Iran talks are gonna fail.
I don't think Trump counted on Z and Putins hard hatred and stance against each other. He thought he could court both sides with a nice deal but neither party seemed interested. It was a valiant effort and I am glad we are no longer funding Z and letting them destroy each other but Trump misjudged both sides. Even after the Spiderweb bomber attack, both sides presented unrealistic demands at Turkey. They wanna keep killing each other.
Likewise, I don't think Trump fully realizes that Iran's leadership has no other option except to create nuclear weapons at this point. They've fucked up the economy so badly with sanctions trying to build this thing for years, bankrupted their peoples futures and have destroyed its ability to produce food similar to Mao Zedong with general govt misuse and corruption. Power outages are increasingly common and this year has been extremely dry for Iran. Infrastructure is shit and has been neglected for air defenses, missiles and nuclear research. The people are angry at the government and any economic deal will the US for Khamenei would be committing suicide practically, politically and ideologically.
Its been a race against time for Iran to build competent air defense and proliferate nuclear warheads as a deterrent, but time is up and the plot has been exposed. Time to strike their nuclear sites or even take out the IRGC, either way, the country will quickly collapse like Syria and we can negotiate with new government. Its not the ideal outcome, but its the only one left.
