Trump thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
"We worked as a team like no team has ever worked before and we have gone a long way erasing this threat for Israel."
Trump Says Iranian Nuclear Sites "Obliterated" by His Strikes
"The strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
"Fordow is gone."
e.g. Reuters
8:52 pm
june 21, 2025, 8:58 p.m. ET Just Now
Eric Schmitt
A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential intelligence, said that multiple 30,000-pound bunker bombs were dropped on Fordo and that initial damage assessments indicated that the facility had been “taken off the table.”
(NYT)
Trump Says U.S. Has Struck Three of Iran's Nuclear Sites
'We have completed our very successful attacks,' Trump said in his post. 'All planes are now outside of Iran air space.'
[Now three weeks and three days.]
3:14 pm
What Iran Knows About Trump
The mullahs of Iran join the bet that Trump always chickens out.
President Donald Trump is being pulled toward war in the Middle East by his predator’s eye for a victim’s weakness and his ego’s need to claim the work of others as his own. But since his “unconditional surrender” social-media post on Tuesday, other Trump instincts have asserted themselves: above all, his fear of responsibility.Trump enjoys wielding power. He flinches from accountability. Days ago, Trump seemed to hunger for entry into Israel’s war. A dramatic victory seemed poised to tumble into somebody’s lap. Why not his? But as the hours passed, Trump reconsidered. Instead of acting, he postponed. He said that a decision would come within “two weeks.”
Time for diplomacy to work? Perhaps that might be the case in another administration. In this one, as attentive Trump watchers have learned, the “two weeks” promise is a way of shirking a decision altogether, whether on Russia sanctions (deadline lapsed June 11, without action), trade deals (deadline lapsed June 12, without result), or a much-heralded infrastructure program (deadline lapsed May 20, 2017, without action then or ever).
2:38 pm
Jen Psaki, President Biden's first press secretary:
Looking at news articles, the two-week solution comes up again and again.
Donald J. Trump
(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump
Many people have been asking what is going on with Harvard University and their largescale improprieties that we have been addressing, looking for a solution. We have been working closely with Harvard, and it is very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so. They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right. If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be “mindbogglingly” HISTORIC, and very good for our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
4.2k ReTruths
18.7k Likes
6/20/25, 3:40 P (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114717387393069944)
This on June 11, ten days ago. We still don't know the details:
Donald J. Trump
(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump
OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!). WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!10.5k ReTruths
51k Likes
6/11/25, 8:04 AM
...BUT,
"TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out"
Wall Street has been riding a historic roller coaster the past few months due to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats.
In other words, don’t fret too much about Trump’s latest tariff threat and go on a selling spree, because eventually he’ll back down and a relief rally will ensue.
(CNN)
TACO Trump
"Nasty question":
China learned a valuable lesson in US trade talks: the value of its leverage
US President Donald Trump may have touted the latest trade deal between the US and China as a win for America. But it’s Chinese leaders who have walked away with an extra spring in their step.
While full details...remain under wraps, it appears largely to restore an earlier arrangement sealed in May...
... Beijing has realized: “Trump is not as tough as he appeared to be.”--Liu Dongshu, an assistant professor focusing on Chinese politics at the City University of Hong Kong.
...
“Nations with 5,000 years of statecraft don’t fold to bullying. They negotiate as equals. And that’s the only way it works,” summarized one news host on CGTN, the English language arm of China’s state broadcaster CCTV.
The deal...is a “framework”...
The handshake agreement...
Washington thought the May 12 talks in Geneva, where the two sides agreed to dial back damaging tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s goods, would usher in a swift resolution of the issue. ...
“The episode since the Geneva agreement has also made clear that the US seems more eager for a deal than China,” he added. [Bert Hofman, an adjunct professor at the East Asian Institute at the National University Singapore and former World Bank country director for China.]
12:41 pm:
Trump's "Mindset"*
-"EVERYONE SHOULD EVACUATE TEHRAN IMMEDIATELY"!
-"UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER"
-"I think Israel and Iran are going to make a deal."
-"I might, I might not. I'll decide in two weeks."
* Updated 12:41 pm:
U.S. ENTERS ISRAEL-IRAN WAR, BOMBS THREE NUCLEAR SITES
Eric Schmitt
A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential intelligence, said that multiple 30,000-pound bunker bombs were dropped on Fordo and that initial damage assessments indicated that the facility had been “taken off the table.”
(NYT)
Trump Says U.S. Has Struck Three of Iran's Nuclear Sites
'We have completed our very successful attacks,' Trump said in his post. 'All planes are now outside of Iran air space.'
(WSJ)
7:27 pm
Israel Believes Trump Entering War a Matter of DaysNYT
...two [Israeli] officials...said...that [Israel] was already making preparations...
...
...the United States has dispatched several Air Force B-2 bombers from an American base and across the Pacific.
[The B-2's are the ones capable of dropping the "bunkerbuster" bombs.]
Israeli forces launched attacks against several sites in southern Iran on Saturday, targeting sites for missile launchers and radars in the Ahvaz region, which would most likely be on any potential flight path used by U.S. warplanes on the way to strike Fordo.
...
The strikes could also be the Israeli military’s attempt to signal to Mr. Trump that the cost of entering the war for the United States would “be very minimal because we’ve already done the heavy lifting,” according to Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.
“They are framing it as a low-cost coup de grâce to Iran’s nuclear program for which President Trump could take credit,” Mr. Vaez added.
...
...
Evacuations: The U.S. Department of State has begun evacuating Americans from Israel, said the American ambassador, Mike Huckabee.
5:47 pm
Israel Believes Trump Entering War a Matter of DaysNYT
...two [Israeli] officials...said...that [Israel] was already making preparations...
...
...the United States has dispatched several Air Force B-2 bombers from an American base and across the Pacific.
[The B-2's are the ones capable of dropping the "bunkerbuster" bombs.]
Israeli forces launched attacks against several sites in southern Iran on Saturday, targeting sites for missile launchers and radars in the Ahvaz region, which would most likely be on any potential flight path used by U.S. warplanes on the way to strike Fordo.
...
The strikes could also be the Israeli military’s attempt to signal to Mr. Trump that the cost of entering the war for the United States would “be very minimal because we’ve already done the heavy lifting,” according to Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.
“They are framing it as a low-cost coup de grâce to Iran’s nuclear program for which President Trump could take credit,” Mr. Vaez added.
...
...
Evacuations: The U.S. Department of State has begun evacuating Americans from Israel, said the American ambassador, Mike Huckabee.
5:47 pm
The Globe and Mail dilates on exactly Trump's "mindset". The horns of his dilemma, as he sees it are chickening out, again, and missing out, on a success.
Trump was asked in late May about whether he still believed this about his Russian counterpart. The Republican pointed to a deadline of sorts.
“I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in about two weeks. Within two weeks, we’re going to find out very soon.”
That was exactly three weeks ago.
Trump was asked in late May about whether he still believed this about his Russian counterpart. The Republican pointed to a deadline of sorts.
“I can’t tell you that, but I’ll let you know in about two weeks. Within two weeks, we’re going to find out very soon.”
That was exactly three weeks ago.
[Now three weeks and three days.]
3:14 pm
What Iran Knows About Trump
The mullahs of Iran join the bet that Trump always chickens out.
President Donald Trump is being pulled toward war in the Middle East by his predator’s eye for a victim’s weakness and his ego’s need to claim the work of others as his own. But since his “unconditional surrender” social-media post on Tuesday, other Trump instincts have asserted themselves: above all, his fear of responsibility.Trump enjoys wielding power. He flinches from accountability. Days ago, Trump seemed to hunger for entry into Israel’s war. A dramatic victory seemed poised to tumble into somebody’s lap. Why not his? But as the hours passed, Trump reconsidered. Instead of acting, he postponed. He said that a decision would come within “two weeks.”
Time for diplomacy to work? Perhaps that might be the case in another administration. In this one, as attentive Trump watchers have learned, the “two weeks” promise is a way of shirking a decision altogether, whether on Russia sanctions (deadline lapsed June 11, without action), trade deals (deadline lapsed June 12, without result), or a much-heralded infrastructure program (deadline lapsed May 20, 2017, without action then or ever).
2:38 pm
Jen Psaki, President Biden's first press secretary:
Looking at news articles, the two-week solution comes up again and again.
Donald J. Trump
(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump
Many people have been asking what is going on with Harvard University and their largescale improprieties that we have been addressing, looking for a solution. We have been working closely with Harvard, and it is very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so. They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right. If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be “mindbogglingly” HISTORIC, and very good for our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
4.2k ReTruths
18.7k Likes
6/20/25, 3:40 P (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114717387393069944)
This on June 11, ten days ago. We still don't know the details:
Donald J. Trump
(https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump)@realDonaldTrump
OUR DEAL WITH CHINA IS DONE, SUBJECT TO FINAL APPROVAL WITH PRESIDENT XI AND ME. FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!). WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!10.5k ReTruths
51k Likes
6/11/25, 8:04 AM
...BUT,
"TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out"
Wall Street has been riding a historic roller coaster the past few months due to President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff threats.
In other words, don’t fret too much about Trump’s latest tariff threat and go on a selling spree, because eventually he’ll back down and a relief rally will ensue.
(CNN)
TACO Trump
"Nasty question":
China learned a valuable lesson in US trade talks: the value of its leverage
US President Donald Trump may have touted the latest trade deal between the US and China as a win for America. But it’s Chinese leaders who have walked away with an extra spring in their step.
While full details...remain under wraps, it appears largely to restore an earlier arrangement sealed in May...
... Beijing has realized: “Trump is not as tough as he appeared to be.”--Liu Dongshu, an assistant professor focusing on Chinese politics at the City University of Hong Kong.
...
“Nations with 5,000 years of statecraft don’t fold to bullying. They negotiate as equals. And that’s the only way it works,” summarized one news host on CGTN, the English language arm of China’s state broadcaster CCTV.
The deal...is a “framework”...
The handshake agreement...
Washington thought the May 12 talks in Geneva, where the two sides agreed to dial back damaging tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s goods, would usher in a swift resolution of the issue. ...
“The episode since the Geneva agreement has also made clear that the US seems more eager for a deal than China,” he added. [Bert Hofman, an adjunct professor at the East Asian Institute at the National University Singapore and former World Bank country director for China.]
12:41 pm:
Trump's "Mindset"*
-"EVERYONE SHOULD EVACUATE TEHRAN IMMEDIATELY"!
-"UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER"
-"I think Israel and Iran are going to make a deal."
-"I might, I might not. I'll decide in two weeks."
* Updated 12:41 pm:
-"Always a peacemaker. That doesn’t mean — sometimes, you need some toughness to make peace. But always a peacemaker.”
