Trump Rejects Iran Ceasefire, Expects Renewed Bombing After Midterms

President Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms, U.S. officials said.

Tehran’s proposal would have reopened the Strait of Hormuz and resumed nuclear talks in return for the U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports, which is causing deep damage to the country’s economy. Trump says openly that Tehran is begging for a deal after the midterms that dismantles its nuclear program.

But privately Trump is skeptical Iran would meet his demands and has told his staff that he sees a renewed bombing campaign as likely, the officials said.

Trump’s current position indicates the conflict’s stage—a liminal space between war and peace—is likely to tilt back toward hostilities. But the president, who has declared victory since the earliest days of the seven-month fight, alternates between pursuing diplomacy, ordering airstrikes and tightening sanctions around Iran. His views today could shift as the war drags over the coming weeks, officials said, and could be affected by the results of the midterms.

The level of strikes Trump is contemplating couldn’t be determined. He is reluctant to resume major combat operations, the officials said, partly because the U.S. wants to reserve dwindling munitions for other contingencies. But Trump has also announced massive attacks to push through diplomatic deadlocks in U.S.-Iran negotiations, sometimes following through but always stepping back from his most audacious threats, including wiping out the entirety of Iranian civilization.

Trump told the United Nations this week politics don’t enter his mind when aiming to pry nuclear fuel from Iran.

“The Republican Party is running, and I’ll be helping them, but I am not running. I gave absolutely no credence and will not give credence...

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12) Failure to refill the SPR in 2025. A misused SPR during the Biden years was a Trump talking point.

Then, we entered a combat duration without actually preparing for potential energy shortfalls and disruptions, even after experiencing the Ukraine conflict energy complications!

Pride is a thousand times the “national security threat” as Iran is.

Amen to that!!!

God is the changer of regimes:

"He changes times and seasons;
he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding"

I don't want to try to change Irans regime, I want to punish and enervate their economy and power to attack us and their own citizens. If they persist, I'm in favor of permanently partitioning the nation.

Pride is a thousand times the “national security threat” as Iran is.

Amen to that!!!

God is the changer of regimes:

"He changes times and seasons;
he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding"

“One would expect the Revolutionary Guard to be readily destroyed once they are drawn in mass into the open.“

In my opinion, this should be goal. Drag the IRGC to a situation that they must expose themselves. Remember, they must know that such exposure is certain death. They will have plans to avoid it.

The IRGC isn’t capable, then Regime change is inevitable.

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