In order to get out us of this war before it gets even worse, Trump has to focus on the two main things: 1) Restraining Israel: tell Bibi “no”. Ignore the Pickaxe Mountain bait—stop chasing the nuclear dust, that’s a perpetual trap. Demand that Israel withdraw from Lebanon, otherwise we will cut off all U.S. military aid. Remember—Israel got us into this mess, that has been confirmed. Don’t keep falling for their ploys to escalate. 2) Opening the straits: SOH & BAM. First, get our troops out of the region. Then use diplomacy & economic incentives to get the oil flowing again. Ignore the hype that our sanctions are going to bring down the regime—Iran is not going to crumble from economic suffering. The pain they can inflict by weaponizing the SOH is far greater than the pain we can by imposing more sanctions. Trump needs to take advantage of this rapidly-closing window of opportunity and leave now, while he still can. In doing so, he’ll have pulled us out of the region and redirected all focus back on issues affecting Americans here at home. That is a win. If we resume strikes, we’ll end up escalating into an all-out war with boots on the ground, resulting in catastrophic losses to American lives and resources, and crippling the economy—Trump won’t be able to come back from that.