Art of the deal, but Trump’s no artist.
by WordNERD37
Art of the deal, but Trump’s no artist.
by WordNERD37
47 Comments
LOL. Shouldn’t those two items be the 95%?
Ah so we’ve just got the small matter of the “whole fucking point” to worry about.
Once you realize that the president is, legitimately, a low-intelligence thief and coward, everything else starts to make sense.
lol. So 0%
“Details schmeetails”
Don’t worry guys, they’ll have that 5% in two weeks
Abject failure.
Soooooo, a lot more than 5% to be done, more like …. 95% still to be done
Amazing! America can be in a worse position vs Iran than before the Trump admin approved the bombing of a school full of kids!
A grifting grandpa who needs a testicular safe space. What a piece of shit.
I thought it was complete regime change or nothing
‘The divorce is 95% complete. We just need to hammer out how to sell the house and figure out how the kids will be handled together across town.’
This is why lawyers are rich. The last ‘last five percent’.
95% done. All thats left is to inform Iran of the deal.
Devil’s in the details.
Funny, that seems like the 95% part of this equation.
So…the 2 most central and important issues in this negotiation??
What *have* they agreed on then? The snack menu for meetings? Who was their favourite Beatle?
Ah. The “OTHER” 5%.
It’s like they do not understand the maths.
The remaining 5% is the main thing. What was the other 95%
The rest of the 95%, mostly 2.7 line spaced pages in 15pt font describing who the countries involved are.
All done except for everything!
By all accounts, Iran was committing to its end of the bargain under Obama’s JCPOA—a deal that Trump abandoned out of spite.
This included strict limitations on uranium enrichment and centrifuges, Iran agreeing to sunset provisions and shipping 98% of its stockpile out of the country, the destruction of their Plutonium cores, placing all of their facilities and their uranium supply chain under rigorous monitoring and more.
Obama’s diplomacy intended to *avoid* a war and box in Iran’s nuclear program.
US intelligence, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and even Trump admin officials at the time all indicated that Iran was upholding its side of the deal.
But because Trump tore it up, Iran’s nuclear program is now more advanced than it would have been under the JCPOA.
Trump, the genius deal maker, failed repeatedly to negotiate a new one. Nearly every analyst claims that his efforts were doomed from the start.
But he shifted the onus on Obama and Iran and invented a false pretext to go to war.
Instead of relying on diplomacy, he bombed Iran *twice* in the middle of negotiations and then launched the US into an unjustified, open-ended, and illegal war of choice.
Trump went from insisting Iran unconditionally surrender, to accepting a ceasefire proposal that included massive concessions because he *never* had a plan for a drawn out conflict.
Iran’s demands included sanction relief, war reparations, at least $20 billion in unfrozen assets, control over the Strait of Hormuz and command of their ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.
Also the ability to sell oil at free market rates, to exact tolls on ships and tankers, and to continue funding its proxies and terrorists groups.
The Islamic Regime was in no position to make these demands before the war.
Trump also dismissed concerns about Strait of Hormuz closures even though he was explicitly warned that Iran would resort to these countermeasures.
This led to global trade disruptions, market shocks and surging oil prices, and above all else, gave Iran the perfect bargaining chip.
Meanwhile, Trump’s war has inflicted a devastating toll on the American and world economy; causing a global energy crisis unlike anything we’ve seen in recent memory.
Millions have been displaced from their homes and thousands of innocent civilians have been killed; including CHILDREN at the hands of the US military.
US troops are dead and some of our overseas military bases have been damaged by Iranian missiles.
Serious war crimes have been committed and US/Israeli bombs have decimated schools, hospitals, heritage sites, non military infrastructure and massive energy facilities.
Trump’s war has caused irrevocable damages to our alliances.
Conflict has been reignited between Israel and Hezbollah.
Our munitions stockpile has been depleted.
Russia now has the budget revenues to continue funding its war in Ukraine for years.
China has also benefitted from this war and has made both short and long term strategic gains.
And worse yet, Trump’s war has hardened the Russia-China-Iran axis. Where once it was a cautious relationship, it is now a more coordinated one.
In the meantime, the repressive regime is now *more* entrenched than it was before the war and is emerging a more menacing, military dictatorship.
The IRGC is still a powerful authority in the region and has deeper ties to the hardline Ayatollah.
Iran still maintains its nuclear materials and missile supplies.
And the people of Iran have *not* been “liberated.” In fact, id say they’ve been the biggest losers of this war.
All this is to say that the US has failed to accomplish any of Trump’s constantly shifting “objectives,” and after everything, Iran has only *gained* leverage in negotiations and Trump will be forced to accept a deal that is far more conciliatory than the one Obama negotiated through diplomacy, *not war.*
Mind you, Iran doesn’t even have to enrich uranium right away. This war has demonstrated that they have other weapons and tools at their disposal to fend off aggressors.
Iran can also still rebuild its nuclear program and can use the reperations funds it receives from the US to restore its weapons systems and military, or even purchase Chinese weapons and war technologies.
And maybe what’s most frustrating about all of this is how these outcomes could have been easily avoided if Trump didn’t rip up Obama’s deal out of no other reason than pettiness.
Ah cool. Like when I used to tell my parents that my essay was almost done, but all I had typed was the heading and title. Good to know that international relations relies on similar logic.
so the 95% that is done…. is actually the 5% that does not matter at all.
this message is realiable 19 times out of 20…. with 19 meaning zero.
Similar to when Kegsbreath said the strait is effectively open except for Iran blocking the strait. These are not bright people.
Guys I’m 95% done running a marathon. All that’s left is warming up and running 26.2 miles and I’m there.
This means only one thing, TACO Tuesday is just around the corner.
So Trump thinks he knows what he wants, but Iran’s not going to give away their only bargaining chips for anything with this unreliable asshat. And honestly, Trump has ruined any belief that anyone can negotiate with America in good faith.
So . . . the negotiations yet to be agreed upon are the purported reason for starting the war and the predictable response to the start of the war.
Sooo. What’s the other 95%?
It won’t happen because Bibi is not budging on his demands and Iran won’t agree to them. Trump, the colossal idiot, is stuck in the middle without a clue how to deal with this. All Trump wants to do is focus on spending tax payers money on arches, a ballroom and an incredibly corrupt slush fund.
Iran is going to destroy him politically. they know he doesn’t have the cards
Is Frank Lutz still alive?
I get why he isn’t in the trump administration, he’s not stupid so he’s not qualified.
That is not 5%.
5%? Isn’t the nuke thing like the whole reason the US bombed Iran?
The Shart of the Deal™
Sooo, the most important stuff has not been agreed upon.
Concepts of a deal.
Mom: Have you finished your book report
Kid: It’s 95% done.
Mom: So you haven’t even started.
Frank Luntz’ wig cracks me up. Needs a chin strap.
They figured out all of the prepositions. All they need are the nouns and verbs.
Oh is that all that’s left? Those are two pretty big issues
“It’s 95% done… nothing in the deal has been agreed on and we have nothing to actually show, but we scribbled “plz open da str8 of horchata and tern over ur nuuk stuff” onto a paper airplane and threw it out the window, we are expecting it to reach Iran when the wind picks up”.
Real leadership is being able to put the pieces back together after they break something and get something better. In this case they broke it, and are standing around like 4 year olds hoping one of them lucks into an answer.
95% done with only the literal most important details left to negotiate is such a horrific lie.
The remaining 5% is the two biggest issues surrounding the war.
That sounds like a lot more than 5%
I am 95% of the way to being a millionaire… The last 5% is just getting a million dollars.