{"id":53500,"date":"2026-03-04T07:32:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53500"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:46:41","slug":"liar-in-chief-global-alert-the-most-deceitful-and-recklessly-lying-potus-in-history-has-forever-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=53500","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>LIAR-IN-CHIEF GLOBAL ALERT: The Most Deceitful and Recklessly Lying POTUS in History Has Forever Destroyed&#8230;..<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>&#8230;What Very Little Credibility the American ZOG Still Had.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>The End to Deceptive Trumpian Diplomacy<\/h1>\n<p>Alastair Crooke<br \/>\nThe Unz Review<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"page-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/acrooke\/the-end-to-deceptive-trumpian-diplomacy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-page-thumbsize size-page-thumbsize wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/UNCLE-DONALD-930x520-600x335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"contents-holder\" class=\"entry\">\n<section class=\"open\">\n<div class=\"section-holder\">\n<p id=\"p_1_1\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\"><strong><em>With the demise of diplomacy, the conflict has moved from the realm of strategic calculus and realism into one of psychological conditioning.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_2\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Thursday\u2019s diplomatic negotiations (26 Feb) \u2013 for all the panglossian noise from mediators and negotiators \u2013 confirmed the essential impasse. The U.S. demands presented to Iran were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The complete dismantling of the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites.<\/li>\n<li>The transfer all enriched uranium to the United States.<\/li>\n<li>The ending of all sunset clauses, and permanent restrictions.<\/li>\n<li>The Acceptance of Zero Enrichment \u2013 with only the Tehran Research Reactor allowed to remain.<\/li>\n<li>Minimal sanctions relief upfront; further relief only after full compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"p_1_3\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">These demands plainly were formulated to obstruct, rather than facilitate, any diplomatic solution. It reflects a strategy rooted in the viscerally-held presumption of Iranian weakness that, in the face of a U.S. military show of force, was confidently anticipated would surely yield to Iranian capitulation. That hypothesis always was hubristic. It has proved manifestly false as predictably, Tehran rejected the U.S.\u2019 demands:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[Iran] insisted on recognition of its right (under the NPT) to enrich uranium for civilian needs.<\/li>\n<li>Rejected \u2018zero enrichment\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Refused to transfer Iranian enriched uranium from its territory.<\/li>\n<li>Insisted that any agreement must both include recognition of its right to enrich \u2013 and a significant lifting of sanctions. Iran rejects the notion of indefinite restrictions placed upon it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"p_1_4\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The mood music at the end of the talks was\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badralbusaidi\/status\/2027525465272156459\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badralbusaidi\/status\/2027525465272156459\" rel=\"noopener\">determinedly upbeat<\/a>. Iran\u2019s lead negotiator FM Araghchi said: \u201cToday\u2019s round was the best among the rounds so far. We clearly presented our demands\u201d. The Iranian side wanted to make clear for both domestic and overseas audiences that they (at least) had negotiated in earnest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_5\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Reports from the U.S. however, suggest that the decision to attack\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-netanyahu-israeli-strikes-iran-ballistic-missiles\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-netanyahu-israeli-strikes-iran-ballistic-missiles\/\" rel=\"noopener\">was already\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-netanyahu-israeli-strikes-iran-ballistic-missiles\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-netanyahu-israeli-strikes-iran-ballistic-missiles\/\">made<\/a>\u00a0during the 29 December 2025 Mar-a-Lago summit, between Netanyahu and Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_6\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The Iranian leadership well understood that any concessions that Iran might reasonably have offered in the talks would not have given Trump his desired quick political \u2018win\u2019. The more so, as Iran insisted that missile defences were non-negotiable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_7\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Whilst placing Iran\u2019s nuclear program at the centre of the talks, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio \u2013 ahead of this (last) round of negotiations \u2013 nonetheless underlined that from Washington\u2019s perspective, the threat of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles to be \u201ca fundamental component that cannot be ignored\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_8\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Rubio\u2019s unlikely claim however is consonant with Israeli Hebrew press reporting that after Netanyahu\u2019s December 2025 meeting with Trump, it was Netanyahu\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/netanyahus-new-slant-lure-trump-war-iran\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/netanyahus-new-slant-lure-trump-war-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">who demanded<\/a>\u00a0that the U.S. strike Iran\u2019s ballistic missile capabilities \u2014 and that striking its missile armoury must take priority over attacks on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_9\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The same (Israeli) reporting said that Trump accepted Netanyahu\u2019s peremptory demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_10\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Overall, Trump has remained adamant that whatever the Iranian stand-off outcome \u2013 whether achieved through Iranian capitulation or attained by military force \u2013 he personally had to exit the confrontation appearing \u2018strong\u2019 and having an historic \u2018achievement\u2019 under his belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_11\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\"><strong>A war in search of a rationale<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_12\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Thus, with the demise of diplomacy, the conflict has moved from the realm of strategic calculus and realism into one of psychological conditioning. That is, how to characterise a war without any clear rationale to an\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/yougov.com\/en-us\/articles\/54158-few-americans-support-usa-military-action-against-iran-majority-think-it-is-likely-february-20-23-2026-economist-yougov-poll\" href=\"https:\/\/yougov.com\/en-us\/articles\/54158-few-americans-support-usa-military-action-against-iran-majority-think-it-is-likely-february-20-23-2026-economist-yougov-poll\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly doubting<\/a>\u00a0American public. And how best to trigger war in such a way to provide the right psychological advantage to Trump in the lead up to Midterm elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_13\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Hence, we have the absurd claims by Trump that Iran is working to produce ICBMs with which to attack the U.S. mainland. In this psy-narrative, Trump is not just saving Israel, he is saving America!<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_14\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">These psychological conditioning considerations are forcing a divided Trump Team to move further and further away from reality \u2013 scrabbling to find the plausible casus belli to justify a military strike on Iran. Iran, despite Rubio\u2019s claims, does not threaten the U.S. with ICBMs. Iran does not pose a threat to the U.S. at all \u2014 nor does it possess nuclear weapons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_15\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Make no mistake, Will Schryver\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imetatronink\/status\/2027642140579254300\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imetatronink\/status\/2027642140579254300\" rel=\"noopener\">observes<\/a>,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_1_16\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">\u201cThis is an American war of choice. This war \u2013 and all its consequences \u2013 are owned by the United States. This is Trump\u2019s war. This war was started January 3, 2020, by Donald Trump\u2019s direct order\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_1_17\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">But for Team Trump to say out loud that a strike on Iran is about cementing Israel\u2019s Middle East hegemony, is considered by the Team to be a non-palatable framing for touting \u2018another big Middle East war\u2019 to an U.S. electorate adverse to casualties and increasingly sceptical of Trump\u2019s prioritising of Israeli interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_18\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The dilemma of a lack of rationale for war evidently became so acute that U.S. officials agreed that Israel should\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/white-house-politics-israel-strikes-iran-00799456\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/25\/white-house-politics-israel-strikes-iran-00799456\" rel=\"noopener\">strike first<\/a>, in order to make an Iranian war as \u2018politically palatable\u2019 to the domestic audience as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_19\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Anna Barsky, writing in Hebrew\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.maariv.co.il\/news\/politics\/article-1289494\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maariv.co.il\/news\/politics\/article-1289494\" rel=\"noopener\">Ma\u2019ariv<\/a>\u00a0last week, argued that the suggestion that Israel \u2018goes first\u2019 \u201c\u2026 seeps from the ironic to the chilling. Because it outlines a scenario in which Israel functions, consciously and by design, as the opening shot of a move that is intended first and foremost to produce a consciousness effect in the United States\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_20\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The build-up of U.S. forces was first imagined by Trump to be, of itself, sufficiently intimidating psychologically for Iran, that capitulation was pre-ordained. Witkoff\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/thecradle.co\/articles-id\/36105#google_vignette\" href=\"https:\/\/thecradle.co\/articles-id\/36105#google_vignette\" rel=\"noopener\">said it plainly<\/a>\u00a0on Fox News: Trump was confused and frustrated as to why Iran had not already capitulated in face of such an American array of forces near to Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_21\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">But more than this, for Trump \u2013 who lives by grandiose statements and promises of \u2018unbelievable American military prowess\u2019 \u2014 he was disconcerted to see leaks revealing that, despite the force build-up, the U.S. does not have the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/en\/news\/Financial-Times%253A-US-could-only-withstand-four-or-five-days-of-intense-bombing-in-Iran\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj2p7XvtvmSAxVvRf4FHQ8lMgUQy_kOegQIAhAB&amp;opi=89978449&amp;cd&amp;psig=AOvVaw0hZ48cUTJDFBJT6kybKkUM&amp;ust=1772273354978000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/en\/news\/Financial-Times%253A-US-could-only-withstand-four-or-five-days-of-intense-bombing-in-Iran\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj2p7XvtvmSAxVvRf4FHQ8lMgUQy_kOegQIAhAB&amp;opi=89978449&amp;cd&amp;psig=AOvVaw0hZ48cUTJDFBJT6kybKkUM&amp;ust=1772273354978000\" rel=\"noopener\">military capacity<\/a>\u00a0\u201cto sustain [beyond] a four to five day intense aerial assault on Iran \u2013 or a week of lower intensity strikes\u201d. He later contradicted his Generals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_22\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Trump\u2019s Generals had provided him with a much more\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/02\/23\/dan-caine-iran-risk-trump\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/02\/23\/dan-caine-iran-risk-trump\/\" rel=\"noopener\">complex picture<\/a>: They were not willing to guarantee regime change; there would be no certainty about the length of the campaign, and there would be no ability to accurately predict Tehran\u2019s response \u2013 or the regional implications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_23\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Likely, Trump, despite the warnings, imagined (or hoped for \u2026) a short bloody war of a few days, after which he could claim \u2018Victory\u2019 over the extended debris, and then hope to manoeuvre towards a ceasefire \u2014 with media headlines shouting another \u2018Trump Peace\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_24\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Wars, of course, are never determined by one side alone. Iran warned that if it was attacked, it would trigger all-out war \u2013 not just in Iran, but across the region. On just the first day of the war, this is what Iran has now done, with attacks on U.S. bases across the Persian Gulf \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/english.almayadeen.net\/news\/politics\/irgc-said-it-targeted-us-fifth-fleet-headquarters-in-bahrain\" href=\"https:\/\/english.almayadeen.net\/news\/politics\/irgc-said-it-targeted-us-fifth-fleet-headquarters-in-bahrain\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. military bases<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Middle_East_Spectator\/29274\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Middle_East_Spectator\/29274\" rel=\"noopener\">on fire<\/a>\u00a0and smoking for all to see. Major oil companies have just suspended shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_25\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Trump \u2013 but more precisely Netanyahu \u2013 has just triggered a multi front war, with attacks on Israel from many directions (from Iran, Yemen, Iraq \u2026). A long war is more likely than a quick war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_26\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Trump is stuck in Zugzwang.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/2027502288244260874\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/2027502288244260874\" rel=\"noopener\">He is compelled<\/a>\u00a0to make the move on Iran, but in so moving, aggravates his own situation \u2013 \u2018Zugzwang\u2019.\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/simplicius76.substack.com\/p\/iran-calls-trumps-bluff-as-deep-state\" href=\"https:\/\/simplicius76.substack.com\/p\/iran-calls-trumps-bluff-as-deep-state\" rel=\"noopener\">Reportedly<\/a>, \u201cmany inside the Pentagon believe the U.S. will face generational disaster if it over-commits to a large-scale conflict with Iran [and does not perform \u2018brilliantly\u2019]\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_27\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Yet the ideological momentum for a strike originating from the camp of Netanyahu and his diverse auxiliaries and donors in the U.S. proved compelling. These latter see a U.S. strike as a\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/conflictsforum.substack.com\/p\/attack-donald-attack-tehran-is-lagging\" href=\"https:\/\/conflictsforum.substack.com\/p\/attack-donald-attack-tehran-is-lagging\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018once in a generation opportunity\u2019<\/a>\u00a0to re-cast the geo-strategic map \u2013 to\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/28\/iran-attack-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/28\/iran-attack-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei\" rel=\"noopener\">remake Iran<\/a>\u00a0as a pro-western ally of Israel in a new coalition at war with Islamic radicalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_28\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Such sentiments \u2013 though fantastical \u2013 should not be brushed aside lightly. They are deeply embedded in culture and in various eschatological beliefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_29\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">War logistics carry their own momentum: Once the \u2018spring\u2019 of military deployment is released, it takes a major effort to wind it back. At the outset to WW1, it proved impossible for the European leadership to reverse the mechanics of deployment \u2013 simply owing to the limitations inherent to the railway system. It takes a major effort to bring wide war-momentum to a halt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_30\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">In triggering such an existential global trial of strength, Trump will not be able, like King Canute, to \u2018command\u2019 the tide to recede. He has started events that will determine our global geo-political future. The future of China, Russia and Iran will hang in the balance, one way or another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_31\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">The economic order hangs in the balance too. Trump\u2019s solution to the debt crisis hangs largely on his trade war. The viability of Trump tariffs to mitigate its debt obligations hangs on dollar hegemony. And dollar hegemony largely is a function of preserving the myth of U.S. exceptional military invulnerability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_32\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">But with Iran effectively having called Trump\u2019s bluff, he is faced with\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/opinions-analysis\/article\/hylyslbfzx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/opinions-analysis\/article\/hylyslbfzx\" rel=\"noopener\">the humiliating choices<\/a>\u00a0of either TACO-ing out (i.e. by twisting some premature call for ceasefire, as in the 12-day war, to proclaim \u2018Victory\u2019), or were it to be a longer war, to accept the U.S. military being perceived as a paper tiger and seeing the consequences reverberate across debt markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_33\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Trump is a truly committed supporter of Israel, but he is within a whisker from sinking his Presidency on this rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_34\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Perhaps he had no choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_35\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alastair Crooke : Trump's Dangerous War of Choice\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQi8exiUVVw?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a class=\"caption\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cQi8exiUVVw'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cQi8exiUVVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/acrooke\/the-end-to-deceptive-trumpian-diplomacy\/\">https:\/\/www.unz.com\/acrooke\/the-end-to-deceptive-trumpian-diplomacy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;What Very Little Credibility the American ZOG Still Had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}