Trump says 'largely negotiated' Iran deal would reopen Strait of Hormuz

Barbara Appleby28

It wasn’t just Obama’s deal, although I’m sure he’d like to claim credit, but it was a deal negotiated over years with the UK, Germany & France who all tried to maintain it after Trump’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018 but it eventually collapsed without the US support

David Davidson16

and a Trump agreement is as good as an Israeli ceasefire

Joe Public 🍁13

It's sad to see that americans only think of 13 american lives. Since trump started his second term, americans have been responsible for killing thousands of non-americans, without any legal justification.

Lizanne Flynn (we/ours)13

It's maddening how we've regressed so fast and so far.

@JohnBGilman.bsky.social8

And Trump lost the war with Iran... bigly.

propterhoc.bsky.social7

Clearest example of why Obama earned a Nobel Peace prize and Trump never will.

Valerie (and Viktor)5

I mean Obama did also murder people Like I get your point but his policies were certainly not devoid of body bags, we just didn't see them as much

Croaker4

And Trump just casually threw it away. The arrogance of a rich White man who has never had to work for anything

Create Hope4

recalling that a Felonious 47 family member holds a trademark from China for body bags

DrMindfullofRevolutionaryChange3

This can't be said too much.

Jade Jurek2

Yeah, but don’t forget the Tan Suit Scandal and Biden was old! Geez, I miss them both so much!

Josh2

He still didnt secure a nuclear deal

Glenn Forrest2

Or, “Pearl Harboring” them. I want to see how much worse this deal is than Obama’s.

AgentJoeMcJoe™2

"When you're an utter idiot moron, they let you do it." -Trumpy

Doug Cronkhite36

Dumbest leader in world history. All he had to do was do nothing, but he couldn't stand having Obama's name on the deal with Iran.

dem6400.bsky.social31

This is so ridiculous. Trump threatens to bomb in the morning, by noon there are big-time negotiations, and by dinner it is all unraveling. It’s like living in a version of Groundhog Day without the laughs.

reneedodson.bsky.social15

Next he’ll invade Cuba as a distraction

Steven Axelrod13

Trump doesn't know what he's doing.

Annmarie12

Does everyone want him to "take his time" because markets don't open until Tuesday?

MadGreek 🧿10

Ohh no. Putin is not going to like that. He's been secretly pushing Trump to negotiate a deal. Clearly the Russians are on the Iranian's side but Trump is too stupid to understand that. If there is no deal Putin has threatened to pull out of OPEC and the U.S. economy will collapse.

ScruffyR (NO LISTS!)8

He's so GD weak! The second he's challenged he crumbles, panics & hears all opinions from all sides. Then he has no idea what to do. Why a draft dodger should NEVER EVER be in charge of an army run by a drunk propagandist. Iran's got him nailed. What a loser. What a waste. Tks MAGA 😡

peninsulaguy1.bsky.social7

Living in America is like being on a daily tv reality show.

Chris⚖️Justice5

🧐 Thanks for keeping us informed & involved Deal? What deal?

powerstothepeople.bsky.social4

All of this bluster and backtracking is ridiculous, time consuming and a huge money waster. Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The end result is that Trump will end up giving Iran damn near everything it wants.

A.Cooper4

Eventually both sides will quietly stop blockading the Strait without an agreement, I doubt Trump will ever keep any actual agreement for more than a month. So, I think the problem will eventually go away but never end.

The Shadow 🇺🇦3

His only motivation is to pump up the stock market for Monday morning.

Scurrah6263

The Gross incompetence is staggering.

J Huber2

What a 💩 show this administration is.

uheep.bsky.social2

Trump is trying to get a deal that's worse for America.

TZJHuskerInCO2

What happened to America First? Why does Netanyahu continue to set our foreign policy? (That’s completely rhetorical! I already know the reason is because Dementia Donny is a feckless idiot!)

CTPhipps2

The problem is that there probably isn't a way for Trump to "win" this and surrender isn't going to be any worse than "winning" because it was a bad idea to start with, it was made worse by horrific conduct, and no one can define "winning."

Neon Nomad 🇨🇦2

Bibi & Putin ALWAYS have a veto over anything Trump does. Wonder why? 🤔🤔🤔

BlueRockitResistor2

Trump only wants money 💰 War is profitable The Epstein Trump files are not 🤬

pete1456.bsky.social46

That’s because trump hasn’t had a deal yet So he says he does Then he says they backed out His deal is like a imaginary friend he just makes up

Mr Stephen Pike24

Worst deal maker on Earth says he doesnt make bad deals.

Polly Curley22

Would that "massive amount of cash" be the Iranians own money that the US was returning having seized it? Asking for a friend obvs.

It Ain't Me.19

So like infrastructure week and his healthcare plan.

Uptown Sinclair14

I just saw something quietly, almost silently pass through the strait of Hormuz. I think it was Schrödinger's cat.

bostroemc13

I wonder if there's a silent B in it.

Lieutenant Corporal Browski, USMC12

He's already chickening out on chickening out. This fucking nitwit can't even surrender right.

Kathy Byrne9

Iran is already the winner, they have had oil sanctions removed and they’ve got him backed into a corner where he is surrounded by know-nothings and realtors looking to make deals

Stan (Sol)8

My prediction based on Donald's entire political career. Trump will create 100% of the problem, correct 10% of the issues leaving the situation worse than when it started, then claim only he could do it.

Pattie Vargas 🫘💙🫶🏼🐶8

Is the deal in the room with you now, Donald?

Baumer7

He is in a vice, and it is impossible to see how the economic realities don’t start crushing that thick, stupid skull very soon.

Sparkling Ice7

So $25 billion isn’t massive amounts of cash? Because that seems like a lot of money to me, but wtf do I know, I work for a living.

Aurora ❌👑6

No one believes him, until we see it

The Spaceshipper 🚀6

From the rest of the world: could you please unplug and replug the US? Thank you in advance.

John Novio6

Even trump doesn't know what it is until Iran agrees to it. Whatever happens it will involve a large cash transfer.

Baja Arizona. We fight on.6

Well we definitely know it's not in the room with him right now.

Andy Cohen6

“…but this amorphous deal is exactly the opposite of the terrible deal Obama made, because it’s me agreeing to it (either that, or saying it’s unacceptable and insulting - I’m about 50/50 to go either way, so stay tuned until the markets open to find out if I make a deal or bomb them to oblivion!”

Coherent Light5

He bought his deal at Dollar General...

Robin Little5

No, you make HORRIBLE deals! I call 🐂💩!

edolis 🇪🇺🇮🇹5

the stable genius does not seem to have a sound understanding of the concept of sunk costs. Or is he going to get 'Obama's money' back? plus the remaining absurdities ofc.

David Schaller5

That includes the Iranians, I bet

MX-LUC1F3R4

Trump's deal, unlike Obama's which gave Iran "massive amounts of cash," will give Iran GROTESQUELY massive amounts of cash.

melomys4

Narrator: Iran has never had a nuclear weapon. #OperationEpicFail

Moose 'n Squirrel4

T: "... including me, myself, and hi it's me again!"

PaulaBehnken4

That's what makes it so special! He can lie about it all he wants with no need to prove anything to anybody.

bossy22.bsky.social4

So now he's saying there is no deal? Iran has been notably silent, probably just letting Trump hang himself, again

Carey4

A couple of thoughts: 1) His "negotiators" told him they had a deal, he probably said good but didn't want to hear about the details; 2) he saw on TV that people were criticizing it, so he said there was not a deal; and 3) He blew up a good deal 1st time because Obama

mitxelena14.bsky.social3

What could possibly go wrong?

GrumpyGizmo3

I’m cynical enough to think that the deal is/was as bad as it looked, but that Trump figured he could get a kickback worth billions from the Arab states who just want the strait opened. To Trump the money would be worth the political fallout.

Bensmom333

He gave them cash but we are giving them the right to charge millions to use the Strait. It's completely different!

TRuxMintinBox3

Fine, just make the deal. We don’t care. Say you solved 20 wars, say it was the greatest deal ever. Just do it and STFU. We all want this dumb shit over with.

Torsten Grieger3

That guys like Hitler, Putin, and Trump believe—right to the bitter end—that they are the greatest and invincible. Dass Typen wie Hitler, Putin und Trump - bis zum bitteren Ende - glauben, die Größten und unbesiegbar zu sein.

((Pro-Democracy Anti-Fascism))3

Why is he making a deal when he claims that he already won and decimated their military?

Tycoon Bumpadelic3

Is $25B a lot of cash? /asking for a friend

sossity.bsky.social3

IF Don makes a deal, & it’s a big if, he’ll be making it from a weak position as the guy who debilitated the U.$. economy, & every other country around the globe. Iran holds the better diplomatic poker cards with the Strait, & Don’s real estate agent & son in law will leave him holding the joker…..

Dale (Cyber Safety Guy)3

The art of the deal........

Revivedphoenix3

You constantly make bad deals.

The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙3

OMFG, never ceases to amaze just how magnificently ridiculous the man is.

Almightrex3

well that's good isn't it

bryehn3

Iran was quoted as saying "LOL, can you guys believe this asshat?" in response

dogcolumbo.bsky.social3

Wall Street: "Good enough for us!"

janiebw.bsky.social3

I can't imagine reading this and continuing to believe this is the guy you want to lead our country.

WCY3

This is all you really need to know

joywarrior24-7.bsky.social2

Sounds like his healthcare policy.

John2

The logic makes no sense. Or perhaps it makes sense to a stable genius.

Antwan Crump2

"...concepts of a plan." 😒

Sunny 2.02

Oh shit. The narcissist can feel shame. Probably not though.

EmergRN2

When RethugliKKKans🤡or🤡Oval Felon answer State Regime media questions, you can rely on mult diff answers, confusion, and lies-We can’t trust the differing lies about peace deals-This is all intentional. They’re destroying everything-They want control of US-Americans are FURIOUS-Nov is coming!🇺🇸🦅💙

Dr. Penguin2

Uh huh bigly historical or something.

B Penicook 🏳️‍🌈2

Always lying. Obama still hurts him. Fragile.

J. C. Booe2

Wasn't his first administration one of those that came before him?

MH2

I would never presume to be the strategist that Trump is but I'm wondering if it isn't time to declare covfefe and move on to Cuba and/or Greenland and/or the Panama Canal and/or Canada?

Diane of NV2

Translation: Bibi threatened to leak the files so I have to start bombing again soon.

Joe is Me2

All he makes are bad deals. If he made good deals, he'd still own the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and the Taj Mahal in AC.

🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦 💪🏼👊🏼2

Someone is feeling the heat!!!

Michael MyArse 🏆2

This person needs a doctor.

TuoP2

Well, for once, he propably is telling the truth

Ray Badberry2

If only saying things made them so.

Our Lady Of Perpetual Anxiety2

there's probably a drug for that.

RIP Democracy2

The media is always right on these things. He denies bad press and then is proved wrong.

tallgirll.bsky.social2

This moron shouldn’t be making any deals with anyone

stephenharkin2

We are entering the final straight. The sun is going down. The end is nigh.

constantquestion.bsky.social2

Splashing around when his declaration yesterday was questioned and Iran said, What Deal? How funny that he has to come back to try and keep the stock market in his favor.

joemamatee.bsky.social2

Trump knows he's toast and but Biden can't help

Luke2

I mean, this is the same guy that said Biden sent FBI agents to defecate and beat up capitol cops when he was still president.

Christopher Nelson2

Didn’t he post yesterday that it was negotiated?

emilfaber.bsky.social2

Trump told everyone yesterday that it is a memorandum of understanding and mentioned some of the details.

The Ill2

This man is a goldfish. I’m sure he doesn’t remember that he’s been doing this every week for months.

The Ill2

Here we go again. Every week!

LilyWight2

I never want to hear or read the word "deal" ever again. Not never ever, no way, no how.

danpickett.bsky.social2

They’re keeping right next to the healthcare plan nobody has seen either.

CB West Ice Hockey2

His inferiority complex is showing. His deal hasn’t even been signed yet and he already terrified about it being compared to the Obama deal that he tore up.

But I don't WANNA live in Gilead!2

Is the invisible deal in the room with us now?

Pilot 92

“unlike those before me” He was literally President from 2017-2021.

Just Me2

Every once in a while, Trump accidentally speaks the truth.

Art Martin2

nobody has seen it.....it isn't even negotiated yet...that means, he doesn't have a deal. President Sgt. Schultz

Head on Fire 🔥2

So is he using a ouija board? Like is this deal coming in from the spirit world?

Trump/GOP=Nazis. Stand w🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🇬🇪🇵🇸🇨🇦🇪🇺🇨🇭2

Same energy. But not funny. Somebody should have told Trump that these were not documentaries on how to be presidential.

I'm sure Iran would be happy to report what it is from their end.. they have no issues stating their side of the story.

earinfluxion2

….because it’s the concept of an idea of a deal

Sandy 💙🌈🌊2

Translation: This is all BS!

SafeAmericaPAC2

Even though trump hasn't seen this Iran peace deal, and even though it will fall through in a few days anyway, he'll still count this as ending his 12th war.

Mr.Eddie89763

And got 14 service members killed and another 400-500 wounded/injured...

Morbidly a Beast ↗️2

In addition to those little girls, Donald Trump killed the current Iranian leader's wife and father.

Phil Roberts21

The Art of the Deal. Trump is a moron

gml1227.bsky.social14

$25 Billion? Isn’t the release of Iranian funds in President Obama’s JPCOA, one of the biggest criticisms that Trump and GOP beat Dems over the head with for a decade ? Think they will shut up about that now? Can’t wait to hear their spin!

dlorieau.bsky.social10

. . . how does this compare with the deal Obama had negotiated?

Tyler_The_Wise10

Oh so a total surrender

The Red Circle8

If this deal gets done, Trump and his followers will say it’s a win no matter how much it resembles the Obama deal a decade ago. Trump hated that deal because Obama got it done. Just like he wants a peace prize because Obama got one. His jealousy of the black man knows no bounds.

Kirsten8

So we are going to pay Iran because Trump’s a moron. He listened to Bibi and now Iran has billions to resume state sponsored terrorism. We don’t get the uranium or regime change. Oil infrastructure will take months to recover costing the world economy billions. Explain how we are winning???

[email protected]7

Sad when we believe them over our own government

Pre-war: (1) The Strait of Hormuz was open (2) No US naval blockade (3) No fighting on multiple fronts (4) Iran had enriched Uranium Post-war Iran has: All of the above plus $25 billion of assets. More credibility than the US. A more radical regime. The Art of The Total Surrender.

TonyB4

This deal ALONE, calls for immediate IMPEACHMENT! The worst president in history. Full stop. To start a war without an endgame, to ending it in a weaker position than you were?? Congress cannot let this go unpunished, no matter who is on office. Dear Lord... What an embarrassment to our country.

Berta Massaro 💙🌊4

They may as well have showed the felon with a white flag in one hand, and a big fat check made out to Iran in the other.

BonFire4

"dispose of highly enriched uranium". That would require 24/7 UN INSPECTORS and I guarantee you that will never happen again.

The Subsequent Mrs. de Winter4

Oh, so Trump is going to give Iran "pallets of cash"?

ettaroo.bsky.social3

"There were no immediate public statements from Iran about a deal being reached, and Iranian officials over the last 24 hours offered some conflicting depictions of what a potential agreement might contain." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

helluvastorm.bsky.social3

Didn’t Trump berate Obama for giving Iran back frozen assets?

New_Constitution2

Surely the agreement specifies that the money be delivered in pallets of cash? This is 15x what $ Obama released.

Roger Reynolds2

So, just like the JCPOA, only better for Iran. Got it.

Harbinger Of Mundane2

So they get pallets of cash?…

Comfortably Numb22

They actually let him talk to world leaders. Unscripted.

Martin Neujahr8

If he was expecting a different answer, he either has incompetent advisers or doesn’t know the basics about the region. It’s probably both.

jordy6

Was there ever a world leader (in modern history) who was so clueless and such an embarrassment for his country?

Ianrobo6

he would have no idea what those accords were so his backroom team feed him easy lies

Roger The Dodger3

You couldn't make this stuff up Reality has become more bizarre than satire The most powerful person in the world making it obvious that he's totally clueless (again) 🍊🤡

j-waller55.bsky.social2

After nearly 6 1/2 years as president, one would think Trump would have a better understanding of why many Arab countries, including those, aren't willing to join the Abraham Accords. It has nothing to do with Iran, and everything to do with Israel's subjugation and mistreatment of the Palestinians.

Ltl250

Seems like at least one of the parties to this deal is not taking it very seriously.

Yak Malla9

So besides the Strait and nuclear weapons, everything’s ironed out, huh? Cool cool

Jackdawman5

Sensitive issues like "Why would anyone make a deal with a nation run by a madman who might undo the deal at the drop of a hat because the gremlins in his brain told him that bombing is more fun?"

ettaroo.bsky.social5

this sounds like Rubio trying to spin no actual change or progress into potential progress to some overeager and cynical NYT reporters who are way past understanding or caring about their journalistic ethics.

DCLascelle 🇨🇦5

Senior U.S. officials are as believable as Bagdad Bob.

Matt4

So nothing different than the last 10 times we had a “deal” then?

Icarus_Rising_233

Is this like the other 12 times an "agreement in principle" has been reached, or is this an actual agreement in principle?

K🤦‍♀️𝙑3

Concepts of a plan of a deal in 90 days or two weeks.

Bob’s Your Uncle2

Sounds like an American surrender!

Steven Anthony Whiting7

Maybe y’all should stop just reporting what he says in every headline?

Matt Ahmer6

Did he forget it’s the weekend and the markets aren’t open? That’s what happened. He thought it was Monday realized it’s the weekend, he’ll wait for the deal announcement for Tuesday, 6:00am EST.

Dparla4

He never had a deal to begin with. He’s such a grifter and liar.

nyckaty132.bsky.social4

Oh. Are we now making believe it’s Trump stalling??? lol.

🌍 J.Sharp 🇺🇦 Freedom🔸Democracy🔹Justice 🇪🇺2

Everyday, playing the markets. Everday.

AZLady2

Oh wow, again mr trump has no idea what the F is going on ever. Please let a stroke put him out to pasture and then we can impeach the rest of his ilk at the WH and put in some sane people to run the country.