{"id":2418,"date":"2026-10-10T09:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T04:03:51","slug":"trump-says-iran-is-failing-badly-hints-at-military-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2418","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran is failing badly, hints at military action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>US President Donald Trump has said that Washington may take action against Iran, claiming that Tehran is in a dire situation militarily and economically, but offered no details about possible steps or a timeline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asked on Friday why a US response might be delayed until after the November 3 midterm elections rather than being carried out immediately, Trump said, \u201cWe may. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think that they\u2019re failing badly. Their country is failing badly. Their military is defeated. They have no navy. They have no air force. They have 300% inflation, and Iran is in very bad shape,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not elaborate on what action his administration might take against Tehran, according to an Anadolu report.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, prompting Tehran to retaliate with missile and drone attacks across the region and effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict, which has continued for more than seven months, has driven up global energy prices as commercial oil traffic through the strategic waterway has effectively ground to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>A framework agreement aimed at halting hostilities and paving the way for negotiations was reached between Washington and Tehran in June following mediation efforts by Pakistan and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>However, the agreement could not be implemented after both sides developed differences, including over security and navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump has said that Washington may take action against Iran, claiming that Tehran is in a dire situation militarily and economically, but offered no details about possible steps or a timeline. Asked on Friday why a US response might be delayed until after the November 3 midterm elections rather than being carried out immediately, Trump said, \u201cWe may. We will see.\u201d \u201cBut I think that they\u2019re failing badly. Their country is failing badly. Their military is defeated. They have no navy. They have no air force. They&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}