{"id":2629436,"date":"2026-07-14T07:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-returns-to-war-with-iran-from-position-of-strength\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:08:37","slug":"trump-returns-to-war-with-iran-from-position-of-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-returns-to-war-with-iran-from-position-of-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump returns to war with Iran from &#8216;position of strength&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-returns-to-war-with-iran-from-position-of-strength%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629436&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump has resumed hostilities with Iran following the collapse of a fragile ceasefire, gaining more leverage to escalate conflict. His governance announced the re-implementation of sanctions against Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz blockade to weaken Iran\u2019s energy sector and economy. Expert analysis suggests that this strategic shift allows Trump to negotiate from a position of strength, as active hostilities increase the military and economic pressures on Iran. Trump\u2019s approach reflects a move away from diplomacy towards a stance emphasizing military action, with he and his aides viewing Iran\u2019s leadership as untrustworthy and uncooperative, making further escalation more likely. Despite harsh rhetoric and the rejection of previous agreements, Trump has not entirely dismissed diplomacy, maintaining the possibility of negotiated peace while criticizing Iran\u2019s leadership and their recent actions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4641294\/its-personal-how-an-iranian-kill-list-reshaped-trumps-approach-to-war\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is back at war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> after the fragile ceasefire crumbled last week, but the commander in chief might have more leverage to prosecute the conflict this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, the Trump administration announced that U.S. forces would once again blockade the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to choke off <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4640629\/trump-iran-war-redlines-ceasefire-over\/\">Iran<\/a>\u2018s energy industry and thereby its economy. This decision followed the Treasury Department\u2019s recent reimplementation of sanctions on Tehran, not to mention wave after wave of escalating strikes against hundreds of Iranian military targets in the strait, along the Iranian coast, and even on Iran\u2019s oil launch point of Kharg Island.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645860\/watch-live-trump-freedom-250-grand-prix-showcase\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Trump hosts Freedom 250 Grand Prix showcase<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4644332\/trump-reflects-butler-shooting-second-anniversary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump reflects on Butler shooting on second anniversary: \u2018They blew it\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645669\/trump-iran-stalling-negotiations-lengthy-meetings\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump bemoans Iranian stalling after lengthy meeting: \u2018Everything\u2019s 11 hours with these guys\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Meizlish, a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the \u201cstrategic shift\u201d makes it so that Trump \u201ccan now negotiate from a position of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhatever remains of the [memorandum of understanding], the two sides are now negotiating amid active hostilities \u2014\u00a0and that gives Washington greater leverage to raise the military and economic costs of Iranian aggression,\u201d Meizlish argued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two longtime Trump aides also told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Trump\u2019s decision to abandon the MOU and \u201cunshackle America\u2019s military and economic might\u201d not only gives him leverage over Iran but also could help solidify the GOP base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think President Trump was in a very tight spot. On the one hand, he was dead set on preventing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4640386\/trump-no-ground-invasion-iran\/\">Iran<\/a> from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but on the other, he was also, rightfully so, cautious of throwing the United States into another endless war in the Middle East. That was absolutely a nonstarter,\u201d a National Security Council staffer from Trump\u2019s first term explained. \u201cBut now, President Trump can turn to critical Republicans and say, \u2018Look, we gave diplomacy a shot, but Iran isn\u2019t interested in peace. It\u2019s time to start dropping bombs again.\u2019 It\u2019s actually turned into the perfect case study for why Iran can\u2019t be trusted in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4640386\/trump-no-ground-invasion-iran\/\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS NO GROUND INVASION OF IRAN EVEN TO SECURE NUCLEAR DUST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One former senior White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the tone Trump is using to describe Iran\u2019s leadership may prove just as critical to ending the war as the military and economic pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout the MOU talks, President Trump talked about Iran\u2019s leaders, or at least the ones we\u2019re talking to, as being more reasonable than [former Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei,\u201d that person assessed. \u201cBut then Iran scuttled the talks, and President Trump is very publicly broadcasting that he thinks Iranian officials are liars, scum, and, essentially, dead men walking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a Monday interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump stated flatly that the ceasefire with Iran was a test the Middle Eastern country failed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMemorandums of understanding, when you\u2019re dealing with sleaze bags, don\u2019t mean much,\u201d he told Hewitt. \u201cIt was sort of a test, and they weren\u2019t there. They didn\u2019t honor the test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to hit them very hard tonight and we\u2019re going to hit them hard tomorrow \u2014 and there\u2019s not a damn thing they can do about it. They have nothing. They have nothing going other than they have big mouths,\u201d Trump added when asked if he had options to \u201ckill\u201d Iran\u2019s remaining leaders. \u201cI got to know them, and they\u2019re stone-cold crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4641294\/its-personal-how-an-iranian-kill-list-reshaped-trumps-approach-to-war\/\"><strong>\u2018IT\u2019S PERSONAL\u2019: HOW AN IRANIAN \u2018KILL LIST\u2019 RESHAPED TRUMP\u2019S APPROACH TO WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Trump hasn\u2019t completely shut the door on diplomacy. Just hours after his interview with Hewitt, the president told reporters in the Oval Office that he still believes a negotiated peace is possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a deal with them two days ago, and then they said, \u2018Oh, we can\u2019t make that deal. We have to negotiate it further,\u2019 and this is what they\u2019ve done for 47 years. The difference is nobody negotiated like I do,\u201d he proclaimed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump renews Iran conflict, reimposes Strait blockade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2629437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-iran-strength.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32404,32402,3823,3634,36408],"class_list":["post-2629436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-geopolitics","tag-international-relations","tag-iran","tag-trump","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-iran-strength.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2629436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629439,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2629436\/revisions\/2629439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2629436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2629436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2629436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}