Benham Ben-Taliblu

And if that, you know, five months out, I had to judge the Trump administration's Iran policy, I would say they're trying to go a mile wide and an inch deep on everything.

So even though you heard this line back starting from President George W. Bush when he said all options are on the table, when you look at literally everything that President Trump has been doing, he has literally been putting stock behind every single option, military, economic with the sanctions, for example, political, diplomatic even.

So even though you heard this line back starting from President George W. Bush when he said all options are on the table, when you look at literally everything that President Trump has been doing, he has literally been putting stock behind every single option, military, economic with the sanctions, for example, political, diplomatic even.

So even though you heard this line back starting from President George W. Bush when he said all options are on the table, when you look at literally everything that President Trump has been doing, he has literally been putting stock behind every single option, military, economic with the sanctions, for example, political, diplomatic even.

by engaging in these direct or indirect, depending on who you believe, bilateral conversations with Iranians. So he is every element, diplomatic, informational, military, economic, trying to create an element that this is Iran policy. think he's trying to provoke a reaction. He's trying to see where the Iranians are responding.

by engaging in these direct or indirect, depending on who you believe, bilateral conversations with Iranians. So he is every element, diplomatic, informational, military, economic, trying to create an element that this is Iran policy. think he's trying to provoke a reaction. He's trying to see where the Iranians are responding.

by engaging in these direct or indirect, depending on who you believe, bilateral conversations with Iranians. So he is every element, diplomatic, informational, military, economic, trying to create an element that this is Iran policy. think he's trying to provoke a reaction. He's trying to see where the Iranians are responding.

And right now, the Iranians are responding primarily in the diplomatic or political domain. They're trying to test him. They're trying to buy time. But now, it behooves him to grow the stock beyond just an HD of those economic and of those military options. And if I had to advise him right now, I would say,

And right now, the Iranians are responding primarily in the diplomatic or political domain. They're trying to test him. They're trying to buy time. But now, it behooves him to grow the stock beyond just an HD of those economic and of those military options. And if I had to advise him right now, I would say,

And right now, the Iranians are responding primarily in the diplomatic or political domain. They're trying to test him. They're trying to buy time. But now, it behooves him to grow the stock beyond just an HD of those economic and of those military options. And if I had to advise him right now, I would say,

One thing that you got to trim with respect is the positive rhetoric or the optimism that the most powerful person in the world injects into these talks, which is when the president says, I want them to go well, I think they're going well, looks like they're going well.

One thing that you got to trim with respect is the positive rhetoric or the optimism that the most powerful person in the world injects into these talks, which is when the president says, I want them to go well, I think they're going well, looks like they're going well.

One thing that you got to trim with respect is the positive rhetoric or the optimism that the most powerful person in the world injects into these talks, which is when the president says, I want them to go well, I think they're going well, looks like they're going well.

The Iranian currency, the rial, has appreciated, meaning improved about 20% since talks started just because of this slightly more different changing positive atmosphere. The president has gone after three refineries in China going after Iranian oil while talking to the Iranians. This is stuff President Obama or President Biden never did.

The Iranian currency, the rial, has appreciated, meaning improved about 20% since talks started just because of this slightly more different changing positive atmosphere. The president has gone after three refineries in China going after Iranian oil while talking to the Iranians. This is stuff President Obama or President Biden never did.

The Iranian currency, the rial, has appreciated, meaning improved about 20% since talks started just because of this slightly more different changing positive atmosphere. The president has gone after three refineries in China going after Iranian oil while talking to the Iranians. This is stuff President Obama or President Biden never did.

And yet still, Iranian exports are flatlined at 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 million barrels a day, depending on who you ask. So, there is going to have to be more done to make the Iranians feel the pain. But long story short, I don't just see this as the president ticking a box. and rushing through things.

And yet still, Iranian exports are flatlined at 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 million barrels a day, depending on who you ask. So, there is going to have to be more done to make the Iranians feel the pain. But long story short, I don't just see this as the president ticking a box. and rushing through things.

And yet still, Iranian exports are flatlined at 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 million barrels a day, depending on who you ask. So, there is going to have to be more done to make the Iranians feel the pain. But long story short, I don't just see this as the president ticking a box. and rushing through things.

I think this is consistent with how he sees the Iranian threat, consistent with his options, consistent with what he campaigned on multiple times before the American public. And he is trying to square peg round hole this because the Islamic Republic is trying to raise the cost and the US is trying to limit the cost. And nary the two shall meet.