Trump's Options in Iran Are Now Both Limited and All Bad

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Trump’s Options in Iran Are Now Both Limited and All Bad

July 10, 2026 at 8:00 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 79 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/10/trumps-options-in-iran-are-now-both-limited-and-all-bad/

Stephen Collinson: “President Donald Trump’s Iran entanglement is beginning to resemble a visual illusion known as the Penrose stairs, which endlessly climb and descend but always end up in the same place.”

“The predicament is of Trump’s own making after he launched a war that never promised a definitive exit and crafted a memorandum of understanding that failed to address the reasons for the conflict.”

“Does he escalate the war — at a potentially high human, economic and political cost — to try to shatter a new status quo that hands Iran the most leverage? Or does he try to revive a flawed ceasefire that pays Iran billions just to talk?”

[Lovie777]

1. The competent, qualified Military personnel were fired....................

shithole's whole administration, cabinet, many in the republican party and the 6 asshole in the US SC are damaging the USA.

[Dan]

2. Look to Donald's history - he will most certainly make it worse every time. Then when he reaches bottom, he will bail

and leave the mess to someone else to clean up and pay the bill. Then he will brag that he would have done better.

[pfitz59]

3. He can bomb a resiliant and undefeated Iran forever

and risk constant retaliation. Or he can capitulate.

[Timewas]

4. He will

Start the phony peace process again so he can do another pump and dump and make another 100 Million