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🗓️ 21 June 2025
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Let's talk about Trump's indecision on Iran....
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0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's bell again. So today, we're going to talk about |
0:08.0 | Trump's indecision on Iran. While the rumor mill about what Trump's thinking has been |
0:14.0 | working over time, articles are coming out from different outlets, citing different, mostly |
0:20.1 | unnamed sources or people familiar with his |
0:22.8 | thinking. Each article says he's considering something else and has questions about this or that. |
0:30.5 | That's led to questions about which one is real. So what's the reporting saying? Well, one is saying that Trump is pushing back against a plan presented to him on the menu brought by his staff. |
0:43.3 | It seems that Trump is concerned that the Bunker Buster we discussed might not actually do the job, even with multiple strikes. |
0:52.3 | Obviously, that's a rational concern. |
0:55.0 | The rumors in sourcing says his concern is a little different than most. |
1:00.0 | His concern is apparently more about the fact that the Bunker Buster in question |
1:05.0 | has not been battlefield proven, though it has a pretty successful test record. |
1:10.0 | An accompanying rumor is that Trump wants a one and done. though it has a pretty successful test record. |
1:14.4 | An accompanying rumor is that Trump wants a one-and-done. |
1:17.2 | His big fear is that it drags out. |
1:21.3 | Hitting the facility in a way that might not actually destroy it would be seen as a failure and might require follow-up strikes |
1:25.5 | that could become a political quagmire for him. |
1:29.1 | Another set of reporting says that Trump is truly concerned about a widening conflict. |
1:34.9 | Part of this is reportedly an actual concern that the U.S. might get drawn into a lengthy conflict. |
1:41.5 | There have been a number of reasons given for Trump's concern. They're not all altruistic. |
1:47.8 | One is that he's worried about taking heat from his isolationist base, and he's worried that |
1:53.6 | people will start to see through the America First marketing. Then there's the big one. Trump is |
2:00.2 | constantly comparing himself to other presidents. He wants to be seen as the best. |
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