Iran - It's Not Just Hostages and Arms Deals Anymore

[Byrthnoth]

Lmao, point #1 is a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon. GL with that.

#7 is removing all sanctions?

#8 is Iran pinky swearing they won't try to get a nuke?

Also the 300bil fund is in there.

This is a worse deal than I thought possible, even from the negotiating position Trump put himself in
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/po...220917023.html

The US has given up all of its leverage and sworn to never seek leverage again and Iran has made a public statement consistent with what they claimed before the war (that they were enriching uranium for funsies and not to get a nuke).

[Byrthnoth]

Honestly wild, lol. The breakout time for Iran may be the same before and after this deal, but that clock has started counting down. Once they get a nuke, you think they are going to get worse terms? Congrats to Trump on giving the Iranians a nuke.

[Tyrath]

[Sirious]

All that matters is he says we won. That's all the dumb fucks care about. All this fake news.

[Rhyis.]

Sending 300 billion to fund Iran's military and nuclear programs feels like the opposite of winning

[Sirious]

That's because you're not a retard. Ask a retard about it.

[Tymon]

I'm with sirious on this one lol

My guess is that most of MAGA doesn't even know there was a deal made at all let alone what the details of the deal are. Probably a sizable amount didn't even know there was a war.

[synistar]

Don't know how Congress is going to react with the prospect of a UN Security Council binding resolution to the MoU terms. AIPAC gonna be throwing dump trucks full of cash trying to kill this.

[Tymon]

I am not even remotely convinced that Trump actually wants the war to end. I know for absolute certain Bibi doesn't.

So it wouldn't surprise me if the admin sabotages this stuff behind the scenes and Congress stuffs the terms.

If your goal is first and foremost to have a big time story in the news, every day, giving you political cover for... everything else... then you want this to last your whole term, really. It's not like there are direct consequences for the admin. It's not like he's going to lose votes over it.

[Tyrath]

Trump def wants the war to end because of the gas prices tanking his numbers

[Dowzer]

To my way of thinking I always thought he was going scorched Earth on purpose. Wouldn't it make sense? Or am I wrong to think a majority of incumbents typically lose in the mid terms? On that note, what exactly is he attempting to hang on to? Rigging enough of it to hang on to the House and/or Senate?

[Tymon]

Incumbent POTUS usually fares poorly in the midterms whether or not they're D or R, historically.

I cannot comprehend the Republican strategy as far as the midterms are concerned. They have no visible one, and their campaigning is just pandering to far right and terminally online people.

..which is why so many people think that their plan is to overtly rig them. Even Republican strategists have been sounding the alarm on their messaging and their projections for a while now. They've made no noticeable changes to their messaging. If anything, they're pandering even harder to a base that's not growing.

[Sirious]

The strategy is "it doesn't matter it's rigged"

Blatantly rigged in fact. Under no disillusion. And what is going to be done about it. Not a fuckin thing.

[6souls]

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067325059820122560
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067282827704451380
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067290307759083900
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067291211539382633
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067289874030276702
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067288857784029226
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067287742254350482

[Kaslo]

Incumbent POTUS usually fares poorly in the midterms whether or not they're D or R, historically.

I cannot comprehend the Republican strategy as far as the midterms are concerned. They have no visible one, and their campaigning is just pandering to far right and terminally online people.

..which is why so many people think that their plan is to overtly rig them. Even Republican strategists have been sounding the alarm on their messaging and their projections for a while now. They've made no noticeable changes to their messaging. If anything, they're pandering even harder to a base that's not growing.

The strategy is "WE HAVE TO LICK BOOTS OR WE WILL BE PRIMARIED," it will be interesting to see how the messaging changes after primaries.

[Outlaw]

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067325059820122560
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067282827704451380
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067290307759083900
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067291211539382633
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067289874030276702
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067288857784029226
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2067287742254350482

They should air this speech all over the legitimate news channels. His cult is not going to care but more normal people need to see it.

[Richybear]

They can have some nukes, as a little treat

[Kaisha]

The US has given up all of its leverage and sworn to never seek leverage again

Is this something they can be held to at least abide by, rather than flipflopping a couple weeks later and changing their mind like Trump tends to?

[Tyrath]

Is this something they can be held to at least abide by, rather than flipflopping a couple weeks later and changing their mind like Trump tends to?

I think he just doesn't want to deal with it anymore.

He thought he could go in and rack up a quick win like Venezuela and is sick of it now.

[Byrthnoth]

yeah... Trump would probably happily flipflop on it, but I don't think he will because he really ate shit this time, and I'm not sure any future president will want to A) also eat shit or B) be as willing to completely violate a signed document.