Victor Davis Hanson: 38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?

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🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Iran has spent weeks delaying, provoking, and negotiating while avoiding a final resolution. Victor Davis Hanson examines why Tehran may be trying to buy time, how rising energy prices are affecting the U.S. economy, and why President Trump faces growing pressure to resolve the standoff before the midterm elections. As tensions continue in the Strait of Hormuz, Israel, Kuwait, and the Gulf states, Hanson explains the choices facing the Trump administration and what could happen if Iran refuses to comply with U.S. demands. 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.4	Thank you. Hello, this is Victor Davis-Hans for the Daily Signal.
0:50.6	We talk about an Iran war, but as I speak on June 9th, we haven't had a real kinetic back-and-forth
1:02.1	bombing campaign or anything since around April 8th. So we had 38 days of bombing, and then
1:10.6	we've had 60 days of negotiations.
1:14.0	So there isn't really an Iran war right now.
1:16.4	We have a war Powers Act.
1:17.8	The left is all upset and trying to stop the quote war, but there is no war right now.
1:23.4	It's a waiting game.
1:25.4	And what is the waiting game?
1:27.4	The waiting game is that Iran feels that by giving a concession on Monday and taking it back on Tuesday
1:36.2	and letting Hezbollah attack Israel and then telling Israel not to reply and then sending a little boat out in the
1:46.1	straight.
1:47.7	It can delay, delay, advance retreat.
1:52.4	And Donald Trump will allow this because he has got a deadline too.
1:59.2	Their deadline is they're losing $400 million a day in economic productivity
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