Trump gave Iran $12 billion, a lifted blockade, and a nuclear deferral, while screaming at Netanyahu and cutting Israel out entirely. This isn't a deal. It's a surrender. Donald Trump, the man who spent years thundering that Barack Obama's Iran deal was the worst agreement in the history of diplomacy, has just handed Tehran a package that makes the JCPOA look like maximum pressure. He has rewarded Iran with $12 billion in unfrozen assets before negotiations even begin, a lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, an end to oil sanctions, and the implicit international legitimacy the regime has craved for decades. And in exchange? Iran has "committed" not to build a nuclear bomb. A verbal commitment. From the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Where have we heard that before? Obama at least got centrifuges dismantled, enriched uranium shipped out of the country, and IAEA inspectors on the ground. Trump got a memorandum of understanding, a signing ceremony in Switzerland, and a thumbs-up from Putin and Xi Jinping, whom he effusively thanked for their help. He is proud of this. He said so. Meanwhile, Iran's military issued a triumphant statement declaring that it had "humiliated" the United States and Israel. The ayatollahs are dancing in the streets of Tehran, and why wouldn't they be? They closed the Strait of Hormuz, bled the global economy, survived U.S. and Israeli strikes on their nuclear sites, and emerged from the wreckage with their regime intact, their enrichment program unresolved, $24 billion coming their way, and the promise of more.
And Israel? Israel wasn't even in the room.
Not consulted. Not included. Not warned. The country most existentially threatened by an Iranian bomb was simply handed a ceasefire framework it didn't ask for, told to stop hitting Hezbollah targets in Beirut, and informed by the President of the United States that its Prime Minister is "a very difficult guy" who "should be very thankful." On another call, according to multiple sourced reports, Trump reportedly screamed at Netanyahu: "You're f---ing crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. Everybody hates Israel because of you." That is how America's closest ally in the Middle East was treated while Trump was busy cutting deals with the people who chant "Death to Israel" at Friday prayers. (Ed note: WOW. Don't sugar coat it, tell it like it is!) (Read More)
