Iran acts aggressively and bombs American assets. President Trump swears Iran can’t be trusted and bombs them. Iran then asks to go back to therapy the negotiating table. Trump agrees.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat. President Trump had announced on Saturday that the attack that had been planned was called off in favor of talks. Here we go again.

President Trump announced new talks with Tehran will begin Monday after he called off a “massive” attack on Iran that had been planned for this weekend.

Appeals from several Gulf state allies — along with Iran itself — led Trump to stand down, he said. Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud spoke privately with the president on Saturday.

“I was asked to by Saudi Arabia, by UAE, by Qatar, and by Iran,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One Sunday when asked why he scrapped the plan to strike Iran.

“We were all set to go,” he said, adding it would have been a “massive attack.”

“I said to the crown prince, ‘What would you rather do? Would you rather us do this or not?’” Trump said.

“They said we would much prefer a deal as opposed to an attack, because you don’t know where these attacks lead.”

But the Saudi crown prince reassured him that Iran was ready to make a deal.

“They thought that a deal is imminent,” Trump said, noting it would include the Strait of Hormuz and on Iran’s nuclear program.

How many times have we been told a deal is imminent? Too many.

“This is the fifth time we’ve negotiated a peace with Iran during this war and we’ve become exceedingly efficient at it.” pic.twitter.com/8yPuiVS20M

— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) August 2, 2026

While we should just get the bombing over with in order to knock the Iranian economy off its last legs, and end this seesaw diplomacy once and for all, President Trump is reluctant to commit to the final blow. There are simply too many voices in his ear who don’t want the final blow, or don’t want the uncertainty of what comes next. That includes Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and (no kidding) Iran.

Yeah I imagine that Iran would ask you to call off strikes on Iran https://t.co/RI1tUFPQir

— Sunny (@sunnyright) August 2, 2026

But given all the chaos in Iran between the civilian and military leaders, and the continued executions of those who protested against the regime, how much longer can the Iranian regime hold on to power?

The streets of Iran are near a breaking point over public executions, economic collapse and a war that’s been raging on for more than five months, anti-regime figures in Tehran told The Post.

“A revolution can happen any day now — people want revenge,” a protest leader said, referring to the regime’s brutal January crackdown that President Trump said killed 52,000 people.

An independent journalist active in the Iranian underground said that preparations are already being made for the next uprising, and that activists from all walks of life are determined to make a final, decisive blow against the regime.

Both Iranians spoke with The Post through a translator by cellphone after signing on to a VPN.

He claimed that the Iranian resistance has hidden crude weaponry and tools throughout the country — bricks, rocks, wooden clubs, chairs and tires used to block roads — waiting for the day that people once again take to the streets.

Small groups are working clandestinely to procure firearms to distribute to demonstrators — utilizing guns stored in certain private homes and smuggled from abroad, the protest leader claimed. They did not specify who would be providing these weapons.

“When we went out in January, we were like lambs to the slaughter; the Basij forces were using firepower that you couldn’t believe; the streets were like a graveyard, corpses everywhere, the streets ran red with blood,” she said, unable to contain her rage and grief.

She warned regime forces: “Next time we come out, we’re coming out armed.”

Obviously, it would make things much easier on President Trump, both logistically and optically, if the Iranian people rise up and throw off the evil regime that has repressed them for over 40 years. Will it happen? It seems like the day is inching closer, but even when it does happen, this is a very underarmed populace with limited offensive options. There will be death in the streets again, undoubtedly. The regime is weaker than it has been in decades, with a missing supreme leader, but the IRGC and all of the domestic police forces still are armed, and as we saw earlier this year, they have no qualms about turning their weapons on their own people.

But does anyone actually believe that Iran is totally, honestly, a hundred percent ready to make a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and give up any nuclear ambitions, that they will honor in word and deed? If you believe that, there’s a bridge to Gaza you can buy. And in reality, I don’t think President Trump actually believes that a deal will happen. I think he does hate war, and would prefer to make deals for peace (he does absolutely LOVE the title of peacemaker), but he’s proved that he’s willing to make the big calls when necessary. Part of what is happening now is placating the allies in the region. Eventually, those allies are going to have to make some tough decisions. Saudi Arabia has already broken the ice by going on a joint strike with the United States on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq last week. President Trump is likely trying to ease countries like Saudi Arabia into agreeing that the Iranian regime has to go by being agreeable and conciliatory about the whole thing. However, the flip-flopping of “Deal Or No Deal,” especially as American troops are laid to rest, is wearing on the public as a whole. Mr. President, it is past time to commit to the end of the war, and the only way to end it is to win.

Featured image: President Donald Trump on March 5, 2026, official White House photo by Daniel Torok on the White House Flickr account, cropped, public domain