{"id":66330,"date":"2026-06-01T07:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=66330"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:49:51","slug":"so-much-for-the-iran-war-ceasefire-looks-like-trump-is-using-every-devious-trick-to-keep-the-war-illicitly-going-without-congressional-oversight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=66330","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>So much for the Iran War ceasefire. Looks like Trump is using every devious trick to keep the war going illicitly without congressional oversight.<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66331\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-01-at-7.47.55-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-01-at-7.47.55-AM.png 607w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-01-at-7.47.55-AM-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it launched a strike of its own, and Kuwait reported incoming fire.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-7-2026-421ee64fdc9a5c26460df8119c7d1b3f\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">nominal ceasefire<\/a><\/span>\u00a0between Iran and the U.S. has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war. It\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-ceasefire-nuclear-talks-cac5206df0f0c7b79fe9321c08d63096\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">not clear how close they are<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to a deal \u2014 and there is always the risk that an attack could derail those talks.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Iran has maintained its chokehold on the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-united-states-war-hormuz-ceasefire-aeea91e1d1682e7e22321512e6e4aa35\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/span>, disrupting global energy supplies and driving up the price of fuel around the world, with\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fertilizer-shortage-iran-war-alternatives-farming-60523696dadb80bd6fee43ec27d55f08\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">far-reaching consequences<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-irael-war-kuwait-strikes-88daa9f90b48baaa7beb18e35515c59d\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-irael-war-kuwait-strikes-88daa9f90b48baaa7beb18e35515c59d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-66330","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\/66330","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=66330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66334,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66330\/revisions\/66334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}