Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics
If anyone knows that President Donald Trump, for all his bluster, can mean what he says, it is the Iranians. Trump is the president who took out the powerful Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force, in January 2020. Trump is also the president who bombed Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025. And the president who attacked Iran in February 2026. So Iranians know that, for all his talk, Trump can also pull the trigger.