President Donald Trump is weighing several options for dramatically escalating the war against Iran should his latest push for diplomacy fail. Yet not only would those scenarios risk heavy casualties, there’s also little guarantee they would successfully end the conflict. “They’re defeated, they can’t make a comeback,” Trump said of Iran during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday. A 15-point peace proposal drawn up by Trump officials was swiftly rejected by Iran. “This would give Trump the opportunity to say, ‘I now control Iran’s oil,” said Gregory Brew, a senior analyst on Iran and the energy sector at political risk firm Eurasia Group.

Source: CNN March 27, 2026 04:59 UTC