# Speculation About Trump’s Underlying Reasons for the Continuing Conduct of the Iran War

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**Created:** [April 5, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-trump-s-underlying-reasons-for-the-continuing-conduct-of-the-iran-war/1029050 "2026-04-05T18:21:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-about-trump-s-underlying-reasons-for-the-continuing-conduct-of-the-iran-war/1029050/51 "2026-04-10T15:07:27Z")

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One supposed reason for Trump to continue the conflict is the supposed support from other countries for the “ceasefire”. but as **wguy** pointed out:

> [@United States and Israel are bombing Iran {for current/ongoing events, past/future have specific threads}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1270):
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> BTW, from that article, UK is one of them “praising” Trump. Of course, the only mention is that the UK is in support of the ceasefire. I don’t call that “praising”. Also, on that page I can’t actually see where they are getting their info. Fox News is garbage!
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> > Leaders [from Israel,](https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/israel) Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia are among those coming out in support of the U.S. ceasefire agreement with Iran.

1. Yes, Fox news is garbage. Lying liars who lie. And then often have to pay hundreds of millions for the lie.

2. I don’t think there was a real ceasefire. There was Trump _wishing_ for a ceasefire, followed by Iran saying “OK then, here’s a proposal, we get everything and you get nothing”, followed by Israel going “Umm, no thanks we’ll keep killing people.”

The “ceasefire” was just Trump flailing with bullshit looking for an exit that made him a winner.

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