Trump Surrendered to Iran
Trump surrendered to Iran. That is what the Memorandum of Understanding shows.
Iran gets sanctions relief, the ability to sell its oil, the US staying out of its internal affairs (protests), and $300 billion for reconstruction. It may very well charge transit fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the future, and it has learned it has a weapon far more potent than possessing a nuclear weapon: the ability to disrupt the global economy and turn voters against their leaders.
What does the US get? Nothing. Ships will flow through the Strait again, easing oil and gas prices, but it was already open before Trump and Netanyahu started this war. Iran will also agree not to build a nuclear weapon, but it wasn’t building one and had agreed in the previous nuclear deal not to build a weapon. The deal that Trump tore up in his first term that created this mess.
This is a monumental failure and an embarrassment. The United States looks far weaker on the world stage, while Iran looks stronger.
The world understands how to deal with a bully like Trump: fight back. Trump started a trade war, and China fought back. The US lost. Trump wanted to reignite US imperialism and take over NATO nations. NATO fought back. The US lost. Trump started an unnecessary and illegal war in Iran. Iran fought back. The US lost.
The United States was once a respected leader on the world stage, but those days have come to an end because of the ego of one man and the political party that bent the knee.
America is in decline.
The only way to change this is to get serious about who we elect to Congress and the White House. Forget the culture war nonsense. Forget the partisan hate. Stop trying to control other people’s lives. And elect competent, informed, patriotic leaders who want to fix America’s problems and improve lives.