PRESIDENT Trump has issued a number of non-specific threats against Iran which the country and the world is trying to make sense of. These are the possibilities:
US to launch airstrikes on Iran or not to do that
Trump likes being belligerent but doesn’t like wars, and wants everyone to be scared of him without his actually doing anything. His threats towards Iran are, therefore, mainly based on what Israel is already doing and require no action on the US’s part. The equivalent of standing behind a hard mate and egging on a confrontation.
The “Supreme Leader” to be killed or not to be
Casually revealing confidential information, Trump revealed he knows where Ayatollah Khamenei is, that he would be an easy target but is safe for now. Guaranteeing that he is moved immediately and whoever was told last time isn’t. The warning ‘our patience is wearing thin’ goes double for the pissed-off Mossad.
“UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER”
There is no official state of war. No demands have been outlined. The US isn’t even involved. Who is Iran surrendering to? Is it being asked to dump its whole nuclear programme? To stop funding Hamas? To sit quietly and accept being bombed? To all, as a nation, put their hands in the air and say sorry?
‘The president may feel he needs to take action to end Iranian enrichment’
A pronouncement from JD Vance, who knows nothing. Being in the same room as a ranting Trump does not bestow wisdom. This is his best guess, based on a monologue that ranged from golfer cock size to the wild fury of escaped polar bears. Has he confused Iranian enrichment and uranium enrichment? Because he’s not bright.
‘Much bigger than a ceasefire’
Trump left the G7 early to work on something ‘much bigger than a ceasefire’ which answers nothing. What’s bigger than a ceasefire? War? Peace? Two ceasefires? Contact with an alien civilisation? All these questions can be answered with one word: bullshit. It’s all bullshit which might, nonetheless, end the world.
