TACO DONNY!
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President Trump said he was extending a cease-fire with Iran on Tuesday just hours before it was set to expire. The announcement came after Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Pakistan for a second round of peace negotiations was put on hold because, according to a U.S. official, Tehran failed to respond to American positions.
The president made the announcement on Truth Social. He said he had received a request from Pakistan, which is trying to mediate an end to the war, to hold off any attacks. Mr. Trump said a cease-fire would stay in effect until Iran’s “leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal.”
The first response from Iran came from an adviser to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the influential speaker of the Iranian Parliament, and he dismissed it. “The extension of the cease-fire by Donald Trump has no meaning. The losing side cannot set the terms,” Mahdi Mohammadi wrote in the social media post.
Mr. Trump’s announcement was a marked departure from his comments earlier in the day, when he told CNBC that if Iran did not agree to U.S. demands, “I expect to be bombing.”
In extending the cease-fire, the president also said the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would continue. Iran has demanded that U.S. forces allow free access to its ports, and Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, called the blockade “an act of war.”
Look, I’m very happy that we’re not bombing… but from the point of view of bargaining theory this is just madness. Indefinitely extending a ceasefire in return for no concessions… Donny Boy has just revealed that he doesn’t have the cards.