{"id":4041,"date":"2026-07-09T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2026-07-09T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:37:30","slug":"the-time-for-talk-is-over-trump-needs-to-get-tough-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4041","title":{"rendered":"The time for talk is over \u2014 Trump needs to get tough with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just three weeks after it was signed, the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran is on life support.<\/p>\n

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Tehran\u2019s promise to keep the Strait of Hormuz open for international shipping turned out to be about as trustworthy as every other major promise the Islamic Republic has ever made.<\/p>\n

As the regime was busy staging the lavish funeral for its recently eliminated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian forces went ahead and attacked three commercial vessels transiting the strait.<\/p>\n

The United States struck nearly 100 military targets across Iran in response.<\/p>\n

Now President Trump has dismissed the negotiations as a \u201cwaste of time,\u201d casting aside any diplomatic niceties by describing Iran\u2019s rulers in stark terms: \u201cliars,\u201d \u201ccuckoo,\u201d \u201csick people,\u201d \u201cscum.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s right. Unlike much of Washington, Trump has long grasped that the Islamic Republic negotiates only to keep itself afloat.<\/p>\n

Get tough with regime<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During his first term, Trump pulled the plug on former President Barack Obama\u2019s deeply flawed nuclear deal, imposed severe sanctions, and ordered the elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the mastermind behind Iran\u2019s global terrorist network.<\/p>\n

In his second term, he twice deployed American military power against the regime \u2014 first in June 2025 and again this year.<\/p>\n

Yet Tehran seemed convinced it could simply recycle the same playbook that had worked for decades.<\/p>\n

The strategy? Offer negotiations. Buy time. Secure sanctions relief. Drive a wedge between the United States and its allies. Rebuild military capabilities. Fund terrorist proxies.<\/p>\n

Ramp up missile production.<\/p>\n

And, of course, preserve the nuclear program until the next opportune moment.<\/p>\n

For years, this strategy worked because Western governments were genuinely desperate for diplomacy to succeed.<\/p>\n

This time, however, Iran badly miscalculated. To be fair, mixed signals emanating from Washington might have contributed to that mistake.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, the Trump administration promised Iran major sanctions relief. At other moments, it\u2019s issued warnings of devastating military consequences should Iran fail to comply.<\/p>\n

These contradictory messages apparently convinced Tehran that it could once again manipulate the process to its advantage.<\/p>\n

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Follow The Post\u2019s coverage on the latest in the peace deal with Iran:<\/h2>\n