Originally Posted by
MaxQ
On April 7th Trump threatened, via truth social i believe, to use nuclear weapons. (The tell wasn't just the end of a civilization part...it was the 'from which it wll not come back' portion)
About an hour or two later, a 30 day cease fire was announced.
The following is pure speculation on my part:
Did this cause an uproar in his inner circle?
Did Gen. Cain tell him whether or not such an order would be carried out?
Was there finally a check on his impulsive Id, or was it a nothing burger? (Just blather due to his not understanding the enormity of what he posted)
Did the Iranians consider it a credible threat, and hence agree to the cease fire?
I think you’re reading way too much into his strategy. He does art of the deal style stuff where he says something insane and over the top to get a reaction. IMO, he desperately wants out of this and won’t resume hostilities unless Iran escalates in a big way. His antics are funny when he’s going after Chuck Schumer or Liz Warren, but in a hot war, against an actual opponent, with very little buy in from our allies, it’s tiring and not funny.