Below is Trump's Truth Social post from earlier this morning concerning the alleged — if not debunked — Iranian ceasefire request:
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The
is
rather bizarre:
1. There's no "New Regime President" in Tehran, Masoud Pezeshkian has been the president of Iran since the summer of 2024.
2. Trump was declaring his intent to cease hostilities against Iran within 2-3 weeks — just yesterday — without reopening the Strait of Hormuz under the expectation that allies like France would have to "
fend for themselves."
This is on top of some of the most hawkish, pro-war influences circling Trump turning dovish the past several days:
There's Lindsey Graham of all people telling Trump: "Keep it up Mr President.
Wind down the war and wind up efforts for an historic peace deal."
Then there's the
write-up titled "
" dated March 26 which stated:
There's the possibility that Trump and the buffoons around him have finally come to recognize the limits of American military power, but that would be out of character.
Perhaps something more Machiavellian — at least in aspirational terms — is in the works!