Welcome to the Mary Trump podcast.

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Iran's withdrawal from negotiations with the United States and the escalation

of missile exchanges between U.S. forces and Iran have pushed the strait of hermos into

further crisis, driving up global tensions and energy prices. Meanwhile, the U.S. response

includes continued limited strikes, stalled diplomacy, and growing uncertainty inside both the White House and the U.S. response includes continued limited strikes, stalled diplomacy, and growing

uncertainty inside both the White House and the Pentagon, both of which, as you all know,

are run by complete incompetence.

The result is a deepening strategic stalemate marked by rising costs, fractured leadership,

and no clear path to de-escalation. This is where things stand as of June 1st.

Iran's semi-official news agency, Tasman, reported that Iran has stopped all dialogue and exchange

of text through mediation. The reason given Israel's ongoing strikes on Lebanon. Iran has also moved

to block the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, late at night on May 31st,

two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting U.S. troops in Kuwait were intercepted by U.S. forces.

This follows Friday's Situation Room Meeting that lasted over two hours and produced no announcement,

no deal, and no determination of any kind. Donald posted on his

failing social media site early Monday morning that we should all just sit back and relax.

Quote, Iran really wants to make a deal and it will be a good one for the USA and those that are

with us. But don't the Democrats and various seemingly

unpatriotic Republicans understand that it's much tougher for me to properly do my job and

negotiate when political hacks keep negatively chirping at levels never seen before over and over

again that I should move faster or move slower or go to war or not go to war or whatever, just sit back

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