{"id":14602,"date":"2026-03-17T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/17\/they-hold-the-cards-now-trump-allies-fear-iran-is-slipping-beyond-the-presidents-control-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:05:00","slug":"they-hold-the-cards-now-trump-allies-fear-iran-is-slipping-beyond-the-presidents-control-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/17\/they-hold-the-cards-now-trump-allies-fear-iran-is-slipping-beyond-the-presidents-control-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They hold the cards now\u2019: Trump allies fear Iran is slipping beyond the president\u2019s control &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxQcHB2MWczc2FaZ3ZITmQ5Yl9qX0FfZzM1Nnl0RHQ1cFVaaUN3eTNic1dxWFFoN3ZkYlVmZmVGby1NSWVGaEFYbjRUaGpjd1hwZ3RTMHJucUVqMnRGTmY4Y0VYSTJPVFFqcEpqdzVuUWpMNTFtSE85VXp3WlNlSVRseHJ4ZlRqa0lGQk82YXZNTFJ4Z3l0M1p2eWZaSkNlM0FuaUl6Zzhyb0RVTzctMFppb1VTQ3psM1l4MDZobzJCc3NqQnR0RzZtU2xoVDFaOFBSNGVieQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018They hold the cards now\u2019: Trump allies fear Iran is slipping beyond the president\u2019s control<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE14T1JVZGFCSzVoY2hEdEpVWkpOTkhZdThuWUQzZ1pzVWtWOWpVTmh6WVAwSmtQNmE4bDcwZjJDOGM3NjB0TjQ4clh6TUdBYXdzeFdWejVEYjZadUF6dFZVLTR3ajBtYXlyb0pybjdmR25nZXZJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">What Are Trump\u2019s Positions on Iran? They Can Change by the Sentence.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOTGREdVAyVkREOWs5QndwOEU3Yzg4bktJbkcyQ2hyR04xemhWTVJzVnZySng1LVNpeEc3SVRaTTd0bTdwWm5KemZ4LVA2QUF1WExVM0g3S0ZQYUVyS1RfaUI1VjdMQUlhaEFGRVdrT3RIZkhTVUF0YUNaUERHT0tXd2Jn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Window to Declare Victory Is Closing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE02WlFiU0MyaTB5RHlyWnZ3UE1hZmdva09MaXB3aThqbl90SUNvNGpqdWU4dGtCSWZsZHBmSGdlaXViZFQ0elNRUENmaXhzSkwxaE8yUUxDcmtHYkVNSGpGVWxqWF9lTFo3RHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the Curtain: Trump&#8217;s escalation trap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOLU91N0I1dDJvRTNvQnNrWGpiUDR4cmpNSFNYV0lfN3FkNDRSRVJqYzFlX2ZUVGpCWldiQUFhMExWa05WVXdZYjJjOGdZa2ZYWWhPS1RlajFHYmlSUGJ0ZktEY2I4eEdPMW1CWHBlRmhNX0J5cjVncWhCMzdqRFA5d0g0R1p6NGJfMVFoUm5QSWxEemVLVjBQUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Analysis: Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018They hold the cards now\u2019: Trump allies fear Iran is slipping beyond the president\u2019s control&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico What Are Trump\u2019s Positions on Iran? They Can Change by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/17\/they-hold-the-cards-now-trump-allies-fear-iran-is-slipping-beyond-the-presidents-control-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}