Opinion: Trump is right to stop chasing Iran for a deal to end a war it has lost, the NY Post editorial board says

The New York Post editorial board says President Trump "has it entirely right" that the days for seeking "a deal with Iran" have "long since passed."

The board says Tehran won't drop what Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls its "outrageous and ridiculous" demands, including the right to charge tolls on Strait of Hormuz traffic and a stronger position than it had before Operation Epic Fury began.

So, the editorial says, the president will keep the embargo and other sanctions "choking Iran's economy," leaving it unable to rebuild its nuclear program in any serious way, and wait, with more combat operations available if needed. It notes Tehran wrecked this summer's Memorandum of Understanding by attacking ships in the Gulf, and says "the president won't be played for a sucker again."

A White House official told the Post that Trump's Truth Social post was a message to Iran: "The Iranians should understand that the president is in the dominant position and able to exercise real strategic patience here."

The board warns Tehran may try to wait Trump out, hoping Democrats use their coming control of Congress to force a retreat, but says Democrats won't want to hand "a lasting stranglehold over world oil markets" to the "Death to America" crew. Its conclusion: "Iran's rulers need to give up their crazy demands, or their country will keep falling apart around them."