President Donald J. Trump decided to postpone an attack on Iran planned for May 19 after a request from regional allied leaders Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
In a message on his Truth Social network, the head of the White House assured that the United States is prepared to launch new “large-scale attacks” against the ayatollah regime at any time, if it does not give in to its current position, continues to refuse a reasonable pact and its final surrender.
Trump had not made public until that moment his intention to attack Iran that day, which indicates that the Republican leader’s patience was exhausted in the face of the attitude of the Iranian radicals and despite the fact that the naval blockade has them suffocated militarily and economically.
internal division
The President stated that the Arab leaders asked him to postpone the attack to intercede in the negotiations that were taking place. In his opinion, an agreement “acceptable to the United States” could be reached.
“Out of respect for the aforementioned leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Daniel Caine, and the United States Armed Forces to halt the planned attack on Iran,” he declared.
Vice President JD Vance announced that the new negotiations were moving forward, but military experts maintain that the regime is only seeking to run the clock and increase spending by the US military.
With the fragmentation within the Islamic regime, it is almost impossible for the political sector to change the intransigent, radical and vindictive attitude of the so-called Iranian Revolutionary Guard, unless the Gulf leaders obtain a last-minute pact.
So far, the situation indicates that there are slim chances that Iran accepts the main (non-negotiable) conditions requested by the US.
Negotiations between Washington and Tehran to end the war that began on February 28 have been stalled for weeks, while the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz threatens to increase the economic consequences, especially for Europe and Asian countries.
After his historic visit to Beijing, the agreements between Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in search of mutual understanding on core issues, further opened the path for Washington’s readjustment in its new global geopolitical strategy. One of the points of agreement was Iran.
Open letter
Both leaders agree that Iranian extremists they can’t have a nuclear weapon, They cannot control the Strait of Hormuz or collect tollsand they cannot continue to be sponsors of global terrorism and the main destabilizer of the Middle East, a region vital for China’s energy supply.
The alliance achieved by Trump between the vast majority of Middle Eastern nations left Beijing with no options for confrontation other than Taiwan, an issue that the conservative leader listened carefully and agreed to analyze with greater moderation and without direct provocations.
Jinping promised firmly not to send military equipment to Tehranseeking reciprocity from the US regarding the supply of weapons and technology to Taiwan.
Since the historic meeting, President Trump’s economic and strategic megaplan (gained even greater vitality) regarding actions against the regimes of Iran, Venezuela, Cuba and then Nicaragua; in addition to the visible brake on Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence in Latin America and the Caribbean as protection of US national security.
Any agreement, President Trump and the head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, have pointed out, must guarantee that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon.
On Monday, May 18, the Iranian Foreign Ministry claimed to have responded to a new American proposal aimed at ending the war, but Washington knows that Islamic extremists They don’t want peace or surrender, but revengethe pattern and sentiment that they have always exported against the US.
The president of Iran, Masud Pezeshkian, declared in a message on X that “dialogue does not mean capitulate“.
Iran claims to be “prepared” for war.
These statements are enough to understand that it is remote the possibility of an understanding in which Iran does not believe in the navel of the Middle East, while appealing to its arrogant fanaticism to dictate and demand conditions from the US and Israel.
“On the limit”
The White House tenant said Wednesday, May 20, that talks with Tehran are “on the border” between reaching an agreement to end the war or restarting attacks against the autocratic regime, which has killed more than 42,000 Iranian protesters and opponents, and continues to do so.
“It’s right on the edge, believe me,” Trump told reporters gathered at Joint Base Andrews near Washington.
“If we don’t get the right answers, this moves very quickly. We are totally ready to act. We have to get the right answers: they would have to be 100% good.”
And he added that “a lot of time, energy and lives” would be saved if Iran reaches an agreement, which – according to him – could happen “in a few days.”
But Iran remains bogged down by the same rhetoric: Compensation for the great damages of the joint US-Israel offensive, not giving up its nuclear (military) or ballistic missile programs, the unblocking of Iranian assets frozen abroad, control of the Strait of Hormuz and toll collection, along with the end of the US blockade of its ports.
Middle East expert
“No one is interested, least of all China, that there is a country that controls a free sea lane for international trade in the Middle East or anywhere; that can close it whenever it wants or open it under tariffs, quotas or other forms. No one is going to accept this,” said Middle East affairs expert Joseph Hage, who added.
“This issue will be resolved when Iran surrenders, because it has no other possible option. First, the US naval blockade has suffocated Tehran’s economy, said by the Iranian president himself. Second, the oil wells continue producing and there is nowhere to store the crude oil, and when they are forced to close the wells they will be committing economic suicide, because once they do this they will not be able to reopen them again, due to the high risk of water, gas and other subsoil components entering except oil. They would have to open new wells, something that is not done in weeks or months, but in years.”
“For their part, Iranian civilians are clear about where the country’s destiny is headed, while the military (the Iranian Revolutionary Guard) do not want to give up one bit on their demands and opt for suicide. When one listens and reads what they demand, it is as if they had won the war and the US finds itself ‘sunk in the Gulf without being able to get out’. These demands do not coincide with reality. Now we are not talking about weeks, but rather days for hostilities to be resumed, if an agreement is not reached. agreement.”
“Pakistan continues as an intermediary in the negotiations, but acts in the opposite direction. Thousands of Pakistani soldiers are already in Saudi Arabia along with squadrons of war aviation. We see that all the Gulf countries are preparing for a very probable next round of attacks. Turkey has given all nations anti-aircraft defense similar to the one it gave to Ukraine to neutralize 90% of the Iranian drones; and this has Tehran very worried, because if Turkey now enters the conflict alongside “The US, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East becomes more turbulent and violent for the Iranians.”
suicidal attitude
Hage explains the suicidal posture of the Iranians.
“Iran believes that time is on its side due to the midterm elections in the US, but it does not fully understand that the Trump administration does not change or negotiate its priorities and the solution to the Iranian issue is a priority.”
“If a viable and reliable response does not come from the Iranian regime, the situation will be suicidal for Tehran, because once the wells are stopped and all of its infrastructure is bombed, the same civilians will rise up against the military, who continue to think that they can turn the critical situation around. They are definitely in another reality, another world.”
“Iran, furthermore, shows that it does not have any good intentions. The pro-Iranian terrorists in Iraq are bombing Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Hezbollah continues to launch missiles and drones from southern Lebanon towards Israel and everything comes from the orders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. I consider that a final blow against Tehran is coming. I do not think they are going to give in, because what they seek is to stay in power.”
Iran threatened to “open new fronts” in case the United States and Israel reactivate their military offensive.
“If the enemy launches another aggression against Iran, we will open new fronts against him,” said Revolutionary Guard spokesman Mohamad Akraminia.
Trump wants to ensure that he does not leave a dangerous nuclear or military alternative for the Middle East and the United States. He is determined to use the time and resources to finish the meticulous offensive work against the leading regime of world terrorism, while preparing the ground to go for the next one: Cuba, the oldest in the world and also a sponsor, at the expense of the misery of the people, of guerrillas, of narcoterrorism, of radical leftist misgovernments, of espionage, and of the various ways of damaging Western American society to the maximum. The military option is also on the table.
In the USA
Domestically, Trump’s leadership seems insurmountable. The political blow that the Democrats planned to give with the change of electoral maps in their favor, for the midterm elections in November, is shaping up to be the most devastating boomerang effect; even greater than in the 2024 presidential elections.
The ruling of the US Supreme Court against the Democrats’ intention to manipulate electoral districts through racial concepts – in search of legislative power – has been devastating. Republicans could add dozens of new seats to Congress that would consolidate them with broad control of both legislative chambers.
The lack of leadership, the radical agenda and the scandals in the Democratic Party place Trump and the Republicans in a position of clear advantagedespite the effects on the price of oil and other products caused by the war in the Middle East.
The most recent CBS poll shows that the Republican approval President Trump’s job support increased three percentage points and now stands at 92.5% support. Other surveys cite numbers above and close to 97%.
Another of the crucial elements in favor of the head of the Oval Office is that conservatives who have voted against bills presented by him, and have tried to create states of opinion against his management and leadership, have been left out in the Republican primaries, which reveals the strength of the political power achieved by Trump in his second term and in just a year and a half in the White House.
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