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Trump's Kinda Ticked Off as War Rages in Lebanon; Strait Closed for Nowhttps://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/06/19/hezbollah-killed-4-israeli-soldiers-yesterday-israel-strikes-back-harder-n3816104As I wrote last night, Iran canceled the talks in Switzerland, claiming that Israel violated the Memorandum of Understanding by striking Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Not to toot my own horn, but I have been warning about this since the details of the MOU came out, and even wrote a VIP piece about how Iran would use the Lebanon provisions in the MOU—the very first paragraphs dealt with Lebanon, before even lifting the blockade—to jerk the United States around and drive a wedge between us and Israel.
Israel has, indeed, been "violating" the ceasefire it never was allowed to negotiate, but only because, you guessed it, Iran had given Hezbollah the green light to attack and kill Israelis. They did so, killing four soldiers in a tank.
Iran's assumption seems to be that the United States is over a barrel, and that it can play the role of Darth Vader and keep changing the "deal" whenever it likes. By canceling talks in Switzerland, it is slapping the United States in the face, trying to humiliate us. No doubt the Israel-haters and -skeptics will do exactly what Iran wants and blame them for not sitting back and taking it, but at least for the moment, Trump's reaction appears to be the opposite of what they hoped, or at least sort of.
He's pissed.
http://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116776806511904791
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Trump let the cat out of the bag when he told everybody he had no choice but to negotiate the MOU, lest the world economy collapse. He said that to strike back at critics here at home, who were unhappy he gave so many concessions to Iran, and it gave Iran a signal that their negotiating power was vast.
As of this morning, the only ships transiting the Strait are Iranian-related. That's not good at all, obviously.
As of 9:30 Eastern, oil markets remain relatively calm, with no major spike, so that is good. It's a vote by the market that this is just a bump in the road.
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