"But we are not in charge anymore because the single biggest factor which is affecting most people on the globe, and certainly Americans as they fill their cars up, is the fact that the strait has been closed for several weeks right now."
"I think it's beginning to dawn on the president, maybe just beginning to dawn, and it just dawned on his people long ago, which is that he's not in charge anymore, and he will retain the capacity to continue to cause lots of explosions anywhere he wants. And we continue to do that, and the Israelis are doing that."
~ Rep. Jim Hynes
#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war #oil #gas
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https://www.contrariannews.org/p/what-can-we-believe-about-the-iran
"There is another problem Trump and Witkoff and Kushner have. The negotiations they started before the war were with a representative of the Iranian leader who was killed, along with much of his government and military leadership, on the first day of the war."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war #oil #gas
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/the-2000-year-old-persian-rug-problem
Trump's step-back sent share prices higher & #oil prices sharply lower to below $100 a barrel, a sudden reversal of a market swoon caused by his weekend threats & Iran's vows to respond.
Those gains were in jeopardy on Tuesday, however, after Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf — the interlocutor on the Iranian side…— said no talks had taken place, calling the claims "fake news".
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy
… #Trump had told reporters his special envoy #SteveWitkoff & son-in-law #JaredKushner [no wonder Iran isnt taking the US *talks* seriously], who had been negotiating with #Iran before the #war, had held discussions with a top Iranian official into the evening on Sunday & would continue on Monday.
A European official said that, while there had been no direct negotiations between the two nations, Egypt, Pakistan & Gulf states were relaying messages.