Trump Wants A Quick Final Agreement And A Rebounding Economy - He Will Get Neither

It looks like a bit of realty finally sunk into Trump's tiny brain. He finally realized that his ridiculous and unnecessary war with Iran has just made an already bad economy even worse - and that was likely to be devastating to Republicans in the November elections - leaving him an even weaker lame duck president.

He made a bad temporary agreement with Iran, and has quickly arranged for negotiations to reach a final agreement to actually end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz for good. He hopes a quick final agreement will result in a rebounding economy and save the GOP in the coming elections.

There are two problems with that. First, even if a quick agreement is reached, it is extremely unlikely to fix the economy before the elections. Second, Trump is a terrible negotiator. He is just a bully who tries to force the other side to give in to what he wants - and he is already threatening Iran with more devastation if they don't bend to his will.

Bombing the hell out of Iran didn't work the first time, and it won't work if he resumes it. He would have to put American troops on the ground to really change the current situation - and the American people aren't going to like that. It would make his situation worse - not better.

Complicating things further is the fact that the Iranians are good negotiators.  They stretched out the negotiations with President Obama for two years to get the best deal possible.

They know that Trump is in serious political trouble, and they aren't going to agree to a quick agreement unless he gives them everything they want - including the kitchen sink! They know he is going to be in an even weaker position after the November elections, and they won't agree to anything before then.

Through his own incompetent actions Trump has put himself between a rock and a hard place, and Iran is not going to let him extricate himself.

There will be no final agreement before the elections.