You couldn’t have a better image than Trump signing the “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) with Iran at the historic Versailles Palace where Germany surrendered, marking the end of WW I. Meanwhile, the Wall St. Journal probably did not intend to write a humorous article when they published An Annotated Analysis of Trump’s Iran Deal, but they did so anyway when they explained what all the diplomatic double speak really means. They wrote, for example: Paragraph 2. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs. WSJ analysis President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the war calling on Iranians to overthrow the regime, a goal that faded as the government in Tehran held firm. Or consider this one: Paragraph 13. After signing this memorandum of understanding and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of this memorandum of understanding, and the continuing implementation of these measures, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.... I short, Trump has conceded to the IRGC. In exchange for releasing billions of dollars of funds seized by the US, Iran has agreed to allow ships to pass through the Straits of Hormuz. In other words, Iran has come out ahead of where it started before the US and Israel declared war on that country. Iran won. That old pro-Israel columnist Thomas Friedman also weighed in. He wrote: [The deal] “reads like a real-estate bankruptcy filing — an act of financial capitulation.… Trump sold out America’s ally in the war, Israel, and the Arab Gulf states for the swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan…. Trump did what he always does: He abandoned all principle and all allies and put his personal interests above all other considerations.” G7 leaders, Netanyahu, al Sharaa -- they all played their assigned roles. Meanwhile, Trump made clear that he's going to abandon the deal and blame it on JD Vance if his trade of Israel plus Arab allies in exchange for 3 key swing states doesn't work out.
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