Trump: “It will be jointly controlled”. Q: “By whom?” Trump: “Maybe...me, me and the Ayatollah...”
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Loser Donald now just wants a piece of the Hormuz toll action much like Jack Smith telling us that Trump stole classified documents that he kept at Mar-a-Lago to support his business interests.
Now that assassinating one Ayatollah only brought on his son, Trump seeks a face-saving victory other than diminishing Iran’s combat capacity. He’s now recycling last year’s excuses, but the continuing dithering could only lead to a ceasefire that generates less than Polymarket profits, upsetting Trumpian cronies.
Actual diplomats rather than realtors say Trump’s latest claimed plan is probably based on now outdated framework put forward in May 2025, before the Iran nuclear threat was ‘obliterated’ the first time.
The fact that the plan may largely be a rehash of something that Iran did not accept a year ago suggests either a lack of US seriousness about the talks being planned for this week, or more likely a desire by Trump, for whatever reason, to pretend on Monday he had made more progress towards a deal than in reality he had.
The Iranians accused Trump of trying to calm the US markets before they opened by saying he was not going ahead with his threatened attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure on Monday night. He said he was postponing the strikes for five days to give time to see if “15 points of agreement” could be reached.
The US president claimed “very good and productive” conversations had led to progress over the previous two days. Iran denied there had been any backchannel talks save indirect discussions about reviving talks.
The issue of freedom of navigation along the strait of Hormuz would also have to be addressed by Iran. The Gulf states will also be looking for some kind of guarantees from Iran through a non-aggression pact.
His venality includes showing his stolen booty to select visitors, maybe even monetizing information access like he’s now offering to the MAGA faithful. Even his peace plans are secret.
An Elliott Abrams sound-bite is all he’s good for, other than his war crimes:
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