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Fox News: Trump's patience with Iran is wearing thin, citing American source

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Fox News: Trump's patience with Iran is wearing thin, citing American source

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TL;DR

Fox News reports, quoting an American source, that President Donald Trump's patience with Iran is beginning to run out. The report follows multiple rounds of U.S. strikes on Iranian military infrastructure and growing frustration with the pace of negotiations, as The Zioneer has previously documented.

01 · THE DISPATCH

Fox News reported Sunday evening, citing an unnamed American source, that President Donald Trump's patience with Iran is beginning to wear thin. The report does not specify a concrete trigger or imminent action, but places the assessment in the context of stalled diplomacy and recent U.S. military escalation.

As The Zioneer previously reported, a senior American official told reporters earlier in June that Trump was frustrated with talks and that the administration appeared headed toward 'violent assaults on Iran's infrastructure.' On Sunday morning, Trump himself announced U.S. strikes on Iranian missile depots and radar sites, warning that if the U.S. is forced to complete its mission, 'the Islamic Republic of Iran will not continue to exist.' Those remarks followed overnight strikes that marked at least the third wave of American attacks linked to alleged ceasefire violations.

The Fox News report adds to a pattern of U.S. signaling a narrowing diplomatic window. The Zioneer has also documented earlier U.S. and Israeli assessments that Hezbollah could launch attacks in response, and that the IDF prepared for possible retaliation. No operational details, timeline, or specific decision was attributed in the current report.

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