Janice Gross-Stein

You have two parties that don't want to go back to war, and that's why we've had this gray zone infused with theater that bears no relationship to reality.

The Iranians do not want to go back to war, but neither does Trump.

When I listen to these comments that are coming out of both sides,

First of all, I don't believe any of it.

I think we start there.

And secondly, we have to look at what the unforgiving pressures are on both of these to force them to do something they really don't want to do, which is make concessions to the other, because that's where we're really going here.

What is it for Trump?

You would think it's the midterms.

You would think that, but look, Richard, what he did this week on tariffs is not a president who's concerned about the midterms, worried about inflation, worried about what voters are going to think.

You know, everybody around him says, kind of a wink and a nod, oh, he says he doesn't care about midterms, but of course he cares about the midterms.

You can't get in his head.

You've said that before.

I certainly can't.

But you would never expect this kind of behavior in June from a president who understands that we're, what, three months away from interns.

First of all, let's just talk about the practicalities of that for a second and then go to why I think he makes these comments.

Really, I don't know at all.

Practically, we know that Moshe Bechamani was badly injured.

He has been in hiding.

Trump killed his whole family.

Killed his children, nieces, nephews, father.