Nearly six months into the U.S.-Iran conflict, President Donald Trump has once again threatened military action against an ally with which America has enjoyed a positive relationship for nearly two centuries.
Although the president suggested in early July that America’s ceasefire with Iran was effectively defunct, the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding is only now formally expiring. Trump confirmed in an interview on Monday morning with Fox News’ Trey Yingst that there is, however, a back channel for peace talks with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — apparently bypassing mediators and Iranian political officials.
‘They’re dying.’
“They should put up the white flag of surrender,” Trump reportedly told Yingst.
“I have no time schedule. I’m not in a hurry.”
The president — who reportedly has the last remaining U.S. aircraft
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