It is intended to be a temporary solution during which sea mines laid by Iran could be removed. The dispute over the strait and the question of how passage will be regulated are key reasons why the war between the USA and Iran recently escalated again.
Vance calls Iranians ‘extraordinarily difficult people’
Trump again spoke out in favor of an agreement with Iran. “I would rather make a deal because I don’t want to kill people,” the Republican said in a speech to supporters in Las Vegas. He did not provide any information about the current status of possible discussions. Trump simply said that there were discussions and we would see what happened.
His deputy Vance said in a Fox News interview that developments would go in a direction that was good for the USA. However, he predicted difficult conversations. “The reality is, first, that Iranians are extraordinarily difficult people,” he said. “Secondly, they have a fragmented system, so there are people in that system who want the war to end. But there are also people in their system who are crazy radicals who want to continue the war.”
It is the task of the US government to find its way in this situation and to achieve the best result for the American people and for the President of the United States. “It’s going to be messy and it’s going to take some time to get there,” Vance said. To a certain extent you are “in the middle of the game” and will use all military, economic and diplomatic tools that are available.
Bad poll numbers for Trump
On February 28, the USA and Israel began attacking Iran. In return, Israel’s arch-enemy attacked US allies in the Persian Gulf and the wider region. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz virtually came to a standstill, driving up energy prices worldwide.
Trump has long emphasized that Iran should never be able to acquire nuclear weapons. The leadership in Tehran denies that it is even striving for this. According to Trump’s original statements, the war was only supposed to last a few weeks. It’s been around five months now. Critics accuse him of miscalculating and warn of an even more protracted war.
Trump has made few friends abroad with his aggressive political style, and his poll numbers are also poor at home. In the upcoming midterm elections on November 3rd, the Republicans want to defend their narrow majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives. If the Democrats took over the majority in even one of the two chambers of parliament, Trump would no longer be able to push through major political projects against the resistance of the opposition.
