Tzvika Yehezkeli frustrated on air: Trump simply doesn't understand the reality regarding Iran

Arab affairs commentator Tzvika Yehezkeli expressed frustration on air, arguing that US President Donald Trump does not understand the reality regarding Iran. Yehezkeli analyzed the possibility of an agreement between Trump and Tehran and stated that as long as Iran continues to threaten Israel and the Gulf states, one cannot speak of victory. He assessed that we may be in a waiting period.

Arab affairs commentator Tzvika Yehezkeli expressed frustration live on Ma'ariv, arguing that US President Donald Trump simply does not understand the reality regarding Iran. Yehezkeli analyzed the possibility of an agreement between Trump and Tehran and stated emphatically: "An agreement is not a victory. Victory is only when the Iranian republic stops threatening the Gulf states and Israel, and it is still doing that." He noted that Israel is engaged in successful military operations and that the Iranians fear an Israeli strike, but Trump still thinks about an agreement and victory, which do not go together. Yehezkeli raised the possibility that "they will blow his fuse" and he will act, or that we are in a waiting period. He drew attention to the fact that Trump has returned to tweeting, which might mean something is about to happen, and that everything he has done so far was to threaten an attack, which postponed the attack. In the latter part of his remarks, Yehezkeli addressed the US political calendar and the midterm elections in November, asking how Trump will act in the coming months toward the Iranian leadership. He added that one must trust the Iranians to ruin things for him again and again, and that all the talk about a meeting with the Iranian leadership is talk that will not bring victory but rather preserve the Iranians and continue to intimidate the Gulf states.