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— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 19, 2026
“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺.”
Nile Gardiner, former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, says if Iran doesn’t cooperate and fully open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 to take even greater military action.
His prediction: if Iran continues behaving like a “𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞,” the next generation of Iranian leaders 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. “It’s their choice. If they want to survive, they’ll cooperate. Otherwise, I expect the next generation of Iranian leaders will be eliminated.”
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 “𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫” 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫—𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧: 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭.