The latest rumors about alleged negotiations between the Iranian regime and the US administration have done more harm than good to Trump’s image and in the way he is presenting the current outcome of the war. Furthermore, it is worth pondering if all this “tweeting” by Trump is useful to the campaign or rather counterproductive.

As a matter of fact, Trump seems to be once again trapped in his wishful thinking, as already occurred months ago when he said “We now have peace in the Middle East”, regardless of the fact that Hamas is still present and active in Gaza, even if heavily debunked by the IDF military pressure, while in the north, Israel has to once again pound Lebanon and initiate ground operations to contrast what is left of Hezbollah.

Trump’s statements such as “There already has been a regime change, they are all dead”; “The regime badly wants a deal”; “Iran is looking for an exit ramp” and “We won the war against Iran” simply do not correspond to the reality of facts and the US President is learning it the hard way.

So far, there has been no regime change; some of the leaders are dead, but they have been replaced by others who are even more hardline. The IRGC, Al Quds and Basiji are still running the show. What’s left of the regime, which is supposed to surrender, is now even setting the conditions for an end to the war as it is fueled by a fanatic Khomeinist ideology based on the concept of martyrdom.

Missiles are still being launched against Israel and the Arab Gulf countries while the Iranian people are........

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