Reported claim

“Donald Trump employed contradictory strategies on 12-13 June 2026 of simultaneous military escalation and diplomatic de-escalation by threatening Kharg Island seizure while claiming diplomatic breakthrough.”

Strengthened after The Guardian World reported it.

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