Reports are that the Saudia’s got Trump to hold off on escorting ships thru the Strait of Hormuz…..
Reports are also that on a ‘Deal’ with America?
Iran IS looking to set up control OVER the Strait…..
Trump says he’s got a possible ‘deal’ but who is he talking top in Iran?
Iran’s Civilian ‘s have been agreeable to ‘deals’…..
Iranian Military types have NOT……
You WILL notice that Hegseth HAS been put on standby…..
Trump seems to NOT want to start another mass bombing ‘Crusdae’ like Hegsethj was enjoying it seems….
Make no mistake…
Iran’s leadership IS looking to have Trump pack up and LEAVE it alone….
Trump policy is subject to changes by the hour….
Iran is NOT….
They Again want Trump to leave the region in shame….
Isreal has NOT stopped shooting at Hasbolllah in Lebanon….
Trump’s Sec of State, Rubio, is NOT up to date on his bosses policy moves dealing with Iran….
Oil and Gas prices are being whipsawed by Trump’s daily comments….
The Trump War is getting MORE unpopular by the DAY in America as it keeps effecting the American Economy in High Gas/Oil costs…
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President Trump said he was surprised the price of oil hadn’t been driven higher by the Iran war, but even if it reached $200 a barrel, the conflict was worth it, the Wall Street Journalreports.
Said Trump: “I thought oil prices would go to $200, $250. You’re surprised and I’m surprised. But even if it went to $200, it would have been worth it.”
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Iranian officials and the Trump administration on Wednesday offered contradictory and rapidly changing assessments of the state of the war and peace talks, all while providing few details about those negotiations.
Hours after threatening more attacks, President Trump insisted during remarks in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon that the United States had “won” the war in Iran. He also said that Washington had had “very good talks” with Iran in the last 24 hours, adding, “We’re in good shape, and now we’re doing well, and we have to get what we have to get.”
Iran, for its part, gave differing appraisals of how negotiations were proceeding. The country’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American plan to end the war and would “convey its views to the Pakistani side.” Earlier in the day, another Iranian official had dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”
The mixed messages came a day after Mr. Trump abruptly paused a U.S. military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing what he said was “great progress” in talks. In public, there has been little sign that the weeks of diplomacy aimed at reaching a deal to reopen the vital waterway and end the war were bearing fruit.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he would end the war and offer safe passage for vessels through the strait if Iran “agrees to give what has been agreed,” without elaborating. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” he threatened, warning that further U.S. attacks would be “at a much higher level and intensity.”
The suggestion appeared to contradict the assertion made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday that the war was “over.”
Here’s what else we’re covering:
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U.S. troops: President Trump tasked some 50,000 troops to the war against Iran, sending them in aircraft carriers, destroyers, Marine expeditionary units and warplanes. Now, the U.S. military is on standby in the region, as the White House gives contradictory signals about the status of the war effort. Read more ›
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Lebanon: Israel carried out an airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday, the first such attack in the Lebanese capital since a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon took effect last month.
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Economy: Oil prices continued their fall and stocks finished higher as investors seized on signs that the turmoil in the Persian Gulf may be easing, despite the conflicting signals about the prospects of a peace deal. Read more ›
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Strait of Hormuz: A U.S. Navy plane disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker that was trying to cross the American blockade on Wednesday, U.S. Central Command said. The American F/A-18 Super Hornet fired on the ship’s rudder, and the vessel is “no longer transiting to Iran.”
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China: Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday met with his Chinese counterpart. Beijing called for greater efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and for an end to the war, after the Trump administration pressed China to help end Tehran’s chokehold over the waterway.
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Trump’s Sec of State , Rubio , seems to be out of the loop with a boss that changes direction by the hour…….
“The operation is over,” Mr. Rubio declared. “Epic Fury is — as the president notified Congress — we’re done with that stage of it. We’re now on to this Project Freedom.”
The current American effort in the Strait of Hormuz, he explained, was focused on providing humanitarian support for civilian crews stranded on ships. He spoke emphatically about the desire for peace with Iran and liberation for its people, indicating that the conflict was moving into a new phase.
But as most things go in Mr. Trump’s orbit, what appeared definitive was fleeting.
Just three hours later, the president announced that Project Freedom, the day-old mission he announced on Sunday to help guide ships out of the strait, would be paused “for a short period of time.”
Then on Wednesday morning, Mr. Trump suggested in a social media post that the war was not, in fact, over. Only if “Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to,” he wrote, the “legendary Epic Fury will be at an end.”
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before,” Mr. Trump added.
It was the administration’s latest U-turn in what has been a stream of chaotic and confusing messages about the U.S. posture and its objectives in the war…..
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Iran has inflicted MUCH More damage on US military assets then Hegseth has been will to admit …
Remember Russia IS providing satellite imagery to Iran…..
“The Iranian attacks were precise. There are no random craters indicating misses,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a retired Marine Corps colonel, who reviewed the Iranian images at The Post’s request. The Post previously revealed how Russia provided Iran with intelligence to target U.S. forces.
Some of the damage may have occurred after U.S. troops already left the bases, making protection of the structures less vital. Cancian and other experts said they do not believe the attacks have significantly limited the U.S. military’s ability to conduct its bombing campaign in Iran.
U.S. Central Command, which has responsibility for the Middle East, declined to address a detailed summary of findings from The Post. A military spokesperson disputed the characterization of base damage by experts as extensive or evidence of failures, saying assessments of destruction are complex and can be misleading in some cases, but declined to provide specifics. Military leaders will be able to provide fuller context for the Iranian attacks after the conflict ends, the spokesperson said….
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US Military assets in the Middle East on standby or enforcing the Naval Blockade…
The U.S. Navy is still enforcing a blockade on all shipping in and out of Iranian ports imposed after Iran effectively closed the strait. A Navy warplane disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker that was trying to cross the blockade on Wednesday.
Before the war started in February, there were typically about 40,000 U.S. troops at bases and on ships in the Middle East, including in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. But as Mr. Trump escalated the war, the number rose to more than 50,000, according to a U.S. military official.
The precise number is complicated by the fact that Iran retaliated by attacking U.S. bases, forcing the military to relocate troops to other bases and locations, including in the region, Europe and even the United States….
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Donald Trump said a deal with Iran to end the war was “very possible” after “very good talks” over the past 24 hours. While again claiming Iran “badly” wants to make a deal, the US president told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday: “We’ll see whether or not they are agreeing. And if they don’t agree, they’ll end up agreeing shortly thereafter. That’s the way it is.” Later Trump said he expected the war would “be over quickly”. He earlier issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”.
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Iran said on Wednesday it was reviewing a US peace proposal that sources told Reuters would formally end the war while leaving unresolved the key US demands that Iran suspend its nuclear program and reopen the strait of Hormuz. Separately Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Washington was seeking through various means “to destroy the country’s cohesion in order to force us to surrender”.
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Israel’s military attacked Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time in weeks amid the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the IDF was targeting the unnamed commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan force.
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A source close to Hezbollah said a senior commander had been killed in the Israeli attacks and named him as “Malek Ballout, the operations commander in the Radwan force”, Agence France-Presse reported.
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US forces disabled an Iran-flagged unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, enforcing the US blockade, as the ship tried to sail towards an Iranian port, US Central Command said.
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An Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa valley on Wednesday killed four people, Lebanon’s health ministry said, with local media reporting the attack took place before the Israeli army issued a warning to evacuate the area along with 11 other towns.
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Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships through the strait of Hormuz came after key Gulf ally Saudi Arabia suspended the US military’s ability to use its airspace and a base to carry out the operation, NBC News quoted two US officials as saying. They said Trump’s announcement of “Project Freedom” via social media on Sunday surprised Gulf allies and angered the Saudi leadership, the report said.
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French president Emmanuel Macron called for “all parties to lift the blockades” to allow for the resumption of traffic in the Hormuz strait, after a meeting with Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian.
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Pope Leo surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and he hoped peace would soon prevail along the border.
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ISW….Iran Update Special Report, May 6, 2026
- Iran seeks to achieve positive strategic objectives beyond the negative objective of surviving the war. Iran’s principal positive strategic objective at this time is to secure recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, which would fundamentally remake regional and global maritime norms in a manner extremely detrimental to US interests.
- Long-term control of the Strait would require Iran to secure US recognition of its claims to the Strait of Hormuz through a negotiated agreement so that Iran could order ships to comply with its rules legitimately and then intercept those ships that fail to comply. Iranian negotiators increasingly prioritized securing its control over the Strait in negotiations, likely because it believes Iranian control over the Strait would act as a safeguard against future wars between Iran and Israel and the United States.
- Iran is also seeking economic relief as a positive objective from the war, which could enable Iran to accelerate its efforts to reconstitute its ballistic missile program. US sanctions on Iranian oil have contributed to severely weakening Iran’s ability to raise revenue that the regime has used to fund the development of its ballistic missile program.
- The introduction of these positive strategic objectives does not mean that Iran has abandoned its “negative” strategic objectives, which include limiting discussions on its nuclear program and avoiding an economic collapse that could trigger severe domestic unrest leading to the collapse of the regime.
- The Iranian regime is preparing for economic instability that could cause domestic unrest. This effort supports the “negative” strategic objective of preventing regime collapse caused by protests that result from serious economic instability. Iranian officials’ public emphasis on economic management suggests that the regime recognizes that economic pressure could create internal stability risks and is preparing mechanisms to manage those risks. These statements, concerns, and preparations do not on their own indicate that the Iranian regime is prepared to surrender as a result of economic pressure.
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