Mat Nuclear
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The oil sanctions would be lifted immediately in part because we're saying if you reopen the strait, all the oil is going to flow and the concession is including Iranian oil.
But in terms of the funding of the proxies,
At least what the administration is saying about the MOU, and I think you can read that in the text, is that the United States only starts to unfreeze assets.
The United States only starts to lift the actual sanctions on Iran's economy based on performance.
So getting the nuclear dust and then cooperating with the regions in the Gulf and also with the United States.
So you could say...
uh, you know, that we're, we're offering the opportunity to give them money.
But clearly, uh, if they're going to be funding Hezbollah and Hezbollah is going to keep attacking Israel and, or any of our other allies, then, then, uh, according to the administration's framework, they're not going to give them a penny in, in extra relief.
Hold on.
I was told that for a while that we were, you know, when people were claiming that Netanyahu or somebody dragged Trump into war, we were told we were denying Trump's agency.
And, you know, we were just blaming wicked advisors, but it's never the King's fault or anything.
Do you really not think that Trump wants, I think he wants out.
I think he had a discreet interest here.
Oh, I agree he wants out.
And so he wanted to end the Iranian nuclear program, or there's no ending it, but there's seriously setting it back.
I think he did seriously set it back, and he destroyed their military, and the deal is hinging on nuclear dust, so we'll see if we even get a deal out of it.
But I think he wanted that, and I think other people wanted...
regime change.
And I think Drew's point is right that the U.S.
and Israel interests overlap substantially, much if not most of the time, but sometimes they diverge a little.