Soooo.... Last night, Monday, Trump said that Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in 6 hours, and a total end to their war within 24 hours.
Later last night, Netanyahu said he would welcome a ceasefire. He said nothing about a deal actually being made. There was nothing from Iran, either. Apparently the "agreement" was only in Trump's head. They continue to strike at each other, without even a pause.
Why did Trump announce it - in fact - why did he make such a sudden decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, only the day after he said he would give them a couple of weeks?
Maybe it was because the NATO summit was coming up today. Maybe it was becuse he has done some serious damage to his cred as either a winner, or a strongman, or as Leader of the Free World since his birthday last week.
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First, last Saturday, only only ten days ago, his own military mocked him AND the FOX know-it-all he appointed as DoD head.
Then the next day at the G7, the leader of Canada shut him down, and the following day the leader of France hurt his feelings. So he walked out Monday night. But instead of making him look tough, the whole world thought it made him look childish.
So then he took to Truth Social Tuesday, to try to paint the walkout as something ELSE - he had to attend to a matter of word-shaking importance. YEAH, THAT's IT, something BIG. Something even bigger than IRAN. Just you wait and see!
Turned out it was those ridiculous flagpoles. Wednesday, he marched out on the White House lawn for an impromptu rally with only those few workers grouped behind them. But he couldn't stick to his theme. He had to go and turn to them, picking out people with brown faces to mock as illegals and crop pickers.
The world rolled its eyes.
So THEN, on Friday, Trump issued that threat to Iran, but undercut HIMSELF by saying it would take him 2 weeks to make up his mind. Two week TACO Donnie - AGAIN. The world laughed outright.
It was NOT the look Trump wanted going into the NATO summit.
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Meanwhile, the military had been doing what the military does. It was making contingency plans for every possible scenario, from defense of this country, to the defense of our bases, to the defense of Israel, to taking the OFFENSE and attacking Iran.
Each day it moved troops, ships and planes into position to cover ALL the bases, for EVERY situation.
After owning HIMSELF with that overused two-week deflection, Trump was probably in full-meltdown mode, and demanded his hapless Hegseth to give him SOMETHING to make him look strong.
And there it was. One of the contingency plans was for an attack on the nuclear sites. And the window for that particular mission was closing. Trump grabbed it. To HELL with MAGA and his campaign promises to keep us out of another Mid-east war!
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Trump walked out afterwards to give a short "Mission Accomplished" statement. Only Vance, Rubio and Hegseth were behind him. No Generals. No House or Senate leaders.
And no Tulsi Gabbard, his appointed head of Intelligence, who had publicly said that Iran was NOT close to a nuclear weapon.
Although Trump claimed he had obliterated Iran's entire nuclear capability, other world leaders knew that wasn't true. In fact, nobody bought anything he said at all, this time. Not even MAGA.
And Pakistan withdrew the Nobel Peace Prize nomination it had made only a few days before.
OH NO! QUICK. QUICK! The NATO summit is almost here. What could he do NOW????
AH! Declare an END to the Iran-Israel war! All thanks to HIM!
So last night, Trump got on Truth Social and made his great announcement. He had arranged a ceasefire in 6 hours, and a total end to the war within 24 hours.
But this morning, as he departed for the NATO summit at the Hague, in the Netherlands, the war raged on.
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As left the White House Tuesday morning, Trump told ABC News that he is “not happy” with either Israel or Iran. He said they both "violated" the ceasefire. The ceasefire that had only existed in his mind.
“Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a boat load of bombs the likes of which I've never seen before,” Trump said. “The biggest load that we've seen, I'm not happy with Israel. Or Iran."
The told another reporter, "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f--- they're doing. You understand that?"
We ALL understand, Trump. There WAS NO DEAL. Netanyahu had only said he would welcome one. Iran had said nothing at all.
And all the entire world is aware of that. Including our NATO allies, who now know they can no longer rely on our once great nation, which is now ruled by a delusional egotist, who can't keep a promise, or even make up his mind.
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Trump just Truth posted from AIr Force One, as he heads to the Hague:
"ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!" Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."
Well, all righty, then.
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Picture: Trump in the Situation room, @White House via Reuters
