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President Donald Trump has remained defiant<\/u> amid a wave of criticism from right-wing figures urging him to resume hostilities with Iran and walk away from peace negotiations<\/u>, but according to Israeli-American academic and podcast host Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, that pressure may be gaining traction.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am currently talking to two sources I really respect. They are both telling me that Trump is backing away from the deal with Iran, likely under extreme internal pressure (i.e. Israel and its domestic allies in the US),\u201d Ben-Ephraim wrote in a social media post Sunday on X. \u201cThis is a terrifying turn of events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington and Tehran have already \u201cagreed in principle<\/u>\u201d on a deal to end the U.S. war against Iran, though such a deal has yet to be finalized. <\/p>\n

Amid reports that the Trump administration was nearing a peace deal, several prominent right-wing figures expressed skepticism, including former CIA Director Mike Pompeo<\/u>, Sens. Ted Cruz<\/u> (R-TX) and Lindsey Graham<\/u> (R-SC), as well as Trump-ally Laura Loomer, who claimed<\/u> there to be \u201cno such thing as peace with Muslims\u201d and urged<\/u> the president to \u201cbomb the Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Amid the alleged \u201cinternal pressure\u201d being placed on Trump to resume the war against Iran, Bloomberg has reported<\/u> that the president has also faced significant \u201coutside\u201d pressure to resume the war, including from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Trump said that he would likely come to a final decision on whether to resume hostilities by Sunday, with there being a \u201csolid 50\/50<\/u>\u201d chance that he would authorize the U.S. military to \u201cblow [Iran] to kingdom come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I am currently talking to two sources I really respect. They are both telling me that Trump is backing away from the deal with Iran, likely under extreme internal pressure (i.e. Israel and its domestic allies in the US). This is a terrifying turn of events.
\u2014 Shaiel Ben-Ephraim (@academic_la) May 24, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump has remained defiant amid a wave of criticism from right-wing figures urging him to resume hostilities with Iran and walk away from peace negotiations, but according to Israeli-American academic and podcast host Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, that pressure may be gaining traction.\u201cI am c…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump inches toward 'terrifying' decision amid 'extreme internal pressure': academic - Property Relocation USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=551\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump inches toward 'terrifying' decision amid 'extreme internal pressure': academic - 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