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Posted on 05/06/2026 8:12:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Could this be the endgame? On Wednesday, while talking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump implied that a deal with Iran was imminent - and stated that they have agreed to give up their nuclear weapons program.
.@POTUS: "Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won't — and, they've agreed to that, among other things." pic.twitter.com/Z8ynfQpS7Y— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 6, 2026
The Center Square's Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief, Sarah Roderick-Fitch, has more.
During a Wednesday afternoon news conference in the Oval Office, Trump indicated that Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon – a stipulation in a deal between Iran and the U.S.
“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t, and they’ve agreed to that, among other things,” Trump told reporters.
The president said a deal with Iran is close, despite making the same claim multiple times since a ceasefire went into place April 7. However, Trump appears to acknowledge the Islamic Republic’s reluctance to reach a deal over the last month after several failed attempts to make a deal.
The president may be referring to a one-page "memorandum of understanding" that would end the immediate conflict and pave the way for more detailed talks.
The White House believes it's getting close to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, according to two U.S. officials and two other sources briefed on the issue.
The big picture: The U.S. expects Iranian responses on several key points in the next 48 hours. Nothing has been agreed yet, but the sources said this was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
That's good news - if we can count on it all falling into place, and if Iran doesn't welch at the last minute. Remember, only earlier on Wednesday, President Trump hit Iran with a sternly-worded ultimatum; could this be the result?
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President Trump's brief statement in the Oval Office, though, reflects what he has said all along was the one ironclad condition on which he would not waver: Iran giving up their nuclear weapons program and all of their nuclear material. The president sounded very confident in that remark.
Here's the problem. There's no notion in any of this about Iran's system of government changing for the better. The brutal crackdown on pro-freedom protestors is ongoing in Iran. The mullahs, once the shooting stops, will reemerge from whatever rock they were hiding under, along with the new Supreme Leader, assuming that he hasn't assumed ambient temperature. They will go back to oppressing the citizens. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, will go back to its usual peacetime vocations of arming and training terrorists. And weapons development will continue.
Why would I say that? Because these people can't be trusted. No deal made with the Islamic Republic is worth the paper it's printed on. We've set them back, militarily, a long way - but there will be no lasting peace in the region, no fresh breath of freedom for the Iranian people, until the IRGC, the mullahs, and the Supreme Leader are no longer running the show in Tehran.
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My question -- Who is this "they" of which he speaks of? Does the IRGC agree as well? If not, it's another waste of time.
Groundhog Day.
SSDD.
So far he’s said the war was over 31 times.
Iran will no more stop trying to build nuclear weapons than Germany would have given up murdering any “untermenschen” that they could get ahold of.
I love Trump, but if he believes this he is, at best, naive.
“Roadhouse!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZkJAx8FycI
If “they” is who Trump believes should be in charge in Iran, then he’s making yet another mistake. The IRGC is not going away quietly, and the longer it drags on, the more likely the American people turn against our actions in Iran. Doesn’t matter if it’s the right thing to do. Many Americans hate being bogged down in the Middle East, and they show their displeasure in the voting booth (or staying home).
That was great.
Perhaps Iran will pretend it will give up all its nuclear ambitions.
Then Trump will pretend to believe them.
Why? This war is going in a direction neither side wants. It could get better for one side. But more likely it will get worse for both.
Keep the home fires safe and sleep tight.
Haley and Desanctimonius will save you the. ‘28.
😂😂😂😂
PDJT may not get the Best solution regarding Iran, but he will find the most optimal solution.
Twitter is exploding over an NBC news report out tonight that MBS has shut off all Saudi air space to the US and Israel. Whether they could enforce it is another thing of course, but it could change how things play out.
Does every time he’s declared victory count as one of the wars he’s ended?
Is the “most optimal solution” the status quo ante?
If they give up their nuclear ambitions I predict they will go to town on bio warfare.
Yogi Berra, is that you?
Whatever. All Iran learned is to get nukes and make sure the local Iranian military forces are more vicious than before towards protesters in order to keep control.
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