David Ignatius: Trump Has To Finish the Iran War But Person with Whom He Can Make the Deal Still Does Not Exist

IGNATIUS: “But that gets me to the last point I wanted to make about the themes to see in yesterday’s jumble. President Trump doesn’t have anybody with whom he can settle this war yet. That’s really the problem that was created by the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former supreme leader, as the new leader of Iran. This is a person who’s lost his father, his wife, his son. This is a person who’s not going to be eager to make a deal with the United States. He is, if anything, harder line than than what came before. And that’s the dilemma. Final point. One source of mine, who’s been in one of the Gulf states, said that the leaders of that country with whom he’s been talking do not want President Trump to leave a wounded, angry animal across the Gulf that’s going to come back and bite them. And so I think there is this -- this fear still that having started the war, Trump has to finish it and find someone with whom he can make a deal that will work. That person doesn't exist yet."

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David Ignatius: Trump Has To Finish the Iran War But Person with Whom He Can Make the Deal Still Does Not Exist‘The president does feel that he’s going to be able to end the attacks on military military targets soon’News & Politics,InternationalEXCERPT:IGNATIUS: “But that gets me to the last point I wanted to make about the themes to see in yesterday’s jumble. President Trump doesn’t have anybody with whom he can settle this war yet. That’s really the problem that was created by the selection of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former supreme leader, as the new leader of Iran. This is a person who’s lost his father, his wife, his son. This is a person who’s not going to be eager to make a deal with the United States. He is, if anything, harder line than than what came before. And that’s the dilemma. Final point. One source of mine, who’s been in one of the Gulf states, said that the leaders of that country with whom he’s been talking do not want President Trump to leave a wounded, angry animal across the Gulf that’s going to come back and bite them. And so I think there is this -- this fear still that having started the war, Trump has to finish it and find someone with whom he can make a deal that will work. That person doesn't exist yet."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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