The Issue: President Trump’s ongoing cease-fire with Iran despite its reluctance to negotiate a peace deal.
The failure to respond effectively to recent Iranian missile attacks on Israel is merely encouraging the terrorist tyrants of Tehran to widen their scope (“ ‘Cease’ is under fire,”June 8).
Meanwhile, President Trump bafflingly goes on touting a nonexistent deal amidst a nonexistent cease-fire. Only he knows whether he’s getting bad advice on what to do about Iranian aggression, or whether he is personally obsessed with getting a deal that’s never going to happen.
The theocratic fascists running Iran are not interested in peace. They’re interested in destroying Israel, the West and America. It’s time for Trump to, together with Israel, finish off the regime once and for all.
Daniel Trigoboff
Williamsville
If we completely defeated Iran militarily, as Trump keeps saying, then why are we still “negotiating?” When a nation is defeated, the victor doesn’t negotiate terms — it dictates them.
Steven Mendelsohn
Whitestone
I am as conservative as they come and voted for Trump three times. However, I’m not certain he is able to discern wishes from expectations. We have been “on the verge of a peace accord” for two months.
I think it’s time for Vice President JD Vance to take over, with Marco Rubio as his right hand.
I’m beginning to understand why Democrats prefer Graham Platner to Trump.
Bruce David Wilner
Greenbelt, MD
The revolving door of rationales proffered for the dire necessity of Operation Epic Fury have proven to be as fictional as Trump’s tactical victories.
While Trump appears to be growing bored with his stalled Iranian project, the holy wars inflamed by this operation will be fought long after his political lifespan.
Trump went into this war on a hunch that it would work out to his advantage. It was always about projecting military power on the global stage, but he has failed epically.
Eric Radack
Santa Fe, NM
Iran has determined time is on its side. Trump has to change his strategy or risk facing a prolonged conflict similar to the one that forced the United States to retreat from Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ed Houlihan
Ridgewood, NJ
This war could’ve been over months ago. You can’t negotiate with a country that has no morality. If the tables were turned, would Iran negotiate with the United States? Have we learned nothing from the past?
Richard Levinson
Montville, NJ
The Issue: President Trump walking out of an NBC News interview claiming it was “dishonest press.”
Anyone who watches the interview can see how nasty Kristen Welker was when interviewing President Trump (“ ‘Press’ all his buttons,”June 8).
So why does your reporter put Trump at fault for demanding honesty from the press? Ryan King reports Trump “lashed out,” and portrays Welker as a victim, saying she “pleaded with Trump.”
Get real, King: Your negative and slanted reporting is as bad as Welker’s disgusting interview.
Sara Gershon
Syosset
I’m convinced that even Trump’s most ardent fans will conclude that his behavior in the interview shows him to be no more than a punk.
Every time Trump was confronted by Welker with the simplest questions about proof of the “rigged” elections, he reverted to calling her “corrupt,” “crooked” or “stupid.” He stormed off like a kid in the schoolyard.
By the way, if all our elections are rigged, as Trump suggests, how does he account for winning two of three?
Lou Maione
Manhattan
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