Post-Election Trump Still Caught In Iran War Trap

Mallen Baker: Faultlines · Nov 10, 2026 · 14m

Now the midterm elections are out of the way, Trump is back to staring the Iran war in the face and he is already back pedalling furiously from all those suggestions he would relaunch strikes once again. The truth is that nothing real has changed - the US still desperately wants to avoid additional largescale action, since it has already dangerously depleted its munitions stocks. But Trump doesn't want to admit such a thing, so we get the elaborate and unconvincing fabrications about deals on the horizon. Meanwhile, a three-way summit with Putin and Xi is coming where Iran is on the agenda…