For Trump, Resuming Combat in Iran Would Be Risky, Even if Cease-Fire Expires ^78.4%

The New York Times - By David E. Sanger - 4/8/2026, 5:43 PM

Negativity Bias 38.4% - Unattributed Quote 36.5% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 26.8%

At the Pentagon on Wednesday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the Iranians had been “humiliated and demoralized” over the past five weeks, and that the United States would get ahold of the country’s nuclear stockpiles — by persuasion or by force. The more soft-spoken chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan... more