## Beijing Concludes Trump Faces a Strategic Iran Trap as Allies Dwindle

Authored by orfonline.org

Both sides remain engaged in mutual attacks despite rising financial and human costs, as the world faces recessionary pressures.

Second, Iran seems increasingly isolated and battered, maintaining a fragile control over a shrinking, though still damaging, capacity for retaliation.

For Trump, the short campaign has become a strategic trap: military strikes yield decreasing benefits, while regime change and a clear exit plan remain out of reach.

Beijing views Tehran as maintaining its retaliatory ability, showing strong resilience under intense pressure, even though its control over the conflict remains fragile.

Iran may attack with relatively inexpensive weapons, but it has suffered severe damage to infrastructure, vital services, institutions, and its defence and industrial sectors.

Beijing, therefore, concludes that despite Trump’s unease, Israel still needs America in this war.

Trump, then, faces a tough reality: a war he cannot clearly win, cannot suddenly walk away from, and cannot end without seeming defeated. »

### Ex-Bethesda dev on Fallout and Skyrim says Todd Howard has too many yes men around him — "A lot of people were afraid to say no to Todd, and I think that hurt him"

Authored by windowscentral.com

To say that his influence on the industry is massive is an understatement — but that hardly means he's infallible.

"I can't tell you how many times I told Todd, 'Oh, that's not a good idea, that's bad, that's not good.'

Me and Todd could at least communicate — a lot of people were afraid to say no to Todd, and I think that hurt him," he said. »

### The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran

Authored by theatlantic.com

If a similar panel of experts scrutinized the run-up to the current war in Iran, their assessment might go something like this:.

There’s a failure of intelligence there too—just not the kind we’re used to seeing.

He’ll know the war in Iran is over, he recently told an interviewer, “when I feel it, feel it in my bones.”. »

### Journalist detained for booing Trump at Kennedy Center Chicago performance

Authored by advocate.com

When Trump and first lady Melania Trump appeared on a balcony box before the performance, Ramirez says he booed and gave a thumbs-down.

Related: Trump reveals GOP congressman’s ‘terminal’ medical diagnosis at Kennedy Center meeting.

Related: Kennedy Center Honors to be renamed for Donald Trump, happening at ‘yet to be determined’ new venue. »

### After a Barista Had $20 Stolen From His Tip Jar, Customers Showed up With Over $1,000

Authored by today.com

Michael Coyne at Red, White and Brew Coffeehouse in Warwick, Rhode Island.

“I said, ‘I’ll give you the money,’ and I thought all would be well, but it wasn’t,” she says.

The next day, Michael told two regulars about the theft: the Warwick police chief and one of his sergeants. »

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