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To: Alberta's Child
That shouldn’t even be a consideration in any negotiations.

We're not talking negotiations -- we're talking about how Trump responds to a breach of the agreement. Also, I was responding to another poster's claim that Iran charging tolls "is not a problem". I think that at least politically, it is a major problem for Trump and for Republicans. It's also a problem in terms of how the rest of the world, allies and otherwise, would perceive Trump's judgment and willingness to follow through on threats. Essentially, a different version of Obama's "red line" that was never enforced.

77 posted on 04/09/2026 11:08:31 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin
Also, I was responding to another poster's claim that Iran charging tolls "is not a problem".

That was me. LOL.

I think that at least politically, it is a major problem for Trump and for Republicans.

Then they should have thought about that before they embarked on this idiocy. If the report in the NYT article posted here yesterday is accurate, this is precisely why J.D. Vance was opposed to the military action in the first place.

It's also a problem in terms of how the rest of the world, allies and otherwise, would perceive Trump's judgment and willingness to follow through on threats.

Trump getting humiliated as a result of his own hubris and his own unwise decisions might be the best thing that could happen as far as this goes.

91 posted on 04/09/2026 11:36:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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