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I don’t know what is in President Donald Trump’s head. No one does — except him. And that is by design. Revealing his strategy would forfeit leverage, eliminate surprise and weaken negotiations before they even begin.
Strategic ambiguity is not confusion. It is strength.
I spent more than 20 years working on many of Trump’s largest business deals and three years serving as Middle East envoy in the White House. I am often asked what I believe he is thinking about Iran. My phone has been ringing off the hook since Wednesday’s meeting between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Here is my assessment.
Many predicted he would strike quickly. I did not. Weeks ago, I wrote that he would first test whether diplomacy could work — real diplomacy, aimed at real results.
