Wednesday, June 10, 2026

On day 106 of War of Whimsy, Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei grapple over winner's trophy

 
AI-generated image:  Manus Lite 1.6
Headline:  New York Times, (6/9/2026)

Erika Solomon, Farnaz Fassihi, and Tyler Pager report:
Washington and Tehran — both neither fully victorious nor completely defeated in the war — badly want a deal. But they also need something they can present as favorable to the hawks and hard-liners back home. 
Added to this fundamental dispute are the peculiarities of the two countries’ leaders. One of them is in hiding and slow to sign off on any proposal; the other is so unpredictable, his own envoys struggle to negotiate on his behalf.

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