U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give his final approval, two U.S. officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts tell Axios. Iran has also not confirmed its acceptance.

  • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
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    So they’ve agreed to wait to do something. Woohoo…

    Sounds like a good deal for Iran: the closer Trump gets to the midterms, the more desperate he’ll be to end his stupid war. Time is on Iran’s side, and they just got a whole bunch more. The art of the deal indeed…

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      Trump had said he doesn’t care about the mid terms. They will either be heavily rigged it canceled likely. He’s a petulant child and their just waiting to be humiliated honestly.

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        Trump desperately cares about the midterms. Hes still hung up on a nearly decade old loss and can’t handle even a modicum of criticism

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          He’s still hung up on comments made about him personally from nearly 40 years ago. The thing is he’s not on any ballot in the midterm. He will 100% rationalize the failure of any candidates he endorses as their own personal failings and not his. All the while all the Yes Men and the LLMs he surrounds himself with will reinforce his viewpoint to him. He doesn’t have the object permanence or intelligence to care any further than that.

          Case in point. When it comes to his stolen election witch hunt that he’s still pursuing. It’s always been about him. Just him, only him. Not about Republicans. Just him. It’s literally what he did in 18 and 22. They are right now gearing up to rig and steal all future elections. Even best case turnout for Democrats and other parties this midterm they will not take sufficient amount of the Congress to actually remove Trump even if they manage to impeach him again. And if someone of moderate intelligence manages to hold on to Trump’s ear they will convince him not to run in 2028, to put someone else up. At which point he won’t care at all. His damage will be done. If however his sycophants tell him he should run in 2028. If he loses he absolutely will lose his shit. But only because it relates directly to him. He will still suffer no real consequences for it besides possible assassination.

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          Maybe he doesn’t care because his doctors have repeatedly told him he’ll be dead by then.

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    It would be really sad if a further blockade of the Strait of Hormuz caused a shortage of jet fuel and prevented fans from traveling to World Cup matches. /s

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      America’s final children’s hospital is an ironic idiom that refers to peace deals without any real guarantees.