Obviously, the Iranian regime is at the moment, as JVL notes, keen to quickly calm roiling domestic ire - thus this Kabuki dance.
But as Sarah sorta observed at the moment of US action, Trump himself - then certainly, but dangerously once invested, forever after - is more the wild card than the Iranians. If he takes umbrage despite the ob…
Obviously, the Iranian regime is at the moment, as JVL notes, keen to quickly calm roiling domestic ire - thus this Kabuki dance.
But as Sarah sorta observed at the moment of US action, Trump himself - then certainly, but dangerously once invested, forever after - is more the wild card than the Iranians. If he takes umbrage despite the obvious cosplay of Iran's 'retaliation', then it's quickly again 'in for a penny, in for a pound.' HULLO, folks - any memory at all? DJT always doubles-down.
Obviously, the Iranian regime is at the moment, as JVL notes, keen to quickly calm roiling domestic ire - thus this Kabuki dance.
But as Sarah sorta observed at the moment of US action, Trump himself - then certainly, but dangerously once invested, forever after - is more the wild card than the Iranians. If he takes umbrage despite the obvious cosplay of Iran's 'retaliation', then it's quickly again 'in for a penny, in for a pound.' HULLO, folks - any memory at all? DJT always doubles-down.
Strap in.
Except... that Dump publicly thanked Iran for letting us know beforehand.
And that means what, exactly? I mean the drama of him “thanking” them? All theatrics all the time.