Trump conceded it himself this week: certain munitions are running tighter, and he named the culprit, years of Biden-era drawdowns into Ukraine.
The timing stings, because Tehran just promoted an Iran-Iraq war commander to run its security council and floated skipping this presidency entirely.
Robert Barnes, the attorney who once represented Trump personally, lays out why the negotiating table is empty.
The strikes killed many of the very officials inside Iran who favored diplomacy.
His polling research shows the Iranian street wants revenge, not paper. And the collapsed MOU convinced the hardliners they were right all along.
His verdict on a deal: "It's not going to get done. It's not going to happen."
The restock math is just as cold.
Four years to refill the racks, not four months, because the components run through rare earths Beijing controls.
So Barnes brings an off-ramp nobody in Washington is saying: pull the forces back, lift the blockade, and let China and the global South pressure Tehran into reopening the strait themselves, since they need it open more than anyone.
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