Trump Asks Iran Not to Retaliate Against Israel Over Beirut Strikes
ποΈ DIPLOMACY β Trump asks Tehran for restraint while Israel keeps striking Beirut. π LOOK CLOSER: Asking Iran not to retaliate while refusing to restrain Netanyahu inverts the pressure chain. Washington is managing Iranian restraint, not Israeli operations. Tehran's hardliners gain a humiliation argument: the US asks favors and delivers nothing. With the deal unsigned and Dahiyeh struck twice today, Iran's walk-away cost just fell.