Fears of a wider war were growing on Tuesday after President Trump called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” cited the possibility of killing Iran’s supreme leader and referred to Israel’s war efforts with the word “we” — all apparent suggestions that the United States could enter the war against Iran.
Mr. Trump’s comments, in social media posts, came as Israel has been pressing the White House to intervene militarily in the conflict with Iran to put an end to that country’s nuclear program. The president has long professed opposition to getting involved in foreign wars and has expressed hopes for a negotiated agreement with Iran. He held a national security meeting on Tuesday afternoon in the White House Situation Room.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wants the United States to drop its largest bunker-busting bombs on Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, which lies deep underground. Israel has neither bombs that big nor warplanes big enough to carry them.
In a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote, “we know exactly where” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, “is hiding,” but added, “we are not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.” Boasting of Israel’s air superiority, which he suggested was based on American technology, he wrote, “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran,” associating himself with Israel’s war effort.
Should the United States join the war, Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for possible retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East, according to American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump said he was looking for something “better than a cease-fire” between Israel and Iran — “a real end, not a cease-fire.” Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Mr. Trump, who departed Monday, a day early, from a meeting of leaders of the Group of 7 nations in Alberta, Canada, said he wanted Iran to give up while insisting that Tehran abandon any effort to develop nuclear weapons. “I’m not too much in the mood to negotiate,” he added.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/17/world/israel-iran-trump
Israel and the US will soon be asking for negotiations to end the conflict. Because:
Israel is currently losing. Iron Dome and THAAD are not working against the superior Iranian technology
TACO
Israel is running out of anti-missile missiles
Iran’s homegrown anti-missile system, along with its Russian-made S-series anti-missile systems, are clearing the skies of Israeli missiles
Israel and the US do not have hypersonic missiles – Iran has thousands
Israelis are weak and comfortable and are already turning on each other
MAGA is splitting over the US joining the war (officially that is, everyone know the US is already participating)
DNI Tulsi Gabbard stated in March that the intelligence community has come to the conclusion that Iran is not working on nukes
Multiple tankers on fire in the Gulf of Oman signal the impending closure of the Golf of Hormuz, which would be a global economic calamity
US ‘bunker buster’ technology is incapable of reaching Iranian nuclear facilities. It’s not like the Iranians have not been preparing for this for decades
The one thng that can reverse this is a major false flag attack on the US or US assets that is blamed on Iran. The gullible, bloodthirsty, and idiotic American public – Republicans and Democrat alike – will unite behind their president. Yes, they will unite behind Donald J. Trump just like they gave George W. Bush a 91% approval rating in the aftermath of 9/11.
If/When that attack happens, ask yourself, “How does it behoove Iran to do this? Isn’t Israel the main beneficiary?” Remember that they will always assign base motivations to the non-white enemy … vengeance, irrationality, lack of impulse control, and they will always assign lofty motivations to the (perceived) white heroes… defense, victimhood, steadfastness. Meanwhile, the blatant genocide of Gazans continues, as does the war of aggression against Iran – the two highest crimes known to humankind.