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Trump incumple sus plazos sobre Irán

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Análisis de Aaron Blake, CNN

En el quinto día de la guerra con Irán, el 4 de marzo, la secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, lanzó un mensaje desafiante a los enemigos de Estados Unidos.

“Los terroristas apostaron a que el presidente Trump sería como muchos de sus predecesores: que solo hablaría y se negaría a hacer cumplir sus claras líneas rojas”, dijo. “Pero eso ha resultado ser un error de juicio catastrófico”.

“El presidente Trump no lanza amenazas vacías”, añadió Leavitt.

Ese mensaje ya era cuestionable, dada la historia de Trump de amenazas que no se concretan y plazos incumplidos en la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania.

No obstante, las últimas cinco semanas —quizá más que cualquier otro periodo de sus dos mandatos— lo han mostrado como alguien que fija ultimátums y luego los aplaza, y lo ha hecho en una de las crisis más grandes y significativas imaginables.

En cinco ocasiones, el presidente ha fijado plazos para que Irán acepte sus condiciones o enfrente su respuesta.

Y cada vez ha extendido esos plazos, pese a que hay poca o ninguna evidencia pública de que Irán haya cumplido las condiciones tal como él las planteó.

Sus críticos han convertido en burla la idea de TACO (“Trump always chickens out”, “Trump siempre se acobarda”). Pero el asunto no es gracioso. Como el propio Trump —que en su día atacó a Barack Obama por no hacer cumplir su línea roja en Siria— diría, que te pongan a prueba y no cumplas tiene un precio alto, tanto para la credibilidad estadounidense como para la imagen de fortaleza que proyecta.

Se puede debatir hasta qué punto cada prórroga equivale a una farsa; mucho depende de cuán dispuesto haya estado Teherán a cerrar un acuerdo. También conviene recordar que Trump ha mostrado disposición a golpear a Irán, porque ya lo ha hecho: inició la guerra después de dar señales de preferir una salida diplomática.

Pero hay un actor que sabe exactamente cuánto se han dilatado esos ultimátums: Irán.

Repasemos las amenazas, los plazos y cómo Trump los justificó.

Plazo fijado: 23 de marzo

Trump dijo que Irán debía “ABRIR POR COMPLETO, SIN AMENAZAS, el estrecho de Ormuz, en 48 HORAS”. De lo contrario, Estados Unidos comenzaría a atacar sus plantas eléctricas.

Nuevo plazo fijado: 28 de marzo

Con unas 12 horas por delante, Trump anunció una prórroga de cinco días. Pero, en lugar de que Irán reabriera el estrecho de Ormuz, como había exigido, citó “CONVERSACIONES MUY BUENAS Y PRODUCTIVAS” entre ambas partes.

Había dos problemas. Primero, funcionarios iraníes negaron que hubiera negociaciones en ese momento. Segundo, Trump aún tenía 12 horas para insistir en su exigencia. En cambio, anunció la prórroga poco antes de la apertura de los mercados financieros, lo que tranquilizó a los inversionistas.

Trump dijo que el nuevo plazo del 28 de marzo quedaba “SUJETO AL ÉXITO DE LAS REUNIONES Y DISCUSIONES EN CURSO”.

Nuevo plazo fijado: 6 de abril

Trump dijo que añadía ocho días, citando una “solicitud del Gobierno iraní” de más tiempo y conversaciones que “iban muy bien”.

Sin embargo, un alto funcionario iraní dijo que solo había habido un “intercambio de mensajes”, no negociaciones formales. E Israel, aliado de Estados Unidos en la guerra, sugirió que Irán no estaba negociando en serio.

Trump afirmó entonces que funcionarios iraníes tenían “miedo de decir” lo ansiosos que estaban por cerrar un acuerdo por temor a morir. Pero, casi un mes después, sigue habiendo poca evidencia de que Irán haya ofrecido concesiones importante

Trump administration settles lawsuit with ex-Trump adviser Carter Page

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Carter Page at the One America News studios on Capitol Hill

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN

(CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who sued the DOJ and FBI for over flawed government surveillance he faced due to his Russian contacts in 2016, according to a filing with the Supreme Court Wednesday.

Page, who investigators focused on during their probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, is one of a growing number of past Trump allies who have reached legal settlements with the administration during Trump’s second term.

In 2016, investigators wiretapped Page through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a hotly debated probing tool federal investigators use with cases involving a foreign nexus. An inspector general report said the process used to obtain the warrant to monitor Page was riddled with mistakes and errors.

Because of his work as a campaign adviser and connections to the Russian government, investigators wanted to monitor Page as they probed potential collaboration between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Page sued the Justice Department and FBI and an array of ex-FBI officials, including former Director James Comey, former top counterintelligence official Peter Strzok, and former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who was convicted of doctoring an email related to the FISA application.

Page’s lawsuit for violating his constitutional rights – seeking $75 million in damages – was initially tossed by a federal judge, who found in part that Page had not sued the people who had conducted the surveillance. An appeals court upheld that decision.

The filing did not outline the terms of the settlement. CNN has reached out to Page and the Justice Department for comment.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report highlighted Page’s pre-campaign contacts with at least two “Russian intelligence officers,” a trip he took to Moscow in summer 2016 where he gave a speech that “criticized the U.S. government’s foreign policy toward Russia” and his interactions with Kremlin officials where the Trump campaign was discussed.

Based on these Russia ties, plus other unverified information from the notorious Trump-Russia dossier, federal investigators asked the FISA court let them to wiretap Page for roughly one year. The DOJ later conceded that while the first two warrants proper, but the final two warrants were not legally supported.

“The settlement does not involve petitioner’s claims against the individual defendants,” the filing says.

The settlement is not the first the Trump administration has reached in lawsuits related to the 2016 Russia probe.

Last month, Trump’s Justice Department settled a lawsuit with

Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as US naval blockade of Iran continues

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By Haley Britzky, CNN

(CNN) — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving his position “effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday.

“On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” Parnell said in a post on X. “We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.”

The announcement comes while the US Navy is carrying out a blockade of Iranian ports during a ceasefire in the Iran war. Thus far, US forces have redirected 29 vessels to return to port and have also boarded two ships.

Phelan is a businessman with no prior military service; he and his wife previously fundraised millions of dollars for President Donald Trump’s campaign before he was confirmed as Navy secretary in 2025.

“John will be a tremendous force for our Naval servicemembers, and a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision,” Trump said at the time. “He will put the business of the US Navy above all else.”

It’s unclear what led to Phelan’s departure, which is the first among the military service secretaries nominated under Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, however, removed numerous senior military officers across the services since taking the helm at the Pentagon.

The announcement of his departure comes the same week as a major, annual maritime conference — the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference — was being held just outside of Washington, DC. Phelan and other senior Navy leadership attended and spoke at the conference.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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