Why a Single Phone Threat Just Stalled the Talks Meant to End the War
The peace talks that could end a four-month war just hit a wall not over treaty language, but over a presidential threat delivered from outside the room. Iran's delegation walked out of the Swiss venue after Donald Trump threatened to 'hit Iran very hard again,' a reminder that these negotiations can collapse over signaling and pride as easily as over substance.
Bottom Line
The Switzerland talks are real and ongoing, but they're being conducted in two places at once — at the table in Bürgenstock and over the airwaves via presidential threats. That split is the actual vulnerability. The Lebanon linkage and Iran's Hormuz claim are leverage being played in a high-stakes bargaining round, and a walkout five days in signals strain, not collapse.
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