Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2026
See, we're living in his brain rent-free
Trump claims Iran deal is ‘unconditional surrender,’ says his power has ‘no limits’: Axios
... Asked what he had learned from the war about the limits to his power, Trump said that “I haven’t learned that lesson yet. I know there are, but there are no limits.” ...
Nemesis is coming.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
CNBC now has the memorandum of understanding signed by Trump and the Iranian president
Trump and Iran’s President Pezeshkian sign memorandum aimed to end war
... Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, in a post on X, called the deal “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”
Former President Ronald “Reagan is rolling over in his grave,” Cassidy wrote.
"Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future,” Cassidy said.
“Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal. Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. ..."
2027 global oil glut headlines, but 2026 historic lows are the present reality
And Donald Trump has put Iran in the catbird seat.
... stockpiles are now dangerously low.
Among
the 38 wealthier countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development, stockpiles are at their lowest level since 1990,
according to the IEA.
“Further
declines in the coming months could still take global oil stocks to
historic lows before the market balance shifts to surplus,” the IEA
warned. ...
What we want is the truth
Three Iranian tankers exit U.S. blockade as shipowners eye Hormuz in ‘wary disbelief’
... The U.S. and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday to end the nearly four-month war, with a formal signing ceremony to take place on Friday in Geneva. The pact, whose details have not been disclosed, is expected to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and waive sanctions on Iran’s oil sales. ...
Update 12:10pm
Read the 14-point draft agreement between the US and Iran
... The 14-point memorandum of understanding has not yet been officially released but a copy of it was obtained by CNN from a US official.
... A White House spokesperson said the text did not reflect the actual memorandum.
... The US official told CNN that the text reflects the agreement signed digitally by President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday.
... Bloomberg earlier published a version of the draft. ...
Update 5:20pm
The CNN story above now contains the official agreement, as of 38 minutes ago.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
It's a giant con: They signed a nothingburger with Iran, that's why they're not showing it to us
It is another desperate ploy to jawbone oil prices down in a world hurtling toward tank bottom.
Meanwhile, why did Vance have to sign?
Is Trump on his last legs?
And we're still dealing with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf? I thought Trump said all this took extra time because they were trying to find a more moderate faction?
It's all BS, MS, Piledhigh and Deep.
... “Both
camps know exactly what is at stake,” said one industry official who
frequently interacts with the administration. “The industry folks are
intent on making sure that if the worm turns, the White House does not
point fingers that the industry did not do enough.”
“Everyone everywhere fully appreciates that the standoff cannot go on for another 30-45 days without the political calculations changing,” the official said.
“The White House knows and understands the severity of the potential situation. … They are politically constricted from saying that publicly.” ...
... Both President Trump and Vice President Vance electronically signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Sunday, while Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, signed for the Iranian side, senior U.S. officials said Monday. ...
Vice President Vance acknowledged that the preliminary U.S.-Iran memorandum is only "about a page and a half" and described it as a "very general document. ...what the MOU does is set up a framework ..."
Trump is a terrible judge of character. Ghalibaf is an IRGC fundamentalist.
Monday, June 15, 2026
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