"The top story: Donald Trump says the war in Iran is 'very complete' and appears to be searching for an off-ramp after speaking with Vladimir Putin today."

~ Aaron Parnas

#Trump #Putin #Iran #war
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-trump-says-war-is-very

"He came up with the idea that the war will end during a phone call with murder hornet Vladimir Putin."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Putin #Iran #war
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/memory-hole-meet-iran-war

"Reporters tried again. 'You said the war is "very complete.". But your defense secretary says "this is just the beginning." So which is it?'

'I think you could say both,' Trump replied.

~ Andrew Roth

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/10/trump-iran-war-over-pretty-quickly

"What this all comes down to is that the White House is running as fast as it can from regime change and even faster from its demand for 'unconditional surrender'."

~Josh Marshall

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-now-moonwalking-away-from-regime-change-as-fast-as-he-can

"Trump wants to be done because the conflict is getting too messy, Gulf allies are certainly privately asking WTAF Trump’s plan is and more than anything else Trump is realizing that he is triggering what has been the most reliable presidency killer in American politics for more than half a century: spiking gas prices."

#Trump #Iran #war #economy #oil #gas
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"It has become clear that Trump had no plan in Iran other than to strike it, knock out the leaders he didn’t like, and hope the Iranian people would rise up and put in place new leaders he could deal with. It was supposed to look like what happened in Venezuela in January…."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-9-2026

"Most presidents announce foreign policy in measured phrases freighted with forethought and significance. Trump blathers, tumbling over proclamations as quickly as he can pronounce them. Perhaps Trump’s secret plan is to confuse everyone so thoroughly that they are frozen with doubt. Not a winning strategy, to be sure, but the only way to make sense of Trump’s whirligig fountain of nonsense that erupted on Monday."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Iran #war
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/chaos-reigns-as-trump-blathers-incoherently

"There is no plan, no vision, no objective, just chaos measured in 'Trump-time,' which is the unit of time between the misfiring of Trump’s addled synapses.

But the chaos is inflicting human suffering and global economic panic."

#Trump #Iran #war
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