John J. Mearsheimer
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Right.
Trump has no option.
That's the point here.
This is what I'm saying to you.
If you think about the situation he's in, he's been unable to coerce the Iranians.
And the Iranians are feeling their oats.
They're feeling powerful.
And they're not willing to compromise.
And they understand that the longer this war goes on, the more leverage they have.
So they're tough to coerce.
And the Israelis, Trump just has to do something with them as he's crushed by these international economic considerations.
And if he doesn't, we're all going to go off a cliff economically.
The economic and political consequences are going to be disastrous.
There's just all sorts of evidence of that.
And if the Israelis really have an in-your-face attitude towards Trump and they start to bomb Iran, what are the Iranians going to do?
They'll shut down the Red Sea.
They'll go after UAE.
They'll go after Saudi Arabia.
They'll play hardball.
And that'll just make the economic situation even worse.