TRUMP KNOWS HE'S DEFEATED! Begs Other Countries to Rescue US

TL;DR

Dr. Trita Parsi argues Trump is losing control of the Iran war because Iran holds Hormuz Strait leverage he cannot counter without triggering economic catastrophe.

Key Points

• 1.Trump bombed Karg Island's military facilities but spared oil infrastructure, which Dr. Parsi says the Iranians interpreted as a sign of weakness and forced restraint from internal US pushback.
• 2.Iran struck facilities in the UAE in retaliation, and countries like India, France, and Italy are negotiating directly with Iran — not Trump — for free passage through Hormuz, signaling Iran controls the strait.
• 3.Trump's Truth Social post asked China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK to send warships to reopen Hormuz, which Parsi called 'the words of a man who has been defeated and knows it.'
• 4.WSJ reporting revealed Joint Chiefs Chair General Dan Caine warned Trump Iran would close Hormuz with mines, drones, and missiles, but Trump ignored him believing Iran would capitulate before acting.
• 5.Israeli officials and Netanyahu repeatedly told Trump that Iran was 'at its weakest ever' and would capitulate, which Parsi says led Trump to ruin diplomacy and stumble into a military debacle.
• 6.White House crypto czar David Sacks warned of a 'potentially catastrophic' situation including the possibility of Israel deploying a nuclear weapon, which Parsi called extraordinarily courageous to state publicly.
• 7.Parsi's Quincy Institute colleague economist Amir Hanjani warned the Hormuz closure could trigger a global GDP contraction of -3%, mirroring COVID's first-year economic impact, unless the war is stopped soon.