{"id":8882,"date":"2026-03-23T16:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:06:51","slug":"8882","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/03\/23\/8882\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you know \u201cHow to speak Trump,\u201d you know that this headline is not absolute but part of the negotiating process.\u00a0 It would also help the reporter to listen to all of Pres. Trump\u2019s comments for context and clues.\u00a0 The one thing we don\u2019t know is who is the U.S. negotiating with, but we know that it is happening.\u00a0 See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/03\/23\/trump_strait_of_hormuz_will_be_jointly_controlled_by_me_and_the_next_ayatollah_whoever_that_is.html\">\u201cTrump: Strait of Hormuz Will Be Jointly Controlled By &#8220;Me And The Next Ayatollah, Whoever That Is&#8221;,\u201d<\/a> RCP, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/donald-trump-iran-talks-00839682\">\u201cTrump says strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure paused for 5 days amid US-Iran talks,\u201d<\/a> Politico, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/international\/americas\/artc-iran-rejects-trump-s-productive-talks-claim-denies-any-dialogue-with-washington\">\u201cTrump signals end to conflict after \u2018strong talks\u2019 with Iran, denied by Tehran,\u201d<\/a> i24, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/the-top-iranian-diplomat-who-says-hes-in-no-mood-to-talk-ef6ed51e?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqcJ8wwmRP1hfKL4DF4NqkmuVFPEdYHbwBw5Ix8w0EVJHK-tNzpR4ex10ilmM6M%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69c3c583&amp;gaa_sig=wS2uuqxGcDIjx3TqS6Ps5jnFBPplyqmzs9St8NgLvM6d-1uHeaMvxlZcFAztzsfhdnO5nB5geRHLnS-Fa2DdYw%3D%3D\">\u201cIran\u2019s Top Diplomat Is the Face of a Defiant Regime,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/23\/trump-suspends-iran-strikes-hormuz-negotiations\">\u201cU.S. negotiating with senior Iranian official:\u00a0 Trump,\u201d<\/a> Axios, 3-23-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cGhalibaf is a former general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps., a former mayor of Tehran and a close associate of the new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. Ghalibaf played a key role in managing Iran&#8217;s war effort during the 12-day war in June and is currently seen as the most senior civilian official in Iran&#8217;s decision-making circle. It was Ghalibaf who responded to Trump&#8217;s threat to bomb power plants with a similar threat to strike energy facilities in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-gulf-states-offense-decision-b8d98ff9\">\u201cGulf States Edge Toward Joining Fight Against Iran,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/the-back-channel-diplomacy-behind-trumps-u-turn-on-iran-b70efc60?mod=series_israeliranhav\">\u201cThe Back-Channel Diplomacy Behind Trump\u2019s U-Turn on Iran,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 3-23-26.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/iran-built-a-vast-camera-network-to-control-dissent-israel-used-it-to-track-targets-ap-sources-say\">\u201cIran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel used it to track targets, AP sources say,\u201d<\/a> PBS, 3-23-26.\u00a0\u00a0Good reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you know \u201cHow to speak Trump,\u201d you know that this headline is not absolute but part of the negotiating process.\u00a0 It would also help the reporter to listen to all of Pres. Trump\u2019s comments for context and clues.\u00a0 The one thing we don\u2019t know is who is the U.S. negotiating with, but we know &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2026\/03\/23\/8882\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8882"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8985,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions\/8985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}