Iran Is Lying to Trump’s Face — And He Knows It

Iran is negotiating peace in public while secretly running oil through a shadow fleet to China — and according to multiple senior analysts, the Trump administration knows exactly what’s happening. The question isn’t whether Iran is lying. It’s why we’re still at the table.
Victor Davis Hanson breaks down Iran’s psychological warfare playbook: a calculated “good cop / bad cop” strategy designed to run out the clock, drain U.S. political capital before the midterms, and treat every day they survive as a victory over the world’s greatest superpower.