{"id":646,"date":"2026-07-08T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2026-07-08T22:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T22:37:09","slug":"is-the-us-at-war-with-iran-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=646","title":{"rendered":"Is the US at war with Iran again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=644\">The rise of the \u201cloneliness influencer\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> Is the US-Iran deal \u201cover\u201d?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s happening?<\/strong> The US launched a second consecutive day of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, deepening a breach in the three-week-old \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d between the two countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The immediate incident began on Monday after Iran attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The US struck Iran on Tuesday, and Iran responded with strikes of its own in neighboring Kuwait and Bahrain, which are both home to US military installations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The US also reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil on Tuesday, restricting what had been a new income stream for the regime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When asked about the ceasefire on Wednesday, President Donald Trump, who is currently at a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, said, \u201cI think it\u2019s over. I don\u2019t want to deal with them anymore. They\u2019re scum.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the context?<\/strong> As my colleague Josh Keating wrote last month, the end of the Iran war has been greatly exaggerated from the jump. This isn\u2019t even the first time the US has attacked Iranian targets since the two sides reached a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d in mid-June, which laid out a 60-day pathway toward a more permanent deal (at least in theory).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Other problems also abound, including the status of the Strait, the outstanding question of Iran\u2019s nuclear program, and the Israel-Lebanon conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=642\">MAGA has a new villain: Amy Coney Barrett<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>So what now?<\/strong> It\u2019s hard to say. Violence has broken out and receded at other points during the ceasefire, and Trump\u2019s comments can be an unreliable indicator of where things are headed. But the strikes are once again grinding traffic through the Strait to a halt, according to CNN, and oil prices are rising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>If that continues, Trump could also begin to lose ground on gas prices, which had been falling following the ceasefire agreement \u2014 and with the midterms quickly approaching and voters broadly unhappy about the state of the economy, he doesn\u2019t have much time left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Speaking of the midterms: The road to control of the US Senate may well run through Maine, where Democratic nominee Graham Platner is facing serious new allegations that are likely to end his campaign. On a special episode of his podcast <\/em>America, Actually<em>, my colleague Astead Herndon explains <\/em><em>why the left ignored Platner\u2019s red flags<\/em><em> in the first place<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a Logoff piece if I\u2019ve ever seen one: The moral case for being less online, featuring some fun history about Luddism (as always, it\u2019s a gift link).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Plus, from the World Cup: No games today. But don\u2019t miss the Vox video team on how soccer players train for chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanlivingreport.com\/?p=641\">Leather is not an innocent byproduct of the\u00a0meat\u00a0industry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks for reading, have a great evening, and we\u2019ll see you back here tomorrow!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>See More<!-- -->:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donald Trump<\/li>\n<li>Iran<\/li>\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n<li>The Logoff<\/li>\n<li>World Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the US at war with Iran again?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is the US at war with Iran again? 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