Iran Scents Victory As Trump Backs Off Extends Ceasefire; Putin Hard Line Slaviansk Defence Crumbles (Alexander Mercouris)

0:00:00 Introduction and yesterday's expectations
0:00:58 Trump's threat to destroy Iran's infrastructure
0:02:12 Iran refuses to negotiate, calls Trump's bluff
0:04:33 Trump desperate for a deal since day 10 of the war
0:05:10 Rising oil prices and fuel shortages pressure the US
0:06:25 US missile stockpiles dangerously depleted
0:08:51 Military warns Trump: run out of precision weapons
0:10:15 Iran holds the stronger hand — the poker cartoon
0:11:53 Iran refuses to send delegation to Islamabad
0:12:34 Trump's Truth Social statement: indefinite ceasefire
0:14:20 The fiction of Iranian leadership splits
0:17:27 Western intel disinfo operation exposed
0:19:11 Why Iran's survival equals victory
0:22:07 The sea blockade theory — and why it's wrong
0:24:48 Ships bypassing the blockade: Russian intel confirmed
0:27:11 Financial Times: 34 tankers breach the blockade
0:30:37 US warships unable to enforce the blockade
0:39:48 America exposed: Iran has outlasted the US
0:47:42 A debacle — Trump must now negotiate
0:56:57 Ukraine front: Russian push on Slaviansk and Kramatorsk



The key issue the video raises is that the US may be dangerously low of ammunition, more so than has been admitted. Iran can likely hold out longer than the US can attack, especially with help from Russia and China.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 24, 2026.]