{"id":23434,"date":"2026-08-13T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23434"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:24:14","slug":"iran-talks-tough-to-us-says-trump-miscalculated-on-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23434","title":{"rendered":"Iran talks tough to US, says Trump &#8216;miscalculated&#8217; on Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><!----><time class=\"time\" datetime=\"Thu Aug 13 2026 06:55:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)\">23 mins ago<\/time><!----><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\"><!--[-->Iran poised to ramp up aggression as midterms near, Gen. Keane warns as MOU deadline looms<!--]--><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div><!--[--><!--[--><!----><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Tehran is likely to become more aggressive in the coming days as a new phase approaches, Fox News senior strategic analyst and retired Gen. Jack Keane warned Wednesday, arguing that Iran may believe President Donald Trump will be reluctant to take military action ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cWhen they look at this phase here, they see the midterms coming. My gut feel is that they&#8217;re likely going to get more aggressive because they don&#8217;t believe the president will do much prior to the midterms in terms of military actions,\u201d Keane said on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Special Report.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cBut they have miscalculated with him time and time again, and he is totally capable of shutting them down once and for all and crushing him with the ability that he has literally at his fingertips.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>\u201cWe have more capability in the region now than we had on Feb. 28, and it all is ready. So that leverage is there. It&#8217;s his decision to be sure,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>Keane\u2019s warning came as Trump said Tuesday that the United States has \u201ctotal\u201d control over the Strait of Hormuz, as Washington and Tehran remain at an impasse over arrangements for reopening the vital waterway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-item-body\">\n<p>An Iranian source also told Reuters Wednesday that there were no talks with Washington on extending the June interim agreement, saying Tehran saw \u201cnothing to extend,\u201d with the 60-day negotiating period outlined in the memorandum of understanding fast approaching its Aug. 17 deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 mins ago Iran poised to ramp up aggression as midterms near, Gen. Keane warns&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}