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Axios reporting seems to indicate his public statements differ from what he was telling Iran in private

If it’s the later, I wonder if this will be part of a trend where countries will stop listening to us

or it was a really clumsy bad cop / dumb cop situation

I'm interested in the idea that he knew and used the negotiations as cover for the attack.

Wow. It seems unlikely to me that he cares at all!

Let Israel strike (fuck it) cause oil to spike, then Powell can cut. A way to give Israel what they want and force Powells hand.

I'm sure be both genuinely tried to stop and fully endorsed the strikes, about 30 minutes apart depending on the last guy he spoke to.

Especially when Carlson and Gabbard started banging the “let Iran have nukes, it’s not our problem” drum.

From other reporting and expert commentary, seems very possible Trump admin was supportive of this but he wants to save face on his whole “I never start wars, it’s the Dems who are warmongers.”