Link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/23/trump-iran-airstrikes-nuclear-deal

Exclusive: Trump’s decision will be driven by envoys’ judgment on whether Iran is stalling on a nuclear deal

Donald Trump’s decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, about whether Tehran is stalling over a deal to relinquish its capacity to produce nuclear weapons, according to people familiar with the matter.

The president has not made a final determination on any strikes, as the administration prepares for Iran to send its latest proposal this week, ahead of what officials have described as a last-ditch round of negotiations scheduled for Thursday in Geneva.

Those talks will be led by Witkoff and Kushner, whose assessment on the likelihood of a deal will shape Trump’s calculus. If there is no deal, Trump has told advisers he is considering limited strikes to pressure Iran and, failing that, a far larger attack to force regime change.

This fucker is going to get 1000s of sailors killed. The 2002 war game showed how inadequate the navy is prepared for asymmetrical warfare

Well those two have as many years of military service as brain cells, so I'm sure this will end well.

The blind leading the blind is too kind of a characterization

These assholes are going to launch the atta k during the SOTU. Trump will say something like efforts are underway to turn this into a TikTok moment.

Oh, come on, that's ridiculous. That was 24 years ago. The New Modern Navy has done great in the Middle East. It was just a few months ago the the USS Gettysburg shot down an enemy F-18 and almost got his wingman. They even managed to almost splash a Sea King helo that was entirely to close to the ship! This Navy is definitely prepared, and I'm sure nothing will go wrong.

Israel is calling the shots. America is going bankrupt for Israel.

So basically guaranteed to happen.

atta k

I feel weird that I read this correctly. hehe

But now that you mention it, I wonder if they'll launch during the rebuttal. :|

Remember when they dropped a plane into the sea? Twice.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/second-us-navy-jet-is-lost-at-sea

So add them to the hit list.

Which is FAFO on the sailors’ part. The thing that’s outrageous is the civilians who will be murdered.

trump, like his father, and his fathers father think servicemembers are "suckers and losers"

kushners braincell is held by mossad and israel.

they were donating reefs to the sea.

I cannot think of a single more qualified crew to start a fucking war with such random precision.

It's like the really off-label A team.

Psh..What's a Growler even cost? Like $10?

Well yes and no: while Israel IS dictating the US middle east policy, the US is going bankrupt for billionaires' tax breaks; destruction of previously well-functioning government agencies including but far from limited to the IRS, FEMA, CFPB, HHS, NIH; and "immigration enforcement" reminiscent of Nazi Germany AS WELL as for those wars.

Considering Trump wants to give the Pentagon 500 billion dollars more, they could afford another 8000 of them.

Only Witkoff and serial-child-killer-eyes Kushner are more unqualified than Hogsweat and this is being left to them? My left nutsack would be better than all 3.

Is that the same Jarad Kushner that just lost government access in France?
Edit: No - It was his dad.

I mean, if they're following orders from this piece of shit and kegsbreath in the name of Israel, maybe they are. Big difference in fighting for your country and killing for tyrannical whim. Just because you bare the title soldier doesn't make you impervious to criticism, despite the sacrifice it requires either way.

"I should be allowed to destroy the country if I want" - Donald Trump not even a week ago

So the Saudi's decide whether america goes to war or not? /s

Seems they get final say on all policy between AIPAC and all the blackmail they've stored up since the 80s

Remember, it's not like most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi.

What does the Board of Peace have to say about this?

Kushners allegiance lies slightly north of Saudi