Trump's failure in Iran has been laid bare - and it's about to get worse

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https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/trump-epstein-melania-ceasefire-iran-strait-hormuz-b2955257.html

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So when the Pakistani prime minister suggested a two-week ceasefire, Trump leapt at it. There would be two weeks in which the Israeli and US bombing would stop, in return for Iran reopening the vital shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Before this war started, around 100 tankers a day would pass through the strait. On Thursday, four tankers went through. The Iranians have said they may increase that to 15. In other words, the Iranians have given next to nothing. One Gulf minister was brutally honest about it: “The strait – de facto – is still closed,” he said.
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Donald Trump hated the career professionals who – he felt – thwarted him during his first term. The bureaucrats from Foggy Bottom were always telling him the risks of certain things, rather than engaging enthusiastically with whatever Trump’s whim was at a given moment.

So how much better to have two people he completely trusted being put in charge of peace talks and negotiations. And so we have Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as the key diplomatic personnel in Trumpworld. Two men whose backgrounds are in real estate deals in New York.
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