Garry … you missed one key point! Iran said it won’t charge tolls … BUT will charge shipping maintenance fees (which are tolls by another name … SO months of war, billions in munitions, thousands dead) we are worse off than ever before!)
I interviewed you years ago for World Policy Journal which I ran .. you may want to subscribe (even free!) to my SubStack: Andelman Unleashed !
Politics until Eisenhower was religiously neutral but Ike decided in the 1950's to align the Republicans to the evangelical movement with the help of evangelist Billy Graham but little did he suspect that the path he set would turn into a diabolical monstrosity of today.
To be clear CN has nothing to do with today's religious beliefs but is a convenient political tool to dupe part of the electorate into a voting bloc that has little to do with the principles of Christianity such as love thy neighbor and everything to do with racism, eugenics, intolerance to nonwhite communities, its attachment to support of other religious right wing efforts such as Palestinian genocide, and its fan base supported by billionaires are not popular positions.
Nazi Republicans have modeled their political losing movement after Orban's failed corrupt far right attempt at a fascist takeover of a country. With an electorate that has slowly pulled away from organized religion, getting traction for a religiopolitical tact will be a losing proposition for the current Nazi Republican Party. With polling numbers tanking it will prove to be a liability.
If Trump has used enough force to cause Iran to surrender blockage of the Straits of Hormuz, its only real asset in the war, it is a very very promising beginning. The Iranians will be negotiating from a position of extreme weakness.
Once again, Gary Kasparov listens to the cool kids and makes a fool of himself.
Let us know when Iran “surrenders” its ability to close the strait any fucking time it wants, as all it requires is a few mines and drones that the U.S. apparently can’t destroy
Typical second rater. No thoughts, no vocabulary. If you think closing the Straits is a matter of 'a few mines', you know as much about naval tactics as rubber duckies in a bathtub
He’s asking you a question, not opining. Your smug reply goes nowhere. At least he’s not using vulgar ad hominem attacks considered brilliant by MAGA such as “Quiet, Piggy.”
I’m curious why you can’t respond to my question! Since you’re so well versed in naval tactics and all, I was hoping you could explain how it took more than a few drones and mines to close the strait.
The Iranians don’t need to stop all the ships to have an effective blockade. They just need to slow it down and they only need to seriously damage one ship. Iran doesn’t give a shit about its civilians, so a lose-lose outcome is a victory for the IRGC.
I don’t think Netanyahu shares your analysis. I’ll stick with the chess grandmaster on this issue.
The Grandmaster declared defeat already, which is not the way he conducted himself during his chess career.
What I think you overlook is that Iran has paid a fearsome internal price for its resistance. Quite a part from the decimated leadership and reduced military capability, it had to shut down the internet for nearly 3 months. Trump and Vance are banking on the idea that the faction in charge is more interested in the carrot than the stick. The MOU is based on contingencies- beyond the opening of The Straits and end of the blockade, everything else has to be negotiated.
By the way, I play chess at the 2100 level. I was a great admirer of Kasparov, whom I considered the goat, an opinion I share with Magnus Carlsen. The perpetual naivete of his politics comes as a keen disappointment
And yet…Iran can STILL shut down the strait any fucking time they want. It’s cute you think trump and vance are playing a long game or that the Iranian regime gives two fucks about shutting down its internet. They have enough money flowing in to keep the strait closed indefinitely, thanks to the U.S. allowing Qatar to pay them off and China to keep getting oil. Your assumptions are shit.
Missing the point entirely. The only stratagem Iran had was closing the Straits, which the Nations of the world unaccountably accepted. Accepted. Remove that tactic from the arsenal and they have nothing
So it was a choice? The rest of the world decided it would rather risk a global economic meltdown than just undertake the simple task of opening the strait? Is that what you’re saying?
Yeah but how to remove that tactic? Plus they DO have other things: lots of cheap drones, plus allies like Hezbollah who continue to attack Israel and the Houthis who have previously closed the Bab-al-Mandeb (entrance to the Red Sea leading to the crucial Suez Canal).
No naval tactics particularly necessary with this arsenal.
As of June 16, 2026:
“Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with an estimated 2,500 ballistic missiles and 3,500 drones/cruise missiles at the start of the conflict. Despite coalition strikes targeting production facilities, Iran continues manufacturing approximately 3.3 ballistic missiles and 6.7 drones per day.”
They didn’t surrender a damn thing. What they proved is that they can block it at will, and will do it again if Israel and the US go against their word.
They also proved that US missile defenses are useless both at their own bases, and within Gulf allies. And anywhere that hosts US assets is fair game.
I'm anti-Iranian, friend, not pro Trump. That's the whole problem with you Orwellian sheep. All you can think about is Trump Trump Trump.
The chaos that Iran has caused in Israeli Palestinian relationships, its interference with the creation of a viable Iraqi nation-state, it's general resort to terror in the interest of an Islamic fundamentalist doctrine that no one really supports, is what is of interest here, and why well-meaning people should be supporting the United States. States. That it helps The Trump Administration is neither here nor there
Using labels like “Orwellian sheep” is meant to cut off meaningful dialogue. There are various well understood reasons for people to use this tactic - none are good. It is, effectively, telling the people you are supposedly engaging with that they aren't worth engaging with.
The geography doesn’t lie. The Iranian coastline is a near-parabolic arc of 100-200 miles, focused on a shipping channel 30 miles across. The targets are immense containers of flammable liquid. One strike renders the strait unsafe for navigation. Attacks are amplified by the geography. The Omani coastline makes a natural salient for the ships to pass in front of. Transiting nitrogen shipments can be Surreptitiously weaponized to blow up in channels, with kt range yields. That’s the situation.
You elegantly weave your ignorance and narcissistic anxieties. Not that impressed with your reading skills. Here.…
“The shape of the land makes the area risky. Iran’s coast curves like a big bowl, and ships have to move through a narrow water path. Many ships carry things that can catch fire easily. If even one ship is hurt, the whole path could become unsafe.
The land on Oman’s side sticks out, so ships must sail right in front of it. Some cargo can also be dangerous if something goes wrong.”
This war was initiated by the child rapist to cover his part of the quid pro quo with big oil and to appease Isreal. That’s it. Big oil has now extracted trillions of dollars and the blockade has caused too much global and domestic damage that midterms are now being impacted so there is real talk about stopping the war.
The rapist had said the war is over so many times that his head is spinning. Anyone who believes he’s not a pathological liar and is fighting with the Middle East is dummer than he is.
This war has crystallized the reputation for the U.S. - weak and ineffective but greedy leadership and a disjointed and incapable military. Just look at the child rapist at the G7. Pathetic.
He made the last 11 years all about him. He made his life all about him. The grotesque cage match was all about him. Trump World Financial crypto grift is all about him. Voter suppression is all about him. The desecration of the White House and putting his name on the JFK Center is all about him. Burying the Epstein files is all about him. Stealing $1.776 billion is all about him. The immunization against tax and civil liabilities is all about him. Scotus giving him immunity was ALL about him. The fake assassinations were all about him. The destruction of the economy was all about him. Raping defenceless children was all about him.
And, like the Orwellian sheep you are, you've decided to play his game on his terms. But please leave me out. And stop replying if all you can do is talk Trump. There are a few billion other people on the planet, you know.
Poor Johnny one-note. I wonder what you'll do when Trump is out of office.
How is it possible to think without Trump? Evaluate an issue without consideration of whether it helps or hurts Trump? Discuss any current event without thinking about orange hair?
You missed the latest update: 60 days from now, Iran is going to enforce a fee for all ships passing the Strait of Hormuz. Trump chickened out. Once again.
He started a war without thinking (about the aftermath - this part can easily be deleted and the sentence will still make sense). The US army went through its strategic stock of ammunition and is now weaker than ever.
Iran comes out of this war stronger than ever, when you get through the 14 points of the MOU. TACO cancelled the agreement signed by Obama because he thought he would do better. He actually capitulated. And the Republicunts let it happen. The Republican Party used to be Lincoln’s party. It has become the party of cowardice, corruption and cupidity.
Hegshit renamed the MOD into Ministry of War. He then went to war. And he lost. This is what incompetence with tattoos looks like.
All Iran has to do in future is suggest mines might again be laid and shipping will halt because the insurers will cancel cover. Who’d risk it? That’s not weakness.
Iran has opened the door a crack, with a safety chain still attached, to see what Trump wants. They will slam it shut if they don’t like it. Iran has all the cards.
There seems to be this need to provide a bit of "affirmative action" by criticizing Biden in Ukraine and Obama's prior deal with Iran. But the difference there is not that Biden or Obama did anything poorly, but they were criticized for being either too hawkish or not hawkish enough, and (let's be honest here) history has vindicated both of their approaches.
Trump on the other hand blew both the entry and the exit. People wondered what the plan was at the start, and it soon became apparent that there really wasn't one other than to signal being a tough guy and then not worry about what happens after the bombing starts. This ending was then inevitable. It's the dumbest war in American history, by far. I know that's saying a lot, but I challenge anyone to find a dumber one.
At least it's all part of the course. Having strategic victories under Trump, even if such thing would be at least remotely possible, would cement a profoundly ahistorical notion of a strongman leader
Paragraph 8: The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.
The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile and rich material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in Paragraph 7, with the minimum methodology to be down-blending on-site under the supervision of the IAEA.
The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal.
The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledge the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned and express their attention to immediately direct these issues in the negotiation in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
"They'll never have a nuclear weapon. The strait's open. The ayatollah's dead. Their military's whipped. And we did it in three months with no ground troops. And Mohammed's not getting a penny until he performs. And none of these pennies are even ours."
"As a bonus, the United States is now the world's biggest energy exporter," "And hopefully, fingers crossed, we rewired the Middle East so they make love, not war. And we don't have to babysit them. Trump actually set the stage for peace in the Middle East in his first term by bombing the hell out of ISIS and whacking Iran's top general."
find all this to be mostly unreal. It's a 60-day placeholder at best. Nothing whatsoever decided definitely. Plus it's Iran, plus Israel. Time spent parsing the fine points would be better spent reading Talmud or Koran or sheep intestines for insights to final details . . .
Garry … you missed one key point! Iran said it won’t charge tolls … BUT will charge shipping maintenance fees (which are tolls by another name … SO months of war, billions in munitions, thousands dead) we are worse off than ever before!)
I interviewed you years ago for World Policy Journal which I ran .. you may want to subscribe (even free!) to my SubStack: Andelman Unleashed !
I saw that, too. We aren’t charging tolls, they’re service fees!
And what service are you providing? We won’t shoot at your ship once you pay the fee.
You should patent your time machine.
Apparently, you have TDS if you understand trump is a prodigious liar! He proves it every time he squirts something out of that face-anus of his.
TDS is misplaced. There is only one person suffering from this condition...the man himself. The sad thing is many still can't see it.
Christian Nationalism: A Political Trope
Politics until Eisenhower was religiously neutral but Ike decided in the 1950's to align the Republicans to the evangelical movement with the help of evangelist Billy Graham but little did he suspect that the path he set would turn into a diabolical monstrosity of today.
To be clear CN has nothing to do with today's religious beliefs but is a convenient political tool to dupe part of the electorate into a voting bloc that has little to do with the principles of Christianity such as love thy neighbor and everything to do with racism, eugenics, intolerance to nonwhite communities, its attachment to support of other religious right wing efforts such as Palestinian genocide, and its fan base supported by billionaires are not popular positions.
Nazi Republicans have modeled their political losing movement after Orban's failed corrupt far right attempt at a fascist takeover of a country. With an electorate that has slowly pulled away from organized religion, getting traction for a religiopolitical tact will be a losing proposition for the current Nazi Republican Party. With polling numbers tanking it will prove to be a liability.
Damn right
I would also echo Paul Krugman's question: Who is really deranged here?
Matthew 7:3… right on.
If Trump has used enough force to cause Iran to surrender blockage of the Straits of Hormuz, its only real asset in the war, it is a very very promising beginning. The Iranians will be negotiating from a position of extreme weakness.
Once again, Gary Kasparov listens to the cool kids and makes a fool of himself.
Let us know when Iran “surrenders” its ability to close the strait any fucking time it wants, as all it requires is a few mines and drones that the U.S. apparently can’t destroy
Typical second rater. No thoughts, no vocabulary. If you think closing the Straits is a matter of 'a few mines', you know as much about naval tactics as rubber duckies in a bathtub
So how has Iran shut down the strait? Enlighten us all as to the naval tactics and strategic genius Iran has deployed to do it! I can't wait!
Lack of reply to your question noted 🤭
Yeah, I'm thinking Frankie got a little over his skis there!
You’re silly.
He’s asking you a question, not opining. Your smug reply goes nowhere. At least he’s not using vulgar ad hominem attacks considered brilliant by MAGA such as “Quiet, Piggy.”
No, he's not.
I’m curious why you can’t respond to my question! Since you’re so well versed in naval tactics and all, I was hoping you could explain how it took more than a few drones and mines to close the strait.
The Iranians don’t need to stop all the ships to have an effective blockade. They just need to slow it down and they only need to seriously damage one ship. Iran doesn’t give a shit about its civilians, so a lose-lose outcome is a victory for the IRGC.
I don’t think Netanyahu shares your analysis. I’ll stick with the chess grandmaster on this issue.
The Grandmaster declared defeat already, which is not the way he conducted himself during his chess career.
What I think you overlook is that Iran has paid a fearsome internal price for its resistance. Quite a part from the decimated leadership and reduced military capability, it had to shut down the internet for nearly 3 months. Trump and Vance are banking on the idea that the faction in charge is more interested in the carrot than the stick. The MOU is based on contingencies- beyond the opening of The Straits and end of the blockade, everything else has to be negotiated.
By the way, I play chess at the 2100 level. I was a great admirer of Kasparov, whom I considered the goat, an opinion I share with Magnus Carlsen. The perpetual naivete of his politics comes as a keen disappointment
And yet…Iran can STILL shut down the strait any fucking time they want. It’s cute you think trump and vance are playing a long game or that the Iranian regime gives two fucks about shutting down its internet. They have enough money flowing in to keep the strait closed indefinitely, thanks to the U.S. allowing Qatar to pay them off and China to keep getting oil. Your assumptions are shit.
so the Strait was & still is closed…
The Strait wasn’t closed before the war. Trump is trying to achieve the status quo ante.
And the Iranians are still talking about charging tolls.
Missing the point entirely. The only stratagem Iran had was closing the Straits, which the Nations of the world unaccountably accepted. Accepted. Remove that tactic from the arsenal and they have nothing
So it was a choice? The rest of the world decided it would rather risk a global economic meltdown than just undertake the simple task of opening the strait? Is that what you’re saying?
Yeah but how to remove that tactic? Plus they DO have other things: lots of cheap drones, plus allies like Hezbollah who continue to attack Israel and the Houthis who have previously closed the Bab-al-Mandeb (entrance to the Red Sea leading to the crucial Suez Canal).
No naval tactics particularly necessary with this arsenal.
As of June 16, 2026:
“Iran possesses the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the Middle East, with an estimated 2,500 ballistic missiles and 3,500 drones/cruise missiles at the start of the conflict. Despite coalition strikes targeting production facilities, Iran continues manufacturing approximately 3.3 ballistic missiles and 6.7 drones per day.”
https://missilestrikes.com/zh/arsenal-tracker/
The US and Israeli superiority and conventional arms is overwhelming. That's why Iran had to resort to asymmetrical tactics.
They didn’t surrender a damn thing. What they proved is that they can block it at will, and will do it again if Israel and the US go against their word.
They also proved that US missile defenses are useless both at their own bases, and within Gulf allies. And anywhere that hosts US assets is fair game.
Of course. Iran is absolutely invulnerable and the West and Gulf States have vulnerabilities everywhere.
Except that's not exactly the way it's played out, is it?
I would seriously, seriously love to see how a MAGA/Ben Gvir apologist like yourself could remotely try and swing this one- https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/06/16/al-arabiya-obtains-14point-draft-usiran-deal
I'm anti-Iranian, friend, not pro Trump. That's the whole problem with you Orwellian sheep. All you can think about is Trump Trump Trump.
The chaos that Iran has caused in Israeli Palestinian relationships, its interference with the creation of a viable Iraqi nation-state, it's general resort to terror in the interest of an Islamic fundamentalist doctrine that no one really supports, is what is of interest here, and why well-meaning people should be supporting the United States. States. That it helps The Trump Administration is neither here nor there
You can now rejoin the herd.
Using labels like “Orwellian sheep” is meant to cut off meaningful dialogue. There are various well understood reasons for people to use this tactic - none are good. It is, effectively, telling the people you are supposedly engaging with that they aren't worth engaging with.
So, what are you doing here?
The man literally thinks that Al. Arabiya is Iranian.
Yeah yeah yeah, change the subject. Once again- the actual words? Prove you completely and totally wrong.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/06/16/al-arabiya-obtains-14point-draft-usiran-deal
That's been the subject all along, my myopic friend.
The geography doesn’t lie. The Iranian coastline is a near-parabolic arc of 100-200 miles, focused on a shipping channel 30 miles across. The targets are immense containers of flammable liquid. One strike renders the strait unsafe for navigation. Attacks are amplified by the geography. The Omani coastline makes a natural salient for the ships to pass in front of. Transiting nitrogen shipments can be Surreptitiously weaponized to blow up in channels, with kt range yields. That’s the situation.
It’s SAUDI you ignorant turnip. Holy shit are you seriously confusing the two?
Bro. This is based in the absolutely most foundational piece of the current Middle East.
God man. Is this the level of intellect that you people have?
Of course it's Saudi. But its news source in this case is Iranian.
If you feel compelled to patronize, at least have your facts right.
LOL look at the mental gymnastics. Bloomberg just posted the SAME EXACT DOCUMENT!
Now, what are you going to change the subject to? Baseball?
You elegantly weave your ignorance and narcissistic anxieties. Not that impressed with your reading skills. Here.…
“The shape of the land makes the area risky. Iran’s coast curves like a big bowl, and ships have to move through a narrow water path. Many ships carry things that can catch fire easily. If even one ship is hurt, the whole path could become unsafe.
The land on Oman’s side sticks out, so ships must sail right in front of it. Some cargo can also be dangerous if something goes wrong.”
You are criticizing me using your own knowledge base, which is as shallow as a reflecting pool, and similarly teeming with primitive life.
What is the opposite shore from Iran in the Strait of Hormuz?
“On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of Oman” Wikipedia
Dunning and Kruger died for your sins.
I'm not talking about direct direct attack on the Straits, but counterforce appropriately applied.
You think of of Iran and some military behemoth, unchallengeable? Please.
This war was initiated by the child rapist to cover his part of the quid pro quo with big oil and to appease Isreal. That’s it. Big oil has now extracted trillions of dollars and the blockade has caused too much global and domestic damage that midterms are now being impacted so there is real talk about stopping the war.
The rapist had said the war is over so many times that his head is spinning. Anyone who believes he’s not a pathological liar and is fighting with the Middle East is dummer than he is.
This war has crystallized the reputation for the U.S. - weak and ineffective but greedy leadership and a disjointed and incapable military. Just look at the child rapist at the G7. Pathetic.
He’s your guy , Frank.
Spot the fuck on, mate. 👍💥💥💥💥💥👍
Everything Trump does makes sense when you look at him as a hardened criminal.
Frank is a troll. I’ve dealt with him before. His weakness is his blatant and unequivocal support for the child rapist. Pathetic really.
Watch for executive bonuses for big oil be way, way beyond anything that makes sense.
All about Trump. Typical.
He made the last 11 years all about him. He made his life all about him. The grotesque cage match was all about him. Trump World Financial crypto grift is all about him. Voter suppression is all about him. The desecration of the White House and putting his name on the JFK Center is all about him. Burying the Epstein files is all about him. Stealing $1.776 billion is all about him. The immunization against tax and civil liabilities is all about him. Scotus giving him immunity was ALL about him. The fake assassinations were all about him. The destruction of the economy was all about him. Raping defenceless children was all about him.
Of course, Frank, you know all of the already.
And, like the Orwellian sheep you are, you've decided to play his game on his terms. But please leave me out. And stop replying if all you can do is talk Trump. There are a few billion other people on the planet, you know.
Peabrained.
Now that’s more like Frank comment. I remember you.
“Surrender blockage of the Straits of Hormuz”, you mean, like unblocked before the Marmalade Moron started his ‘excursion’?
Poor Johnny one-note. I wonder what you'll do when Trump is out of office.
How is it possible to think without Trump? Evaluate an issue without consideration of whether it helps or hurts Trump? Discuss any current event without thinking about orange hair?
What WILL you do?
Try a game of chess Frank.
You missed the latest update: 60 days from now, Iran is going to enforce a fee for all ships passing the Strait of Hormuz. Trump chickened out. Once again.
He started a war without thinking (about the aftermath - this part can easily be deleted and the sentence will still make sense). The US army went through its strategic stock of ammunition and is now weaker than ever.
Iran comes out of this war stronger than ever, when you get through the 14 points of the MOU. TACO cancelled the agreement signed by Obama because he thought he would do better. He actually capitulated. And the Republicunts let it happen. The Republican Party used to be Lincoln’s party. It has become the party of cowardice, corruption and cupidity.
Hegshit renamed the MOD into Ministry of War. He then went to war. And he lost. This is what incompetence with tattoos looks like.
All Iran has to do in future is suggest mines might again be laid and shipping will halt because the insurers will cancel cover. Who’d risk it? That’s not weakness.
If you don’t have the law, you argue the facts. If you don’t have the facts, you argue the law. If you have neither, pound the table
You might want to inform the CIA. Because they believe they have that strait
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/politics/us-intel-assessment-iran-shut-strait-hormuz
Iran has opened the door a crack, with a safety chain still attached, to see what Trump wants. They will slam it shut if they don’t like it. Iran has all the cards.
Don’t Bogart that joint, Frank. It’s embarrassing when you do.
Wow, what an incredibly ignorant statement. Clearly you don’t know shit about the Middle East as well as not understanding the use of military force.
There is no surrender. What are you even talking about? They have all the power to close it whenever they feel like it.
That's evidently what's in the MOU.
Of course they can close it. There are also consequences. The hope hope, apparently realized, is that the consequences aren't worth it.
An MOU doesn’t exist
Oh it exists, all right. I'm just not buying that the Iranian version is the right one.
Sorry, you don’t have a clue. Trump taco’d out again and Iran knows how easy it is to block not just Hormuz but Bab el Mandan.
I have my doubts this latest cease fire will last as there are too many variables, but no Trump is no genius/strong man but just a grifter.
Dumpster stupidly did what bibi told him to, and now this is the only way out for him. The current "plan" is much worse than Obama's!
There seems to be this need to provide a bit of "affirmative action" by criticizing Biden in Ukraine and Obama's prior deal with Iran. But the difference there is not that Biden or Obama did anything poorly, but they were criticized for being either too hawkish or not hawkish enough, and (let's be honest here) history has vindicated both of their approaches.
Trump on the other hand blew both the entry and the exit. People wondered what the plan was at the start, and it soon became apparent that there really wasn't one other than to signal being a tough guy and then not worry about what happens after the bombing starts. This ending was then inevitable. It's the dumbest war in American history, by far. I know that's saying a lot, but I challenge anyone to find a dumber one.
At least it's all part of the course. Having strategic victories under Trump, even if such thing would be at least remotely possible, would cement a profoundly ahistorical notion of a strongman leader
Paragraph 8: The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons.
The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile and rich material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in Paragraph 7, with the minimum methodology to be down-blending on-site under the supervision of the IAEA.
The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal.
The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledge the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned and express their attention to immediately direct these issues in the negotiation in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
"They'll never have a nuclear weapon. The strait's open. The ayatollah's dead. Their military's whipped. And we did it in three months with no ground troops. And Mohammed's not getting a penny until he performs. And none of these pennies are even ours."
"As a bonus, the United States is now the world's biggest energy exporter," "And hopefully, fingers crossed, we rewired the Middle East so they make love, not war. And we don't have to babysit them. Trump actually set the stage for peace in the Middle East in his first term by bombing the hell out of ISIS and whacking Iran's top general."
find all this to be mostly unreal. It's a 60-day placeholder at best. Nothing whatsoever decided definitely. Plus it's Iran, plus Israel. Time spent parsing the fine points would be better spent reading Talmud or Koran or sheep intestines for insights to final details . . .
Trump is living proof of the Dunning Kruger effect.
The Versailles MOU is a reorganization: a Chapter 11 of a treaty. No call for TDS; it's right up his chimney.