2026-10-29 · Toronto Star
🔮 In recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested unilaterally ending the Iran war absent a nuclear deal or the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz; threatened to bomb Oman, which had been mediating talks; vowed “economic D-Day” on Iran’s trading partners; declared he would win the war outright; proposed renaming it the Trump Strait; said the war would end after November’s midterm elections; mused at the United Nations on whether to annihilate Iran or make a deal; promised not to bomb Iran before the midterms; said he might bomb Iran before the midterms; rejected a ceasefire proposal; bragged that he didn’t even want a deal, in spite of Iran’s pleading; said anyone leaking or publishing details of his Iran plans should be shot; teased both short, intensive strikes and a large-scale operation against critical infrastructure. assertive
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