Donald Trump’s blend of threats and hubristic commentary, often casually dismissive of Iran, has, as much as the continuation of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, been a key stumbling block to restarting peace talks between the two countries under Pakistan’s mediation in Islamabad."

~ Patrick Wintour

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/12

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/trump-one-man-whatsapp-group-diplomacy-derailing-peace-talks

"Donald Trump’s inaccurate or exaggerated claims to reporters about progress in Iran negotiations—such as describing concessions that hadn’t actually been agreed—undermined diplomatic efforts. According to accounts cited by media outlets, even some officials privately acknowledged that these statements damaged trust and complicated talks."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/11

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-democrats-pledge-maximum-warfare

"Trump declared the breakthrough was 'A GREAT AND BRILLIANT DAY FOR THE WORLD!' and asked why media outlets questioning the alleged deal didn’t 'just say, at the right time, JOB WELL DONE, MR. PRESIDENT?'”

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire #negotiations
/4

(continued from /2)

"Then Trump took to the media to crow that Iranian leaders had 'agreed to everything,' including the removal of its enriched uranium, and that 'Iran has agreed never to close the Strait of Hormuz again.' He promised that Iran had agreed to end its nuclear program forever and that talks 'should go very quickly.'”

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire #negotiations
/3

"Alayna Treene and Kevin Liptak of CNN reported last night that by the end of last week, negotiators for the U.S. and Iran appeared to be on the verge of hammering out an end to hostilities before the two-week ceasefire ends on Wednesday. Then Trump took to the media to crow that Iranian leaders had 'agreed to everything,'” (continued in /3)

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability #ceasefire
/2

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-21-2026

"There is no point in trying to predict Donald Trump's demise; he has proven adaptable and fluid, again and again. But his Iran adventure (coming as it does with a partnership with Netanyahu) has put him into a position where he must sacrifice the coalition that has kept him in power."

~ Dave Troy

#Trump #Iran #war #instability #MentalDecline #madman #MadKing #megalomania
/13

https://america2.news/the-unraveling-of-donald-trump/?ref=america-2-0-newsletter

"Our idiot president 'can’t even surrender right.' … Over the weekend Paul Krugman quipped that Donald Trump “can’t even surrender right.”

This is correct. …

This guy couldn’t even get his shit sandwich plated and out the door.

Which has now left us at another brink."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #instability #MentalDecline #Iran #war #megalomania #MadKing #madman #ceasefire #negotiations
/10

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-idiot-president-cant-even-surrender-right-iran-strait-hormuz

"The whiplash and confusion between war and peace talk has become the hallmark of Trump’s approach to the war."

~ Hugo Lowell and Joseph Gedeon

#Trump #instability #MentalDecline #Iran #war #megalomania #MadKing #madman #ceasefire #negotiations
/9

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/trump-resume-bombing-iran-ceasefire