How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week ceasefire with Tehran

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects to pave the way to end the nearly six-week-old war.

The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict. Even China — Iran’s biggest trading partner and the United States’ most significant economic competitor — quietly pulled strings to find a pathway toward a ceasefire, according to two officials briefed on the matter who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

“The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East,” Trump declared in a social media post announcing the temporary ceasefire, about 90 minutes before his deadline for Tehran to open the critical Strait of Hormuz or see its power plants and other critical infrastructure obliterated.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-eddbcc14e06a6dcb5c7cc41021120fa8

[displacedvermoter]

1. AP trying to make this "dramatic shift in tenor"

sound like the result of some normal process. But it is not, it is the result of having a mentally ill and physically deteriorating dumbbell running things. It is going to get worse, and AP and everyone else are going to have a harder and harder time explaining and justifying this insanity.

[gab13by13]

2. Well said,

whatever the reason that Krasnov did a Taco Tuesday, the AP version is laughable.

[Bluetus]

3. I believe history will reveal

that there was a threat of mass military resignations, much like happened in the DOJ during Trump's first term.

Trump doesn't take advice from anybody. He only responds to direct threats on himself and his grip on power. Perhaps China and others played some role, but most of that story sounds like bullshit to me. I predict we will start hearing some stories from inside the White House, but maybe not until Trump orders the Pentagon to leave the scene of the crimes.

[Bluetus]

5. Wow, those leaks came out much faster than I expected

As I said above, the article was bullshit. Trump only backed off because there was a revolt in the Pentagon.

https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-pentagon-revolt-2676679465/

How did I know this? Because in the span of 4 hours, Trump went from:

I command the mightiest military in the history of the world and I will use it to vaporize this 7000-year-old civilization at precisely 8PM tonight unless they agree to my 15 points, which includes giving me, Donald Trump, King of the Universe, complete personal control over all their oil.

to

Iran has a 10-point plan where I get nothing, Iran becomes the tollgate for the Gulf and I have to leave without accomplishing anything? Yeah, sounds like we have a deal.

I mean, you don't have to do much reading between the lines.

[markpkessinger]

4. Trump painted himself into a corner . . .

. . . and Pakistan provided an offramp, which he desperately needed.

[SergeStorms]

6. One acronym......

TACO!

See? Very simple. The AP could have saved about 1000 words, but who's counting?