James Politi
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 21 Sep
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But new skirmishes really raise questions about how strong the ceasefire really is.
I think it's absolutely critical because the rise in inflation is creating a huge political problem for President Trump.
And every Republican who's on the ballot in the midterm elections in early November, which are really coming up quite shortly, just in a few months,
Petrol prices are up, the cost of living is rising, and this is not what American voters re-elected Trump to do.
In that context, Trump and a lot of Republicans feel the need to get a deal, and he seems to be growing increasingly angry about the state of play.
Well, the Iranians are holding firm in some respects.
Even in response to the U.S.
strikes, they continue to launch attacks against key allies of the U.S.
In the Gulf, the chances of a deal do not seem extremely high.
It's still possible there could be an agreement, but it does not appear that the Iranians are
willing to make some of the concessions on both their nuclear capabilities and on the Strait of Hormuz that the US is looking for.
So it makes for a very complicated picture.
Well, I think we're sort of stuck in this limbo of what I would call, and many others have called, a dirty ceasefire.
It's a ceasefire that has frequent violations, frequent skirmishes, and in which there has been no breakthrough on the key issue of what happens to the Strait of Hormuz.
It would require either a deal, or I think Hawks in Washington would say a more aggressive military action from President Trump
against Iran to try to change the dynamic.
But of course that would come with potentially even greater political costs and economic costs for the White House, which Trump may not be willing to bear.
And he certainly hasn't been willing to go that far in the last few weeks.
A further escalation would significantly raise the stakes.
It would potentially inflame other parts of the Middle East even more than they are now.
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