Trump's Endgame Is Surrender He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat

[riversedge]

"The financial markets may stabilize if it is clear that oil will eventually start flowing again through a reopened strait, even if under the new Iran-controlled system. A major strategic setback for the United States need not affect Wall Street."

— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) 2026-05-22T08:32:32.404Z

Trump’s Endgame Is Surrender

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/trump-surrender-iran-endgame/687252/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3z7P5ziNahM4p4Y6XS3ozvg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

By Robert Kagan May 21, 2026, 4 PM ET


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Trump has blinked many times in the confrontation with Iran—ever since March 18, when Israel attacked the Pars gas field and Iran retaliated with a strike against Qatar’s most important natural-gas-production facility. Trump then called for a halt on U.S. and Israeli targeting of Iran’s energy infrastructure, and the war effectively ended.

Trump’s repeated threats to resume attacks since then have proved to be bluffs. The leaders in Tehran have been calculating for two months that Trump would not launch another attack, and for this reason they have made no concessions despite the damage they suffered from 37 days of relentless strikes. On the contrary, their terms for a settlement are those of a victor: They demand war reparations, no limits on uranium enrichment, recognized control of the strait, and an end to sanctions.

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For Trump to respond to this defiance by now calling for another 30 days of cease-fire and talks is a tacit admission of defeat. If he does launch a performative attack in the next few days, the Iranians will understand it for what it is. No one believes that he is going to resume a full-scale war a month from now. Among other reasons, with 30 more days to heal, rearm, and fill its coffers with tolls, Iran will be a more formidable adversary.



............In 30 days, moreover, the new Iranian strait regime may already be firmly in place. As the Institute for the Study of War reports, Iran has been using the cease-fire period to “normalize” its control over the strait by “compelling oil-importing countries” to establish transit agreements with Tehran and charging fees on vessels from nations without such deals. According to Iranian officials, the new strait regime will give Iran’s strategic partners, such as Russia and China, priority and allow nations friendly to Iran, such as India and Pakistan, to negotiate their own transit agreements. Vessels associated with nations that Iran regards as an adversary will be denied access to the strait entirely......................

[Girard442]

1. TL;DR: TACO

[live love laugh]

2. TOFU (Trump Only Fucks Up) ..... Everything!

[madashelltoo]

3. IN THE MEANTIME!😡😡😡

He’s STARVING the sailors in the fleet surrounding the Strait. Triple f..k him!

[Botany]

4. Trump has already surrendered to Iran ... Iran has won the war.

Iranian oil is being shipped through the Strait of Hormuz and then to China and China
will pay Iran for that oil and Iran will be able to buy from China their jet powered drones
which we can’t stop all that well. I don’t know if they are still closed but we had to evacuate
13 of our military bases in the Middle East because of Iranian drones.

THE ART OF THE DEAL!

[azureblue]

5. he's doing what he always does

with his failed businesses - hype it to get money flowing in, divert it to his pockets, trash everything, and create as much chaos as he can, to cover his tracks, then walk away.

[ToxMarz]

6. McDonalds eating Surrender Monkey

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[chicoescuela]

7. He will take credit for ending another war. This one has been going on for 47 years

[Ray Bruns]

8. "This one has been going on for 47 years"

Wrong. This one has been going on since 1953 when the US and the UK overthrew the democratically elected government and replaced it with the Sha

[chicoescuela]

9. Right, tsf claims 47 years. I was quoting the fat orange bastard

[Ray Bruns]

10. Okay. A lot MAGAts are also parroting this claim.