https://freerepublic.com/tag/trumpsvietnam/ en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:12:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391546/posts One day President Trump wants to dial down hostilities with Iran. ‘We’re low-keying’ the conflict, he said on Sunday. A day later, though, he was keyed up. After Tehran demanded reparations from Washington as part of its attempt to resurrect June’s Memorandum of Understanding, Trump said on Truth Social that it was the Iranians who should: “Compensate America for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts, for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands... The Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391546/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:12:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391201/posts US President Donald Trump has been weighing the possibility of declaring victory against Iran without achieving a nuclear deal, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing US officials. According to the officials, Trump privately floated the idea to his senior aides. If the US can keep Iran's nuclear program in check and traffic resumes in the Strait of Hormuz, then Trump would be more likely to extend the ceasefire "indefinitely," the officials told WSJ. In recent weeks, the president told senior aides privately that Tehran is "likely unable to revive its nuclear work," after Operation Midnight Hammer caused heavy... Jerusalem Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391201/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2026 14:00:07 GMT