War of Attrition – Cheap Iranian Drones Against Expensive Western Defense (part 2)

The current war against Iran reveals and confirms what some had already suspected. On one side are U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf and Israeli urban and military infrastructure. On the other side are thousands of cheap drones and ballistic missiles that Iran can produce and launch in large numbers.

Iran does not rely on conventional air forces, but on a combination of missiles and drones whose production is relatively simple (and inexpensive). The drones carry warheads weighing from tens to around a hundred kilograms and can completely destroy a radar, fuel depot, or part of an airbase. At the same time, U.S. and Israeli defense systems must respond to each such target with an interceptor worth millions of dollars—and with limited stockpiles!

Postol emphasizes that the strategy of attrition is already visible. Radars in the Persian Gulf states are being targeted more frequently, and examples like the burning Bahraini naval complex show how real and serious the wartime strike is, even though Western media often either “skip over” such images or push them to the margins. Every successful strike on a radar reduces the defense’s ability to detect the next wave of drones and missiles. Every interceptor used cannot be replaced quickly.

The parallel with Ukraine here is very clear. Russia systematically used drones in the war to exhaust Ukrainian air defenses, forcing them to spend expensive missiles on relatively cheap targets, and ultimately leaving key infrastructure nearly unprotected (obviously, the West bore the cost, not Kyiv). Postol claims that in the war against Iran, we are witnessing “Ukraine 2.0,” but with an additional dimension because Iran has its own large-scale production and potential support from Russian and Chinese industry.

According to his assessment, the production pace of Iranian drones can reach hundreds per day. This creates pressure that Israel and U.S. bases cannot withstand in the long term. Defense becomes a constant firefight, while the attacker retains the initiative, choosing the time and place of strikes. At the moment when interceptor stocks are depleted and too many radars are destroyed, all that remains is firing guns into the sky. Such scenes have already been recorded at certain U.S. bases.

A New Technological Reality – Commercial Electronics and Satellites Change the Nature of War

Postol clearly describes another key element of this war. The development of commercial electronics and global communication networks has erased the technological advantage that great powers once held. Many elements that decades ago existed exclusively within military frameworks are now found in civilian devices and available on the market.

In this war, Iran combines two sources of technological advantage. On one hand, it receives high-resolution satellite imagery of targets from China and Russia. These images cover Israeli cities, bases in the Persian Gulf states, and numerous other critical locations. On the other hand, drones carry commercial cameras and communication equipment that allows them to transmit video almost in real time.

Postol particularly highlights the Iridium satellite network. This is a constellation of satellites covering the entire planet and capable of transmitting data of sufficiently high quality for an operator in Iran to see a target image at a resolution more than adequate for precise guidance. A drone flying over Tel Aviv or a target in the Persian Gulf sends a video signal via an Iridium terminal. An operator at a control center can observe the target, make fine adjustments, and deliberately guide the drone directly into a radar, ship, or fuel depot.

The power of such a system lies in the fact that a highly developed domestic advanced electronics industry is not required to assemble it. Infrared cameras, quality optical lenses, communication modules, and microcomputers are already available on the civilian market. Postol recalls the experience of improvised explosive devices in Iraq. Local groups combined a simple explosive device with a commercial mobile phone and created a weapon remotely activated to strike expensive military convoys.

The same principle now operates on a higher level. A state with limited resources can buy key components and, in its own workshops, assemble a weapon that functions almost like the sophisticated systems of great powers. A drone with a commercial thermal camera and an Iridium terminal, supported by Russian or Chinese satellite imagery, becomes a precision-guided missile with a range of several thousand kilometers.

In this new technological reality, the West’s traditional advantage rapidly erodes. Investments in expensive platforms and “smart” interceptors face an opponent who combines industrial flexibility, commercial technology, and political determination for a long-term war of attrition.

The Myth of the Missile Shield – The History of a Major Deception

Postol’s work is best known for a systematic critique of missile defense. As early as the 1990s, analyses of the Gulf War showed that the Patriot system practically did not shoot down any Iraqi SCUD missiles, even though politicians and military leaders at the time spoke of “high success rates.” Together with his colleague George Lewis, Postol exposed this construction and demonstrated that the alleged successes were actually interceptor explosions in the air without destroying the enemy warhead.

Today, in the war against Iran, he sees an almost identical situation. The modernized version of the Patriot, the so-called PAC-3, has some technical upgrades, but the fundamental problem remains. An interceptor must hit a small object entering the atmosphere at speeds multiple times faster than the speed of sound, while facing a whole package of countermeasures used by the attacker.

He describes Iranian next-generation ballistic missiles in detail. Their warheads have aerodynamic surfaces allowing maneuvering at altitudes of around twenty kilometers. Rocket engines at the rear increase speed in the final flight phase and reduce deceleration caused by air resistance. Such a warhead can reach speeds of around Mach 10 or more at impact. The kinetic energy of the vehicle then converts into heat and contributes to overall destructive effect. Postol estimates that such warheads can deliver destructive power equivalent to twice the explosive mass they carry.

He also describes the use of decoys, electronic jammers, and “clouds of metallic strips” that radars register as potential targets. Similar decoy systems have been demonstrated by Russia and North Korea in their ballistic tests. Under such conditions, missile defense systems cannot determine which object is the real warhead and which is a decoy. Even if interceptors were perfect, the sensors guiding them lose reliability.

His assessment of the effectiveness of current systems like the Patriot and Israel’s Iron Dome ranges only a few percent against ballistic missiles with serious countermeasures. In addition, interceptor stocks are quickly depleted, and their production is expensive and slow. On the ground, this translates into cities where the sky lights up with explosions, while the media narrative speaks of “high interception rates.”

Missile defense is not just a technical problem. It is also a political project. For years, the public has been promised security and a shield that will protect the population from ballistic missiles. In reality, these are military programs that consume vast resources, fuel an arms race, and simultaneously provide a false sense of security. When missiles and drones truly strike cities, the real picture becomes visible in footage from Tel Aviv, Haifa, and bases in the Persian Gulf.

A War Without Exit – Prolonged Conflict and the Risk of Global Escalation

Postol clearly states in his lecture that he does not see a quick end to the war against Iran. Iran is a large country with about 90 million people and a relatively cohesive society. Internal divisions exist, but they do not offer a scenario of rapid collapse. On the other hand, Israel is a small state exposed to concentrated strikes, and U.S. bases in the region are within range of Iranian missiles and drones.

He himself notes that his contacts in Israel describe daily life as “hellish.” Systematic attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa, strikes on industrial and military targets, and interruptions in water and energy supply create a sense of prolonged insecurity. Postol concludes that this is not an episode that will end after a few days or weeks, but the beginning of a period in which Israel and U.S. forces will suffer increasingly severe infrastructure losses.

As we mentioned, the darkest part of his assessment concerns the risk that Israeli leadership, in a moment of desperation, may resort to nuclear weapons. He openly expresses doubt that there would be a real capacity in Washington to prevent such a move, even if American politicians claim otherwise. In a scenario in which Israel launches a nuclear strike on Iran, Postol expects that Iran would respond with its own nuclear weapons in a very short time.

Such a sequence of events would not remain isolated in the Middle East. Russia and China already have direct interests in the region and likely already support Iran significantly more than they wish to reveal. Nuclear exchange in the heart of the Middle East would trigger a chain of reactions. Questions would arise about the roles Moscow and Beijing would assume and how Washington would respond…

The conclusion from Postol’s analysis is a serious warning. The war against Iran is not just another episode in the long series of Middle East interventions. This conflict brings together all the elements that security experts have long identified as the most dangerous: a regional nuclear power, a state with rapid nuclear breakout potential, the presence of great powers on opposing sides, the mass use of technologies that negate expensive defense, and a political elite prone to maximalist solutions. The war against Iran is already crossing the boundaries of “just another conflict.” We are already witnessing a turning point that will define the security architecture of the entire century.

The New Physics of War and the Illusion of Western Defense: Interceptors Disappear, Drones Keep Coming, and the Truth Could Become Nuclear (part 1)

 

Since the outbreak of the war against Iran, which in the meantime has spread across a significant part of the Middle East, experts and analysts who understand the current dynamics very well—perhaps even better than some top military commanders (if we judge by the current state of the war!)—have started to emerge (not in the mainstream, of course).

One such person is Theodore Postol, a longtime professor of science, technology, and national security at MIT, specializing in nuclear weapons, delivery systems, and missile defense. He is the recipient of the Norbert Wiener Award for the social responsibility of scientists and engineers. He is a man who has spent decades exposing false claims about the effectiveness of American air and missile defense systems. He truly knows how far Iran is from “the bomb,” but also rightly warns about a nuclear conflict (initiated by Israel, not Iran) that may be much closer than we think. Today, we will take a detailed look at his analyses and expert commentary.

As a central source, we will use his extensive interview (actually a lecture) given to Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian political science professor who has himself, via his YouTube channel, become a very valuable source of information (featuring many guests offering a wide range of quality interpretations about the new war).

In the current war against Iran, scenarios are unfolding that Postol has been warning about for years. He wrote and spoke that the U.S. and its allies would put themselves in a situation where they spend billions and billions of dollars on complex defense systems, while a country like Iran would rely on the mass use of relatively cheap ballistic missiles and drones. That combination carries enormous destructive power while simultaneously exhausting expensive Western defenses.
Postol openly states that even the first week of the war has shown how a struggle is taking place between two concepts. On one side stands a network of U.S. bases and Israeli military infrastructure relying on interceptors and radars. On the other side stand thousands of drones and ballistic missiles supported by modern guidance systems and intelligence data that Iran receives from China and Russia. Further analysis here is crucial to understanding what is really happening behind the propagandistic images of interceptors that supposedly stop “almost everything.”

Iran as a Potential Nuclear Power and the Scenario of Extreme Escalation
One of the most disturbing parts of Postol’s lecture concerns the possibility of nuclear escalation. He reminds us that Iran is today in a unique position. Formally, it does not have nuclear weapons, but it possesses the knowledge, infrastructure, and stockpiles of enriched uranium that make it a country with a very short time gap between the political decision and the actual production of nuclear warheads.
Postol claims that if Iran makes a political decision to proceed with the production of nuclear weapons, it cannot be stopped by either conventional or nuclear attacks. He explains that the final phase of enrichment and weapon assembly can take place deep within tunnels and underground complexes for which a potential attacker has no reliable coordinates. Such infrastructure can survive multiple strikes and continue production. In other words, at this point, even “preventive nuclear strikes” would not be able to stop Iran in this endeavor.
He particularly emphasizes that we are talking about uranium-based weapons whose concept has been known for decades. In the past, such devices were developed by countries with much more modest technological bases than today’s Iran. Postol believes that Iranian experts can use already known principles and available computer simulations to construct a weapon without a test explosion. In other words, the first nuclear strike could simultaneously be the first and only “test.”
According to his assessment, Iran possesses sufficient quantities of enriched uranium for roughly ten atomic bombs. For Israel, this clearly represents an existential risk. Israel has only a few key urban and industrial centers. This is not a vast continental space like Iran. A few strikes on the areas of Tel Aviv, Haifa, and smaller but infrastructurally critical locations could destroy the country as a functional political and economic entity.
Postol also emphasizes that he does not see Iran as the side that would first use nuclear weapons against Israel. His concern goes in another direction. He talks about Benjamin Netanyahu as a man who, in these circumstances, acts irresponsibly and dangerously, even using the term “maniacal killer” to convey the level of risk he sees in Israeli leadership. In a scenario in which Israeli leadership concludes that it is losing the war and the state is seriously threatened, Postol believes there is a real danger of a nuclear strike on Iran.
At that moment, according to his view, Iran would certainly respond, after rapidly producing its own warheads. The period from decision to the first nuclear response is measured in weeks, not months. Such a sequence of events would open an era of nuclear war in the Middle East and create the possibility of the conflict spreading toward a global confrontation of major powers, primarily because Russia and China are already deeply involved (he considers this very likely to be true) with intelligence and technological support for Iran.

Total collapse of Trump’s dream

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait are considering withdrawing their money from the United States

According to Financial Times, Arab countries want to withdraw from agreements with the United States on financing various projects in order to use that money to compensate for the damage caused by the unprovoked attack by the United States and Israel on Iran.

If this happens, it will be a major blow to Donald Trump and the American economy. The four Gulf countries have also realized that the United States cannot protect either itself or Israel, let alone them. As reported by Prof. Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Arab countries have sent an offer to Iran to halt oil and gas production for two months, provided that Iran does not target their oil and gas facilities in return.

Trump is also reportedly not having much success in persuading the Kurds to fight and die for Americans and Israelis in a war with Iran. According to numerous Telegram channels, the Kurds told Trump that they would not fight for the Americans because, as they say, the Americans betrayed them in Iraq in 1991 and in Syria in 2025. They allegedly told Trump that if he wants to wage war against Iran, he should arm Americans and Israelis and send them into the trenches.

Iranian media report that President Masoud Pezeshkian met with a leader of the Kurdish people and agreed to work together to combat American-backed separatists. The President of Kurdistan also spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi and agreed that the Kurds are guardians of Iran’s borders. It appears that Trump’s plan to use the Kurds in ground operations against Iran is turning into a spectacular failure.

At the same time, Iranian President Pezeshkian sent an interesting message:

“We have entered a new phase of the war. Tehran has exhausted its old stockpiles of missiles, and now the true technology of the Islamic Republic will be revealed. From now on, Khorramshahr-4 missiles will be launched across the Gulf and the Middle East, delivering intense strikes on Israel and American forces in the region. Anyone who decides to oppose Iran will face consequences within a few hours.”

We are all asking: Why isn’t the pedophile already in prison???

 

18 U.S. Code § 2241 – Aggravated Sexual Abuse

This law covers serious sexual crimes, including rape and sexual abuse of children. It prescribes strict penalties for offenders, including long-term imprisonment or life sentences in some cases.

Relevant sections related to children:

• § 2241(c): Whoever commits a sexual assault on a person under 12 years of age shall be punished with a minimum of 30 years in prison and up to life imprisonment.

• § 2242 and § 2243: These sections regulate the transportation of children across state lines for the purpose of sexual exploitation, also punishable by life imprisonment.

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18 U.S. Code § 2251 – Sexual Exploitation of Children

This section specifically targets child pornography and exploitation:

• Criminal acts include producing, distributing, or possessing pornographic material involving children.

• Penalties are severe: 5 to 30 years in prison, and in more serious cases, up to life imprisonment.

• It also includes mandatory registration in the National Sex Offender Registry, meaning the offender will be under long-term federal supervision.

What the FUCK are you talking about?

 Israeli journalist, Alon Mizrahi:

"We are witnessing history. Iran is, to the surprise of everyone, fucking up US bases so thoroughly and extensively and so decisively that the world isn’t ready to see it."

(Post via Jan Klemmer)

"In 4 days, Iran has managed to expand its scope of military domination in the region. Iran has destroyed the most precious, most expensive military bases, assets and equipment in the whole world. American bases in Bahrain and Kuwait and Qatar and Saudi Arabia are some of the biggest military installations in the entire world. These are assets that took trillions to build over the course of several decades. We’re talking a major chunk of military expenditure for over 30 years, going up in smoke. 

We are seeing radars costing hundreds of millions of dollars a piece being destroyed in an instant. We are seeing entire military bases being abandoned and burned, decimated and destroyed. And I’m telling you from my knowledge, the US has never suffered such devastation in its entire history, except maybe Pearl Harbor but that was one attack. 

No enemy in a normal war has done to the US military what the Iranians are doing to the US military right now. This defies belief. The military situation is so bad that censorship blocks practically every piece of new information about this war. If you’ve noticed we’re being exposed to less and less every day. 

Thirty-five years ago during the first Iraq war, we were being shown endless footage from Iraq. The smart bombs and the cameras were a novelty back then, but every night we were being shown night footage. Now we are seeing almost no video. 

Understand this! This is supposedly the worlds biggest military power having the worlds biggest air capabilities and for 4 days when the US is on the offensive, supposedly and is supposed to be breaking through Iranian defenses we are seeing NO signs of American domination over Iranian skies. Where is all the footage of our planes flying over Tehran or any part of Iran for that matter? 

American soldiers can not even dream of setting foot in Iran. And to understand how desperate this war is, that on the 4th day you’re already hearing the craziest suggestions and ideas from the Trump administration. They are suggesting to send military escorts for oil carrying vessels coming out of the Persian gulf. What are you even talking about?! You want to send American ships into the range of thousands of Iranian missiles? NO ONE can pass through the strait of Hormuz right now. 

The Iranians have been preparing for this for decades. They’re flaunting this idea of arming Kurdish militias to invade Iran. What the FUCK are you talking about? Have you seen a map of Iran?! It seems like the Trump administration has never seen a map of Iran! Do you know how massive it is? What do you mean invade Iran?! You think a 10,000 man militia can invade Iran?! Or even 50,000?! Or 100,000?! Iran will swallow them. 

The US and Israel have already lost this war. The US and Israel can kill millions of civilians in their homes. They have huge bombs and can explode buildings, but they will not win this war. Iranians military infrastructure and weaponry is so far underground ALL OVER IRAN. There is no way for the Americans and definitely not the Israelis to reach any of it. They are FUCKED. 

They have started something they have no chance of bringing to an end. When this is over the US will never come back to West Asia. There will be no American presence in the Middle East. I’m telling you this now with certainty.” 

-Alon Mizrahi, Israeli journalist and peace activist on Substack

As they were praying, a terrifying voice came from him: “I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL!”

 Yesterday, his closest associates tried to perform an exorcism, but their prayers bore no fruit. The evil within him is so great that it resists any attempt at expulsion. Call professional exorcists from the Vatican.

We can all agree that this war is asymmetric.

How could it not be?
On one side you have people like:

Dr. Ali Larijani (Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council), the author of three essays on Immanuel Kant, whose works are studied at Western universities:
• The Mathematical Method in Kant’s Philosophy
• Metaphysics and the Exact Sciences in Kant’s Philosophy
• Intuition and Synthetic A Priori Judgments in Kant’s Philosophy
And:

Dr. Abbas Araghchi (Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs), who holds a PhD from the University of Kent.
His doctoral thesis:
“The Evolution of the Concept of Political Participation in Twentieth-Century Islamic Political Thought.”

And on the other side?

Donald Trump.
A man whose vocabulary barely exceeds 200 words.
His most famous quote:
“Grab them by the vagina.”

SORRY, BUT IRAN IS NOT VENEZUELA

American terrorists are now in safe hands

The Delta Force operation has failed! Many American soldiers have been captured by Iran. Tehran’s message says: this is Iran, not Venezuela.

A failed U.S. military operation has once again come into the spotlight amid tensions in the Middle East. According to various sources, American Delta Force special forces attempted to carry out a secret operation inside Iran. However, the operation was not successful and the situation quickly fell under Iranian control.

Iran claims that many American soldiers were captured during the operation.

Iran delivered a strong message on the matter — Tehran says this is Iran, not Venezuela. If such an operation comes here, there will be a price to pay.

TRUMP LOST THE WAR IN IRAN

Zionists, as well as Trump himself, have so badly misjudged Iran's military capabilities that now Israel is literally burning. From the very beginning, from the completely illegal military strike on Tehran, the killing of their spiritual leader, and the killing of 165 girls in an elementary school, this demonic duo has been making mistake after mistake, and defeat after defeat. The Iranians warn that they have not shown all their military powers, and what they do not want to say is that they also possess nuclear weapons. Now it is clear to everyone that they have been preparing for this war for years, and that is precisely why Iran will win the war. If the USA or Israel dare to drop an atomic bomb on Iran, they should be sure that they will get the same in return, perhaps even double. Don't believe it - just wait and you will see.

A friend of mine, who read my article about asymmetric warfare and how the Iranians closed the Strait of Hormuz to traffic, asked me why the Americans don’t destroy the Iranian positions from which they can target ships.

The answer to that question, to paraphrase the blogger Krula who explained that a dog licks its balls simply because it can, is very simple – THEY CAN’T. They are impotent; they don’t have the capacity, knowledge, or skills to locate and destroy them. If they did, they would have done it long ago, but they are powerless. And the Iranians know this, which is why they mock them so openly.

America prides itself on controlling the skies over Tehran. But what does that mean for me, for all of us, and for the rest of the world? Americans flying over Iran doesn’t affect us; we care about the price of oil and gas. What economic benefit does someone in England get from the price of gas doubling just because American planes are flying over Tehran? Or for you reading this, it is far more important who controls the Strait of Hormuz. Trump knows this too, but he acts clueless and talks about some kind of American domination. What domination is he talking about? On Iranian soil, there isn’t a single American soldier. In the Persian Gulf, there isn’t a single American ship. All American bases around Iran have been abandoned and destroyed. What domination is he talking about?

This is not the victorious army that marched into Baghdad under Bush and occupied Iraq. This is an army that flees as far as possible from Iran instead of entering and seizing it.

Trump has already lost the war; they just haven’t told you that on TV yet.

EPIC JUSTICE: While American soldiers die for Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu's son relaxes in Miami

 

 Today we are all confused, wondering how the USA could become a great military and economic power with such a stupid population?! None of us can understand that the American government sends the children of its people to die for another country. A large part of the world’s population has no good opinion of either Trump or Americans. How can these people humiliate themselves and allow themselves to lose lives for Israel – a country for which Americans and their lives are not important at all? When will the American people wake up, get angry, start a revolution, and arrest everyone in the government, from Trump to all those who send them to death, and judge them fairly: hang them all as true war criminals? IT IS TIME, USA, TO FINALLY WAKE UP AND RETURN THE LONG-LOST PRIDE!

The greatest truth is this: EVERY EVIL COMES TO AN END SOONER OR LATER

 

A painful awakening on American TV stations. Iran has destroyed all American military bases and port installations in the Middle East and is currently coping very well in the war against the Americans and Israelis, says Douglas Macgregor, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former Pentagon military adviser. China and Russia are providing satellite intelligence to Iran, which explains some of Iran’s major successes—especially in Israel and against American bases.

Colonel Macgregor is convinced that Iran will win this war and that the Americans will be expelled from the Middle East, while the Arab family puppet governments will collapse. A real Arab Spring will occur, he says. He also believes that Israel will most likely cease to exist. Many in the West currently do not believe what Colonel Macgregor is saying now, just as they did not believe him in February 2022 when he warned that Russia would defeat Ukraine.

Donald Trump - A pedophile who lies to himself and his people

 According to preliminary data, more than 500 American soldiers were killed in the attack on Iran, and around 350 Israeli soldiers. Of course, both regimes persistently downplay the number of dead, literally reducing it to single digits, because they do not want to damage the false public image of a super-army. But if so few American soldiers were killed, just five as Trump claims, then there is no danger at all for his sons, and the entire American public should insist that he send all three of them to the Middle East to “defend the USA.” We are fully convinced they will not be killed, because according to Trump, “American soldiers do not die.”

Likewise, let Netanyahu send his son and daughter into battle. Other people’s children have died long enough so that these two parasites could live comfortably. Let them prove that they love Israel. Theory is one thing, practice another.

At the end of this text: Israel and the USA attacked Iran. They are killing mostly civilians. Iran is defending itself and responding very carefully, making sure that only military targets are struck. Whatever anyone may think about Iran and Iranians, it cannot be denied that they are bigger, better, and more honest than Israelis and Americans.

Trump's military aggression against Iran known as "Epic Rage" is actually called "Epstein's Rage" by its real name, because by pushing the USA into war, Trump desperately wants to avoid revealing the real truth of the one who accuses him of being a pedophile. The one who rapes small, helpless children.

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The pedophile is nervous and looking for a way out

It is estimated that the Epstein coalition spent as much as 9.7 billion dollars in just five days intercepting Iranian drones. It is also estimated that the value of the destroyed radars is somewhere around 3.4 billion dollars. When we add the destroyed THAAD air defense systems and other destroyed equipment, we arrive at a figure of over 15 billion dollars.

For comparison, Croatia’s annual budget is somewhere around 35 billion. So, in just five days, the Epstein coalition “burned” nearly half of Croatia’s annual budget on this war. If at least those expensive air defense missiles had been shooting down Iranian projectiles, it would have made sense, but that was not the case. American air defense experienced a debacle; numerous American military bases and embassies were destroyed, and across Israel and the Arab Gulf countries (American poodles), Iranian projectiles are constantly falling, and America is unable to protect its interests in those countries.

When we see how costly this war is for America, it is no surprise that Trump is increasingly mentioning negotiations. Even today, through the regime newspaper NYT (New York Times), he discreetly expressed a desire for talks. He desperately wants to pull himself out of this debacle.