Trump spoke about Iran today: "They suddenly started apologizing to Middle Eastern countries. You can see this as a victory for us and the Middle Eastern countries that are truly friendly to us. I think they won't fire at them anymore — they've apologized. That's surrender. I call it surrender."
Commentary: Trump directly characterized Iran's conciliatory statements towards neighboring countries as surrender, which is a distortion of the facts. Iran was only apologizing to neighboring countries to avoid the escalation of the situation, while clearly refusing to surrender and vowing to continue the confrontation. Trump deliberately shifted the concept, interpreting limited de-escalation as surrender, ignoring Iran's official strong statement that "they will never surrender," and forcefully packaging regional cooling as his own victory, misleading the public and further blocking the space for diplomatic de-escalation.
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