6/16/2026, 11:42:38 AM · by MinorityRepublican · 14 replies
The New York Times ^ | June 16, 2026 | Erica L. Green and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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We'll have to pass the MOA before we can know what's in the MOA.
Posted on 06/16/2026 2:24:20 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
It's time to release the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran.
Speculation is running rampant about what's in it, and leaks from the administration are making Trump's allies very nervous because they all seem to suggest that Iran's propaganda about what's in it is largely accurate. Vice President Vance is spinning like a top that it's really a great deal, and all the great benefits Iran claims it will get depend on performance, but unless we know what is in the MOU, we don't know what "performance" really means.
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One thing we do know is that Iran's interpretation of the MOU includes a complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and no strikes on Hezbollah, and it sure sounds like Trump is on board with that.
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Hezbollah claims that Iran has assured it that any nuclear deal will require Israel's complete withdrawal from Lebanon. Trump, while not endorsing that notion directly, did criticize Israel's actions in Lebanon and suggest that Syria be given the job of dealing with Hezbollah.
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What's really striking about that isn't that Trump said something off the cuff; his social media team highlighted those comments as especially important, sending a signal to everybody, including Israel and Iran, that he implicitly endorses tying Hezbollah's survival, or at least protection from Israeli attacks, as part of the deal.
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Now Trump says he will release the MOU after the signing ceremony, although, one assumes, there may be secret annexes as happened with Obama's JCPOA. We may not know about that for God knows how long, one way or another.
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It is beyond disgusting I am so in shock
Trump is always positioning, to look like the friend of all, when he then has to get real.
His positioning is happening in public, which is not a normal way to negotiate or win over people. He is telling what he wants others to dream of, to help him move forward.
Lots of disinformation out there. Keep this in mind: the only path to victory for the IRGC is thru the Democrat party. Democrats will do everything in their power to ensure an Islamic victory just like they made sure Vietnam was lost to embarrass Republicans back then.
If Syria will do it then good.
Maybe.
I strongly doubt that is true.
And Israel will not stop attacking Hezbollah anymore than we’d stop any army attacking the USA.
So... What he’s saying is that Syria should invade Lebanon???
Hokie dokie... It may be time for a redo of that cognitive testing.
And just like they / Biden deliberately abandoned Afghanistan.
They get a lot of people killed and they don’t give a damn about their own country.
It could be worse. This could be a Uke/Rus thread where Trump says he no longer has anything to do with the Ukraine War.
And Lebanon should run its state as well.
Apparently, there's now a path thru the GOP as well.
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We'll have to pass the MOA before we can know what's in the MOA.
Israel nearly screwed everything up for Trump. But that’s what happens when you fight Israel’s wars.
Trump underestimated Iran, big time, and his unwillingness to wipe them off the map despite claims to the contrary is going to give the IRGC the win in this one. I’m really disappointed in this whole situation.
You mean like this thread?
Trump’s advisers have told him he’s losing the Groyper vote.
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