The usual foreign policy experts are already misreading President Donald Trump’s decision to extend the Iran ceasefire as hesitation when it is actually a show of leverage.
Trump did not extend the ceasefire from a position of retreat. He did so citing Iran’s financial collapse and numerous ceasefire violations, all while maintaining the blockade and waiting for a coherent response to U.S. demands from a fractured regime that no longer looks formidable. The pressure test is working. Iran has lost its hold on the Strait of Hormuz, and the message is unmistakable: The only person Tehran is seriously responding to right now is Trump.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/22/trump-has-iran-cornered-and-tehran-knows-it/
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