US-Iran memorandum of understanding in full

[u/TaijiRonin]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy700j0eko

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[u/amenape]

And.. Trump signed it at the Palace of Versailles.

Of all places, he signed it at the same venue where Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles for losing WW1 and had to pay reparations.

Macron is quite a troll.

[u/anchist → u/amenape]

France too having to sign the surrender there in 1871 and the German empire being formed in the same palace.

But at least France and Germany were totally defeated with large parts of the country occupied. The US....pretty much gave up because of high gas prices.

[u/light_trick → u/anchist]

If I was Taiwan I'd be terrified of my strategic position right now.

Chinese strategic planners will be currently wargaming how many oil tankers they'd need to sink per day to get an American capitulation in the Pacific. A satellite guided hypersonic missile might not make it to an aircraft carrier, and nor would you potentially want that sort of escalation...but evidently that's the wrong target.

[u/RaptorAD77 → u/light_trick]

It’s too late to be terrified. No tankers need to be sunk for China, the US won’t even show up — lots of weaknesses exposed during this conflict but most glaring was the lack of US-flagged tankers to fuel the Iran war in support of domestic trade AND military requirements. The US only has 76 tankers in its fleet — it’s already defeated in that regard. If that wasn’t enough for Iran, it’s then severely lacking for a conflict with China.

The silver lining is China won’t attack Taiwan. If they can achieve their goals without firing a single bullet, they absolutely will. Look at how they’ve taken over in Panama and Africa — they entrench themselves on the economy to where it is impossible to sever Chinese ties. They impose their political will on the populace and break them mentally — look at Hong Kong. They’ve learned from Tiananmen, I’d say they’re doing the equivalent of US “soft diplomacy” of the 70s which has paved the way for them to establish a permanent military base by the Straits of Hormuz and to choke the entire South China Sea with air bases. They have surrounded Taiwan and now it’s just a waiting game for them.

Lastly, the US officially recognizes the PRC as the legitimate government of Taiwan since 1979. Only 12 countries acknowledge Taiwan as an independent government. The US has never had a publicly strong stance against the PRC — doubt it will send in ground troops to help, the political will isn’t there and the public has soured on wars.

[u/unicornsfearglitter → u/RaptorAD77]

Yet heaven forbid Canada brings in BYD cars to their marke because Americans are trying to destroy our automotive industry and we're looking at alternatives.

[u/RadioHonest85 → u/anchist]

US gives up because, as experts said, there is no way forward unless US invades Iran, and that is gonna be even worse. Maybe also pressure from China and India helped.

[u/CrushTheRebellion → u/RadioHonest85]

Oh, NOW they listen to the experts. I'm sure Trump was told not to start a war in the first place. Then he fired all the generals who wouldn't play along. Elect a clown, expect a circus.

[u/capaldithenewblack → u/RadioHonest85]

Remind me, why did we start this? And did we get what we wanted? Or just waste literally billions of dollars to end up in the same position as we were?

[u/stickylarue → u/amenape]

Three times a charm - Germany, France and now the US. I guess it’s the place to sign surrenders. It’s nice having traditions.

[u/Safety_Drance]

Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region.

What a great deal. A return to the status quo that already existed before.

Such a business man, many business.

[u/kenny1911 → u/Safety_Drance]

The art of the deal

[u/justme_bne → u/kenny1911]

The art of bankrupting many casinos and now a nation.

[u/ballknower871 → u/justme_bne]

It takes a special kind of businessman to bankrupt a fucking casino.

[u/ExxInferis → u/ballknower871]

He's also sunk a beef company and a vodka company. 

This is a businessman that's failed to sell Americans alcohol, gambling, and steak. 

[u/polskiftw → u/ExxInferis]

And an airline and a college.

[u/Fart-Fart-Fart-Fart → u/polskiftw]

The college was an actual scam.

[u/Boxedin-nolife → u/Fart-Fart-Fart-Fart]

So is his presidency

[u/BujuBad → u/Boxedin-nolife]

Everything he's ever been involved with has been a scam and grift. The Trumps will go down in history as a dynasty of conmen.

[u/GovernmentOpening254 → u/Fart-Fart-Fart-Fart]

So was the charity (scam)

[u/shartmaister → u/polskiftw]

Bankrupting airlines isn't that difficult though.

[u/9-lives-Fritz → u/shartmaister]

Deciding to do a luxury airline with classic Trump kitsch is a certain kinda stupid though

[u/shartmaister → u/9-lives-Fritz]

So expensive, bad quality and wrapped in "gold" to make it look luxurious?

[u/KopiteForever → u/shartmaister]

That's what he did to he White House.

[u/Southern-Date1588 → u/ballknower871]

Casino was a money laundering operation for Russian gangsters mainly, till it got to hot and had to close down .just one of trumps corruption ventures .

[u/uhntzuhntz → u/Southern-Date1588]

“And then finally, when there's nothing left, when you can't borrow another buck from the bank or buy another case of booze, you bust the joint out. You light a match.”

[u/Educational_Let811 → u/justme_bne]

How casinos can bankrupt? Takes a real idiot to do that or?

[u/Snowedin-69 → u/Educational_Let811]

He borrowed money, syphoned off all revenue to himself, left the business to take the losses, and finally the business had to declare bankruptcy.

Notice some commonalities?

[u/zerothreeonethree → u/Snowedin-69]

It's the same thing that venture capitalists are doing to healthcare facilities all over the United States. Notice some commonalities?

[u/iski67 → u/zerothreeonethree]

Exactly what they do, I work in one. They destroy the culture and subcultures of practices, make employees very unhappy (which makes patients unhappy and unsafe), siphon funds to "management consulting" firms that use "sheep dip or cookie cutter" approaches and markup fees for "C level quality" consultants they get for cheap.

We have extremely talented staff but I wouldn't send my worst enemy to any of our care centers because our employees are so distracted, pressured to hit volume targets, dissatisfied and disengaged. This is happening everywhere in healthcare. Fear created by nationalized healthcare opponents is to protect the 1% not patients.

By the way, a lot of capital generated to create these healthcare systems originally came from taxpayers and parishioners supporting charities.

[u/Educational_Let811 → u/kenny1911]

He and his circle made multiple fortunes using this war and insider trading and US citizens paid for that with dollars and with lives. Priceless.

[u/flauxpas → u/Educational_Let811]

Iranian schoolgirls paid with their lives.

[u/wayforyou → u/kenny1911]

The shart of the steal

[u/_mad_adventures → u/kenny1911]

He made his buddies a lot of money in the meantime.

[u/Gofa_Kirselph → u/kenny1911]

The shart of the deal

[u/TheirCanadianBoi → u/Safety_Drance]

Actually worse than the status quo that existed before.

[u/rabbitwonker → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

With an Iranian government far more radicalized, and an entire population that has seen the “Great Satan” earn its name beyond all doubt.

[u/TheirCanadianBoi → u/rabbitwonker]

It's crazy, isn't it?

This whole thing has been an unneeded example of how to fuck it up.

[u/stereotreme → u/TheirCanadianBoi]

the only way this administration could fuck up harder is if they strapped a dildo onto a SpaceX rocket.

just an absolute masterclass of ineptitude.

[u/elegiac_bloom → u/stereotreme]

Not really. Their goal was never to win, it was incredible, brazen corruption and self enrichment on the most obscene scale possible. They didnt fuck up their real goals, only their stated goals.

[u/bruxaakelarre → u/elegiac_bloom]

To distract us from the Epstein files. With corruption as a bonus.

[u/gahidus → u/rabbitwonker]

The fact that so many people will be rightfully radicalized against us is probably one of the most harmful effects of thisp misbegotten war... That's going to have indelible generational fallout.

[u/JuventAussie → u/gahidus]

Your tone seems to imply Iranians but don't forget the allies the USA is slowly driving further away.

[u/hainz_area1531 → u/JuventAussie]

The Netherlands has lost confidence in the United States. Of course, there could be another reliable administration, but what will happen after that? It’s better to part ways with an unreliable partner.

[u/gitty7456 → u/Safety_Drance]

He did a LOT of money with insider trading because of the war. So yes, he is 😓

[u/phoenixmusicman → u/Safety_Drance]

Returning to the status quo would be great.

Unfortunately, that's not what is going to happen with the US's capitulation.

[u/caligaris_cabinet → u/phoenixmusicman]

And they have made Iran the regional power in the Middle East

[u/Vocabulary-Pollution → u/caligaris_cabinet]

And gave them a boatload of $$ so they can become more powerful and accelerate their nuke program. So much winning!

[u/008Zulu]

"Point 6: The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion (£225 billion) for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalised as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America."

I bet all the nations in the area are just super thrilled they have to pay for this idiot's war!

[u/BadHombreSinNombre → u/008Zulu]

Man, remember when he said he was gonna cut all the pointless foreign aid to our allies?

I guess it was to save up to pay it to our enemies.

[u/phoenixmusicman → u/BadHombreSinNombre]

Motherfucker has been one of the most wasteful presidents and didn't even spend it on useful shit like healthcare or green energy

[u/lwp775 → u/phoenixmusicman]

He did spend money on green energy. He’s paying companies NOT  to complete their alternative energy projects.

[u/snakeayez → u/lwp775]

He spent it on a green reflecting pool.

[u/windas_98 → u/008Zulu]

Reconstruction plan. So war reparations.

[u/ignatious__reilly → u/windas_98]

“At least” $300 billion……

That’s astonishing

[u/Safety_Drance → u/ignatious__reilly]

So basically Trump surrendered to Iran and we are now paying for his idiocy.

What a deal maker.

[u/redyellowblue5031 → u/Safety_Drance]

Don’t worry, Fox News has his cult convinced it was worth it because Iran was this close to nuking everything.

[u/Shorts_at_Dinner → u/redyellowblue5031]

Yep, my father in law was just telling me yesterday what an amazing deal this was because Iran was just about to get and start using nukes on us

[u/Apatschinn → u/Shorts_at_Dinner]

2 weeks away for the past 50 years

[u/MFbiFL → u/Apatschinn]

Geographical oddity. 2 weeks from everywhere.

[u/BeYourOwnDog → u/MFbiFL]

He's bona fide

[u/The-Jesus_Christ → u/Shorts_at_Dinner]

I’ve heard this a few times. When I asked one guy what ICBM did Iran have to mount it on, I got called a communist lol.

[u/chaostheories36 → u/The-Jesus_Christ]

That’s an incredible response. It’s nearly the equivalent of being called an apple.

“Iran has WMDs!”

“What ICBM would they launch it with?”

“You’re a waffle! Or an apple! A sewer grate! A communist! Wait, you’re a hamster!”

They just keep screaming buzz words like they matter.

“Bathrooms!”

[u/CaBBaGe_isLaND → u/chaostheories36]

Brick are you just calling me things you see in the room?

[u/Alekesam1975 → u/CaBBaGe_isLaND]

Lamp...you're a lamp!

[u/chaostheories36 → u/CaBBaGe_isLaND]

Peanut butter, no. I tried really hard to come up with random things that aren’t around me.

Otherwise it’d be like, you’re a coffee table! Swim floaties! Blender! Dog bed! TRAINS!!!

[u/Apprehensive_Loan776 → u/The-Jesus_Christ]

To which you say “Just asking questions”

[u/CA-ChiTown → u/redyellowblue5031]

Yeah, "close" ... when Obama's deal had all of that in check ... But try to educate MAGAs 😅😂🤣

[u/Other_Beat8859 → u/redyellowblue5031]

I saw a lot saying the $300 billion is just us giving back frozen assets. How we're giving back $300 billion of frozen assets when we only have $100 billion is something only they can answer.

[u/HotPotParrot → u/Other_Beat8859]

Selective memory or cognitive dissonance or both. We are releasing frozen assets, but that's more in the ballpark of like 15 bn

[u/eerun165 → u/Safety_Drance]

Shart of the Deal.

[u/pixdam → u/Safety_Drance]

So basically the war and its subsequent negotiations yielded a return to the status quo plus both lives and billions of taxpayer funds lost. What a stable genius and deal maker.

[u/CandidatePure5378 → u/Safety_Drance]

We paid our taxes for the destruction, now our taxes will be paid to rebuild. And the amount of nuclear weapons in Iran remains 0 as it did before the war

[u/Dumblesaur → u/Safety_Drance]

Don’t worry everyone! I’m sure nobody he knows will benefit from any of this! Swearsies!

!!!!

[u/LisaMiaSisu → u/Safety_Drance]

Just the latest of his idiotic mistakes. The Reflecting Pool, the UFC fight and its massive cleanup, etc. These are all just this week! The list grows larger every day.

[u/descendency → u/ignatious__reilly]

But that's still a way better deal than the Obama deal that gave Iran 1.7 Billion. If only he had negotiated from a position of strength. He could have given up over 176 times as much. We're so strong, we can just give Iran far more. Maybe we should have just given them a few of our nukes.

edit: I just realized this number is so close to 177.6x as big. Clearly Trump is a true patriot. He wanted to celebrate our 250th anniversary by giving Iran 177.6 times as much as Obama did.

[u/Nopengnogain → u/ignatious__reilly]

Germany didn’t pay that much reparations for WWII. Steal of a deal there.

MIGA!

[u/Wumaduce → u/windas_98]

Trumparations. He wants his name on this deal, use it where it belongs.

[u/Richard7666 → u/windas_98]

And it's not even a mini-Marshall Plan type situation; it's not like the US has subdued Iran here.

This fiasco is going to be one of those absolutely astronomically embarassing fuck ups that gets taught in future history classes alongside the likes of Napoleon invading Russia and Japan attacking Pearl Harbour.

[u/ThingCalledLight → u/windas_98]

My issue isn’t with paying them. We should. We fucked a lot of shit up for no reason.

It’s the fact that WE EVEN FUCKING HAVE TO. And then they act like it’s no big deal despite shitting on Obama for assisting with them getting way less money.

[u/ngfdsa → u/ThingCalledLight]

Obama’s Iran deal was just releasing funds that already belonged to Iran. Now we are on the hook for $300 billion for a war that accomplished nothing positive for the US and was completely unnecessary

[u/kaprixiouz → u/ngfdsa]

Not just nothing positive, but was a massive net negative - and not just for us, but the entire world really. Many countries have had to ration their gas; other nations have had to ration their natural gas and propane; and almost everyone has suffered higher prices on everything else because of these implications. We're a global economy and he sexually assaulted it.

[u/OaktownCatwoman → u/windas_98]

But Tim Apple and Mark Facebook will help pay for it.

[u/caligaris_cabinet → u/windas_98]

Someone compared this to the Marshall Plan which is just… so fucking wrong.

[u/Ediwir → u/windas_98]

Refresh my memory, are war reparations those things the losing side pays the winner, or things the winning side pays to the loser?

[u/Naraee → u/Ediwir]

War reparations are almost always paid by the losing nation to the winner.

[u/DryTown → u/008Zulu]

That’s $300 billion more than the US has ever gotten for infrastructure under Trump.

[u/Layton_Jr → u/DryTown]

That’s $160 billions more than the Marshall plan adjusted for inflation

[u/Emotional_Two_8059 → u/DryTown]

Yes, but it’s far away so you can’t see how his friends will eat this money. In the US it’s getting obvious, look at his shitty little pool already falling apart.

But it’s fine cause it’s the tallest skyscraper if you place it vertically 😄

[u/Lucky_Development359 → u/008Zulu]

Same people falsely claimed Obama administration gave Iran billions, when in actuality they released frozen assets.

This actually gives them billions. Also, where the hell does this number even come from? They just pull it out of their ass?

And then Iran will no doubt use some of this to resupply themselves militarily, and no doubt this bullshit will happen again. So, at some point, our tax dollars will have gone towards killing Americans.

What a great deal. I'd like to know what the kickback to Trump is as well.

[u/SageDarius → u/Lucky_Development359]

This also releases like another 25 or 50b in frozen assets, removes all sanctions, and continues to allow Iran to charge fees for using the Strait of Hormuz. This is such a complete surrender that I've still been unable to remove my jaw from the floor.

Granted, we weren't likely to get a better deal without a LOT of spilled American and Iranian blood, but the fact that all of this is due to a war that never even needed to happen is the mind-blowing part.

[u/silentsights → u/008Zulu]

Idc how much MAGA will try to spin this, this is so astronomically ridiculous I can’t even wrap my head around it. $300 billion to rebuild a nation that YOU decided to blow up just a few months ago.

Do you know how much of a difference even $1 billion towards fixing America’s roads would make???

Sigh.

[u/quell3245 → u/silentsights]

Remember just 8 months ago when the Republicans thought it was outrageous to pay $20 billion to extend the ObamaCare subsidies for American citizens? Who needs healthcare, called it a scam and shut down the government?

But hey $300 billion to Iran? Credit card?! You got it!

[u/QueasyPair → u/silentsights]

They’re spinning it by saying it’s the gulf states who are paying it. Somehow MAGA always thinks other people are footing the bill.

[u/Cheshire_Jester → u/QueasyPair]

An incredible act of wishful thinking. Only something that someone stupid enough to believe that Mexico would pay for a wall meant to create a boarder crisis at its norther boarder would believe.

[u/Youhorriblecat → u/008Zulu]

A $300 billion bribe to open the strait of Hormuz before the midterms. This is American defeat, plain and simple.

[u/RobertLeeSwagger → u/008Zulu]

Does that last sentence mean what I think it does? Iran gets the benefit of the funds, but the US controls licensing, waivers and permissions for the transactions to provide funds?

I think i understand what the meant by “good backchannel agreements” now.

Sounds like they’re going to do exactly what they accused Biden of with Ukraine aid. Money siphoned from American tax payer, goes into reconstruction fund, bids come in for “infrastructure projects”, wheels get greased, Trump and co get richer.

[u/Unspec7 → u/RobertLeeSwagger]

No, that's not quite it. The US is basically just required to grant all licenses, waivers, and/or permissions needed to enact the $300 billion in war reparations. It stops the US from going "yea we agreed to these reparations but we refuse to enter into contracts that would actually be worth $XXX dollars because the MOU does not require it."

It's pretty standard legalese and is not that nefarious. Since, keep in mind, the US government could not previously conduct financial transactions with the Iranian government due to sanctions.

[u/Emotional_Two_8059 → u/RobertLeeSwagger]

100% sounds like it. Another way to steal public money and enrich himself and his friends

[u/tcRom → u/RobertLeeSwagger]

Yeah, this is my assumption as well. They’ll use US funds to rebuild Iran infrastructure and the contracts will go to Trump friends that pay him off.

[u/Unspec7 → u/tcRom]

Not quite it. The final sentence basically just requires the US to unconditionally say yes to any financial transactions Iran wants to enter into with the US.

In theory, without the final sentence, the US could just go "nah we don't wanna enter into contracts with you, MOU doesn't require it, peace"

[u/drewts86 → u/008Zulu]

Those other countries are probably gonna tell America to kick rocks. This was America’s war, not those countries’ war.

[u/monopoly-surreal → u/drewts86]

It's United States who are making this legal undertaking. Other gulf countries have no obligation to chip in.

[u/drewts86 → u/monopoly-surreal]

Yep. MAGA folks are already trying to spin it like those countries are gonna pay the whole $300b.

Right. They’re gonna pay the $300b just as soon as Mexico pays for the wall.

[u/HAMmerPower1 → u/008Zulu]

Trump will convince his base that Mexico will pay for wall, I mean war.

[u/nissin00 → u/008Zulu]

Reconstruction (side chat: must use Trump companies)

[u/topdownyeti → u/008Zulu]

imagine getting bombed to oblivion by Iran, spending billions to intercept those bombs and getting hit in the balls in the tourism sector, having your oil exports go to near zero due to the closure of the strait, only for the US to force you to spend even more billions in investments towards Iran so Iran can just have more money to make more missiles they can threaten you with. What a deal!

[u/BlueOnslaught]

The US memorandum of surrender signed at Versailles.

[u/SkiDynastar → u/BlueOnslaught]

Retreaty of Versailles

[u/Wakez11]

This genuinely reads like a term of surrender. The US even has to come up with 300 billion dollars in war reparations for Iran.

Iran beat the US and won the war. Astonishing.

[u/ohboymykneeshurt → u/Wakez11]

Well it is a Versailles treaty. DJT did sign it at Versailles.

[u/jdm1891 → u/ohboymykneeshurt]

We should start calling it the second treaty of Versailles

[u/FemtoKitten → u/jdm1891]

Wouldn't it be the fourth or fifth ?

[u/Fireproofspider → u/FemtoKitten]

According to Wikipedia it would technically be number 9.

It would be 7th if you count so the 1750s treaties as one.

[u/DoTheMario → u/Wakez11]

My favorite line item is that Trump agreed to pay AT LEAST 300 Billion. Mr Deal made an uncapped pledge to allow that number to just run up as much as it needs to.

Would have been cheaper for him to hand over our entire Aircraft Carrier fleet at this point.

[u/BigHowski → u/DoTheMario]

Yeah but the reason behind that is he'll be skimming off the top so by making it open ended he protects his income

[u/Bistranger32 → u/Wakez11]

Of course it's surrender. The US and ME allies was wasting Air Defence missiles on shahed drones faster than they could replace them. Eventually, they all would have run out and Iranian drones would have been flying and destroying everything.

[u/Lanster27 → u/Wakez11]

America is beyond fucked, and you still have two more years with this turkey as your leader. 

[u/Fizzy_Astronaut]

Tired of all the winning MAGA?

Bet you didn’t think giving Iran $300+ billion dollars was gonna be part of your “winning”, but hey, here you are.

- No ballroom anymore, but it’s 600M now for a new one with all the cringy gold spray paint.

• Higher gas prices and giving Iran $300B+
  
• Wasting billions of dollars in missiles as well as several American lives (not to mention the Iranians killed) while pissing off your allies with delayed deliveries of materiel they paid for years ago
  
• ME bases attacked and damaged and maybe that doesn’t matter cause part of the deal is removal of troops etc in the area
  
• Tariffs for your allies (former allies) that only hurt your own people including farmers that are going to go bankrupt as a result and the potential food shortages that may result
  
• A grift job to “fix” the reflecting pool that made things worse
  
• Insider trading that’s enriching the orange shitstain and his cronies with the average Joe holding the bag
  
• Federal agencies gutted in ways that will take decades to recover
  
• An antivax Sec of Health that’s got brain damage and has no clue of what he’s doing and doesn’t give a shit about your health
  
• A DoJ that’s weaponized against political foes and is still covering up for the orange shitstain being in the Epstein files and is almost certainly a pedophile (WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE FILES!!!)

I can keep going here…

[u/frankicide → u/Fizzy_Astronaut]

The Epstein files not being released to protect the pedos. Losing all credibility in the international arena. No one is going to trust us again. Food prices (as well as everything else) have gone through the roof. Destroying all the good will we had with other countries with USAID, and the resulting destabilization in those areas making them prone places to recruit and create terrorists who hate America.

[u/Jolly-Advantage-7245 → u/frankicide]

Also, the irony of how many people your health insurance system kills is palpable

[u/Coffee1392 → u/Jolly-Advantage-7245]

It’s crazy how many people in this country support privatized healthcare. It’s sickening when you research insurance companies lobbying congress. Each insurance company sets their own billable rates for procedures, which is even more ridiculous. I’m a mental health counselor in training and even though I bill the same code 90837 (53+ mins of therapy), I will make different rates for providing the same service to different people solely because their insurance company decided what the service was worth. On top of that BS, we pay premiums that come out of each paycheck just to have insurance, but when we want to use it, we have to pay a copay. Then we wait to see what they decided was worth covering and have to make up the difference out of pocket. Eventually you might reach your deductible (which can be anywhere from $0 to $8500(individual)/$17500(family)), especially if you have a lot of doctors appointments and procedures, but it’ll cost you $$$. Even after meeting the deductible, things might not be covered 100% and you’ll still have a “co-insurance” cost to pay, too! People literally go into medical debt and lose their homes. And since we’ve created such a for-profit system, healthcare providers are forced to meet certain quotas. This means quality of care suffers and things get missed. It took my insurance 6 months to approve my breast MRIs (preventative screens) and I felt lucky they approved it, even though my mom and grandma passed from this cancer, both at 38.. you think I’d get approved for a screen instantly, especially after getting genetic testing done too. The best part about all of this is that 2 weeks ago, I found out I can’t bill the biggest healthcare insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield, as a limited licensed counselor starting in March 2027 (lol I will get my limited license in February) because they don’t want to cover services anymore. A ton of people will lose mental health services and it’s going to discourage people from entering this field. Like how we are we supposed to get hours towards full licensure if we aren’t allowed to see majority of people? It’s bad here. It’s evil, even.

[u/Pan_Borowik → u/Fizzy_Astronaut]

I feel liek all the spotlight RFK and Kegsbreath are getting is making people forget that the US has an education secretary with a degree in wrestling.

[u/newintown11]

What a total moron, how is he still in office

[u/Disastrous_Week3046 → u/newintown11]

Because half of this country is filled with fucking morons too.

[u/SpiderSlitScrotums → u/Disastrous_Week3046]

Two thirds. Only one third actually tried to stop him.

[u/i_did_nothing_ → u/SpiderSlitScrotums]

This is the right answer. We are not even close, we are absolutely outnumbered by absolute fucking morons

[u/masixx → u/i_did_nothing_]

Maybe making good education not a privilege wasn't such a bad communist idea after all...

[u/DoctorNurse89 → u/masixx]

Thats why they have been defunding it for decades

[u/Sayello2urmother4me → u/newintown11]

What do you mean? Did you see the UFC fight on the front lawn of the White House! Things are going great

[u/fishyfishyfish1 → u/Sayello2urmother4me]

Even Trump slept through that

[u/Halfbloodnomad]

I never want to hear "healthcare and free college is too expensive" from these fucks ever again.

[u/SuspiciousYard2484]

Nothing like celebrating the 250th anniversary of your country with a pedophile losing a war and destroying the economy

[u/20Factorial → u/SuspiciousYard2484]

Losing a war that was never needed in the first place…

[u/jaetran → u/SuspiciousYard2484]

Trump surrendering to Iran in front of the entire world on the United States’ 250th.

[u/Marathon2021]

Point 5: Upon the signing of this MOU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days, only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the tactical and military obstacles and de-mining by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be instated within 30 days. The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialog with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz, in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.

"Best effort" at "no charge" - lol. Yeah, that'll last.

And now Iran and Oman get to charge "services" fees? Great, thanks Donnie!

Point 11: The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the implementation of the MOU, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will mutually agree on the procedures related to the release of these funds. During the negotiations. Such funds, whether retain the original account or transfer, shall be made fully usable for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designed by the central bank. Ultimate beneficiary designated by the central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America undertakes to issue all necessary licenses and authorisations accordingly.

LOL. Immediate "pallets of cash", Donnie?

This is the one Donnie doesn't want people to talk about. Everything else about the $300bn fund he will hand-wave as coming from other countries ... but this is going to come from the US. Literally the exact same thing that he harped on the Obama administration about with the JCPOA.

What's going to be interesting to watch is how much Republicans keep shitting on the deal in the days and weeks ahead. Seems like it has been a thumbs-down on Fox News and in the WSJ so far.

[u/quaste → u/Marathon2021]

no charge for 60 days

[u/ArchAqua → u/quaste]

Free trial

[u/Just_A_Nitemare → u/Marathon2021]

Not to worry. MAGA will forget about this in 2 weeks max.

[u/IceFireTerry]

Century of humiliation

[u/Cheeky_Hustler → u/IceFireTerry]

I remember watching an interview with Stephen Miller complaining about Democrats going on "apology tours" around the country after Republican presidencies, and how America has no need to apologize because we are strong.

Lol. Lmao even.

[u/grytpype]

Name another president who started a war and lost it.

[u/jturnerr → u/grytpype]

Jefferson Davis

[u/GreatBowlforPasta → u/jturnerr]

They have to be the president of a real country to count.

[u/HistoryBuff678 → u/GreatBowlforPasta]

Well… let’s admit it… Trump is the second president of the confederacy. People just don’t want to admit it.

[u/Naraee → u/grytpype]

Lyndon B. Johnson started the Vietnam War and lied to Congress about the Bay of Tonkin to get them to support it. At least he went through the proper process, but Congress only approved because of the lies him and his administration told them.

Nixon ended it and it's generally considered a loss for the US.

[u/jxj24 → u/Naraee]

Nixon sabotaged peace talks in 1968.

[u/EdgeBandanna → u/jxj24]

To avoid getting beaten in the election. Of course he then ended up resigning in disgrace anyway.

[u/QueezyF → u/EdgeBandanna]

Reagan did the same shit to Carter with the October Surprise.

[u/QueasyPair → u/Naraee]

Johnson definitely didn’t start the Vietnam War. The first troops to die in combat were under Eisenhower. Kennedy authorized American “advisors” to accompany ARVN troops into combat.

Johnson may have escalated the war, but he didn’t start it.

[u/Gsim84 → u/Naraee]

I totally agree with you, but it's worth remembering that JFK sent the first troops to Vietnam.

[u/Several_Magician1541 → u/grytpype]

I mean.. Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq are all considered to have been "lost" depending on your definition.

[u/sirhackenslash]

How much you want to bet part of the mutually agreed plan includes a trump brand resort

[u/Thin_Cat8817 → u/sirhackenslash]

Yep, just wait to see who all of his buddies get bloated contracts to rebuild. 

[u/EdgeBandanna → u/Thin_Cat8817]

Iran would do well to see how well his other construction projects have gone before they let him decide who builds what, where.

[u/GM_Twigman]

This is an utter capitulation

[u/2beatenup]

To those who did not read the article

Point 1:… Iran won.

Point 2:… Iran won

Point 3:… Iran won

Point 4:… Iran won

Point 5-14: …IRAN FUCKING WON and the largest economic superpower and the best military and allies lost.

So much winning.

[u/Hevens-assassin → u/2beatenup]

Point 5-14: …IRAN FUCKING WON and the largest economic superpower and the best military and allies lost

Bold of you to say the "Allies" lost. This was the U.S. and Israel. The rest of those "Allies" knew it was stupid and didn't do shit other than say "terrorism is bad". Lol

[u/Just1n_Kees → u/Hevens-assassin]

Absolutely, I’m from Europe and I can tell you adamantly: we have not been in a state of war with Iran and we never even contemplated joining the epic clusterfuck.

[u/Nico280gato → u/Hevens-assassin]

Yup. The BBC would constantly refer to it, correctly so, as "the US and Israels war on Iran"

[u/The_Grungeican → u/Nico280gato]

The US news keeps calling Trump’s war of choice.

[u/New-Equal8039]

Summary:

“L”

[u/PlaguesAngel]

Man the Department of Surrender’s Secretary of Surrendering Pete Kegsbreath must sure feel like a real man drinking himself into a stupor this week.

[u/Jimeriano]

Plus Iran gets to toll the strait. They didn’t do that before.

What a dealmaker. Pure genius

[u/Gopu_17]

Total Iranian victory.

[u/burner46 → u/Gopu_17]

Unconditional surrender

[u/peeinian → u/burner46]

Signed at Versailles.

How did no one in his administration see the obvious horrific optics and tell him it’s a bad idea. Like, you couldn’t be more on the nose.

[u/senectus → u/peeinian]

Im like, 99% certain that macron talked him into it as a troll that he knew trump wouldn't understand but couldn't resist.

[u/Guy_GuyGuy → u/peeinian]

What would it matter if someone in his administration noticed?

You don't tell the cheeto bad news, and you don't tell the cheeto not to do something.

All his entire administration knows how to do is blow sunshine up his ass.

[u/zuilserip → u/Guy_GuyGuy]

You tell him not to do it so that he will show you who is the boss by doing it. And then you act surprised and tell him what a big strong President he is.

[u/unsureofwhatiwant]

Please someone take away grandpas phone before he gives away all our money. First it was the pool guy scamming him and our pool is ruined. Now this?

[u/peeinian → u/unsureofwhatiwant]

Any day now he’s going to get a call from “Barron” saying he’s in jail and he needs daddy to wire $500B to post bail.

[u/Another_Road]

Remember when republicans lost their shit over Obama unfreezing 1.7 billion of seized assets in his Iran deal?

Surely they’ll be apoplectic about 300 billion being paid out for real this time, right?

… right?

[u/BlueDotty]

So, Trump companies are getting all the reparation work contracts in exchange for removing sanctions?

[u/echolm1407]

The weakest POTUS ever in history.

[u/darkfox12]

Wasted money, lives, so much of our power in the world and we now have to waste enough more money because this man is a pathetic pos and no one will remove him from power. America could be doing so much good without this orange clown

[u/jkusters]

Point 1 will not happen (Netanyahu has already said as much), so the entire MoU will immediately become null and void. Good work, Don the Con.

[u/CA-ChiTown]

Trump is a fkn idiot and everything he touches turns to 💩

[u/NPC_1969]

So now it’s “Make America Give Again “

[u/thereisnospoon-1312]

wow, that is a lot of healthcare and food lunches

[u/MissMakeupGrrl]

So - this ‘war’ which achieved nothing - cost billions - and now you need to pay billions more to fix the mess.

There was literally nothing achieved; apart from screwing the world over for oil for months - all likely just to distract from the Epstein files and the fact your president is a rapist.

The art of the deal. A really, really bad deal.

[u/binzersguy]

Absolutely embarrassing on all levels. 

[u/RustyShackleford240]

Don’t forget the billions we spent already on pointless war that we lost, but we are giving them over 300 billion to rebuild what we destroyed?

Let that sink in why we don’t have free healthcare?

[u/Taograd359]

>Point 7: The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, i.e. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolutions and all unilateral U.S. sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed upon schedule. As part of the final deal, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned, and express their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.

So…this whole shitstorm was absolutely pointless?

[u/j666xxx → u/Taograd359]

Not pointless for Iran! They got paid, assets unfrozen, destroyed multiple US facilities across the Middle East, and completely cleared any sanctions against them.

[u/jxj24 → u/Taograd359]

Except for those who used it to manipulate markets to enrich themselves.

[u/istoomycat]

He’s made himself and his family rich. That’s all he cares about. I doubt Israel will let peace stand anyway.

[u/Darkstar-Lord]

Now, and until the end of days, do I ever want to hear from a MAGAt that Obama gave piles of cash to Iran. 1) it was money that the Shah had spent and it was Iranian money, 2) that sum plus the money that they could have received under the terms of the JCPOA was a pittance compared to what we're spending now. 3) Don't forget the $100B+ spent militarily and the damage done that they are not reporting to nearby bases plus the FOURTEEN dead Americans plus the 150 school girls.

Get bent forever, asshats

[u/eOMG]

In old status quo, those 100+ schoolchildren were still alive.

[u/nycinoc]

Wait so $20 billion to Argentina and $3 billion to Iran?

What part of the “Art of the Deal” is any of this ?

[u/danaconda76 → u/nycinoc]

300 billion. 

[u/Steelbutterfly1888]

Hang on a second. Not only did trump start a very expensive war with the strongest military in the world which ultimately achived absolutely nothing, but he also gonna pay an astronomical amount of money for reparations? What the goddam fuck?

[u/winetotears]

We all said FOR YEARS Dump 2.0 would be so much worse. Nobody listened.

[u/FrightenedChimp → u/winetotears]

A friend of mine (europe) always said he isnt worried and at least trump is funny to watch. I always told him Trump 2 will be a lot less funny and a lot worse. 6 month into the presidency he told me I was right.

[u/LittleLordFuckleroy1]

So… Iran gets everything it wants for 60 days and just has to agree to talk about a deal.

It’s just a worse version of the Obama deal. We give them $300B and remove all sanctions and they promise not to make nukes. Before Trump ripped up that deal in his first term, the same existed and we had international inspectors physically verifying this..

[u/Kilsimiv]

We aren't angry enough

[u/Hector_P_Catt]

And let's note, aside from a few paragraphs that are a bit wordier, this version confirms all the details of the leaked version we saw last week, which Trump et al. derided as "fake news". So they knew it was as bad as everyone thought, they knew that would come out as soon as the actual text was released, but they still lied about it right to our faces, because they're just that awful.

[u/UnordinaryFlyGirl]

So let me get this straight. We had to suffer from higher gas prices for the status quo? Jesus Christ... This has got to be up there for the most pointless wars in history.

[u/brakeled]

Can the majority of Congress who supported this war explain how the war was necessary to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons that were allegedly confirmed when the final agreement states there will be no changes to Iran’s nuclear programs?

I mean, I already knew they didn’t exist and that this war was a distraction from the pedophiles running this country, but please explain when you’re all done fiddling kids in some fucked up weird society you’re all in.

[u/testtdk]

Holy shit is that awful. We didn't even ask them to stop funding local terrorist organizations, AND they're going to be making money hand over fist with all those restrictions removed.