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Ben Rhodes: Trump Has No Cards Left on Iran

Pope Warns of AI Apocalypse · May 27, 2026 News

Iran has all the leverage, Trump has spent hundreds of billions and achieved nothing, and Netanyahu is escalating in Lebanon to avoid admitting defeat before his election. The deal is JCPOA lite or nothing — and no amount of Truth Social spin changes that math.

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Iran Ceasefire Chaos: The Deal That Wasn't

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Tommy maps the territory of one of the most confusing diplomatic weekends in recent memory. Trump declared the Iran deal '95% done,' then said he was 'in no rush,' then US forces conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian boats mining the Strait. The outline of a potential deal emerges: unfreezing up to $24 billion in Iranian assets, opening the Strait of Hormuz, US troop withdrawal from Iran's vicinity, and a 30–60 day window to negotiate nuclear terms — essentially kicking the hardest problems into the future. The obstacles stack up fast: unresolved disagreement over Iran's HEU stockpile, Israel's intensifying strikes on 70+ targets in Lebanon, Netanyahu's political incentives to keep the war going before a likely September election, Trump's bizarre demand that all countries 'mandatorily' join the Abraham Accords, no mention of Iranian ballistic missile caps, and the entire hawkish ecosystem — FDD, Lindsey Graham, Scott Jennings — now attacking Trump from the right for seeking an end to the war they helped start.

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The Iran Deal That Wasn't: Trump's Weekend of Chaos

Pope Warns of AI Apocalypse · May 27, 2026 News

Trump spent a weekend teasing an imminent Iran ceasefire deal, declaring it '95% done' — then US airstrikes on Iranian boats laid mines by Tuesday morning. The core problem: Trump won't give Iran money upfront to open the Strait, but Iran has all the leverage and won't move first.

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