US President Donald Trump claims that the regime in Iran is on the verge of “collapse”. This is what Politico magazine reports. Iran has asked the US President to open the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as possible” while the regime discusses the “question of governance.”
According to Politico, Trump did not explain who brought this message to him and how.
According to government sources, US President Donald Trump is considering a months-long blockade of Iranian ports. As a senior White House official said on Wednesday, Trump raised the possibility of extending the blockade by “several months” at a meeting with oil industry representatives on Tuesday.
Participants in the meeting, first reported by US news portal Axios, discussed “the measures President Trump has taken to relieve pressure on global oil markets and the measures we could take to extend the current blockade for several months if necessary and minimize its impact on American consumers,” according to a statement to the AFP news agency.
Trump often meets with representatives of the oil industry to get their “feedback” on the situation on the national and international energy markets, said the government representative, who did not want to be named. Such a meeting took place on Tuesday. In addition to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Vice President JD Vance and Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles were also there. The US oil company Chevron confirmed the participation of CEO Mike Wirth.
According to insiders, US intelligence agencies are investigating how Iran would react to a unilateral declaration of victory by President Donald Trump in the war that has been going on for two months. The analysis was carried out at the request of high-ranking government officials, two US officials and another person familiar with the process told the Reuters news agency. The aim is to understand the consequences of a possible US withdrawal from the conflict. Some advisers fear that the war could lead to heavy losses for Trump’s Republicans in the congressional elections in late autumn.
According to previous analyses, the leadership in Tehran would see a US withdrawal after a declaration of victory as a triumph of its own, one of the insiders said. However, if the US maintained a strong troop presence, Iran would be more likely to view this as a negotiating tactic. A White House spokeswoman said the US was continuing to negotiate with Iran and would not allow itself to be pressured into a bad deal. The CIA said it was not aware of the reported assessment.
