Trump’s Iran TACO Gambit – Feint and Move and Win
Photo courtesy of United States Central Command (CENTCOM). When protesters were being killed in Tehran in early January 2026, President Trump threatened strikes, telling Fox News he had “put Iran on notice” and that if the regime shot at demonstrators, the U.S. would hit Iran “very hard.” The Iranian diaspora and protesters were energized. Then Trump said he had been informed the killing had stopped