doesn’t match the headline.

The White House was forced to backtrack today because the proposed “10-point deal” from Iran was a disaster that would let them enrich uranium, fund proxies like Hezbollah, maintain leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, and get sanctions relief. Even top allies like Mark Levin and Larry Kudlow are calling it a disaster.

Let’s be honest about how we got here: there was never an imminent threat to the U.S. Now we’re stuck in it, negotiating from a weakened position.
FUBAR. SNAFU.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a statement announcing alternative routes for commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in order to avoid sea mines deployed during the war with Israel and the United States. “All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines...they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement said, providing instructions for an alternative entry and exit route for ships transiting the Hormuz Strait.
Because, who has the right picture?

All I can trust is, Trump is a man of his word. Whichever word comes next. And as long as he doesn’t have to stand by it.
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