Trump Panics as Iran Demands His Surrender in Islamabad!!

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Ben Meiselas 0:00
Donald Trump is panicking as negotiations have started in Islamabad in Pakistan between the United States and Iran. Iran showed up with force. Iran brought all of its top national security advisors, its top foreign policy advisors, its top parliament leaders. On the other hand, the Trump regime sent J.D. Vance, Steve Witkoff, like a random real estate guy that Donald Trump knew from his real estate days, and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law. I mean, the difference between the arrival of Iran and Pakistan, as Iran was greeted like heroes in Pakistan with a huge team of like all of its top leaders, right, for all of this talk about Oh, all the leadership in Iran was assassinated. They have like a whole group right here of like a dozen of the top leaders of Iran.
Ben Meiselas 1:00
They showed up in Islamabad for these negotiations. And again, you can see the motorcades that they're driving and you can see how the Pakistani military greeted him, shaking the hands of Foreign Minister Raqji.

Why did Iran send its entire leadership to the ceasefire talks?

Ben Meiselas 1:13
I'm showing you the B-roll here of showing Pakistan treat the Iranian leaders like like conquering heroes, like the victors of the war. All the Iranian leaders smiling, having a great time, showing supreme confidence. It seems look at look for yourself. and on the other hand you had jd vance arriving with his wife usha like going down the stairs just a very different scene right here and i just don't know it doesn't seem like the trump regime is taking this seriously at all and think what they're just dealing with you know a group of people in iran that don't know what they're doing i mean iran has people who are veteran uh diplomats and negotiators handling it and we've got usha uh jd vance Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
Ben Meiselas 2:02
I mean, like, are you absolutely kidding me? I mean, just look at the names right here of all of the top Iranian officials who are there. Now, the posture of this negotiation tells you everything you need to know. Iran sending a huge team of all of its top leadership, all of its top parliament leaders national security council leaders foreign advisor leaders on the other hand the united states sending not even the secretary of state rubio isn't even there the fact that you just have jd vance his wife usha Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. That tells you everything about the dynamic that essentially the Trump regime is conceding defeat at this point and or not taking it seriously. And Iran has already got the United States to agree.
Ben Meiselas 2:56
to its 10-point negotiation framework, where the U.S. has basically given up every single critical point in favor of Iran. I mean, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, keeps its ballistic missiles, enriched uranium, long-term security guarantees, full reparations, all sanctions get removed. So what Iran is doing is they want to put the dagger in right now and they all want to be there for this historical event to force the surrender of the trump regime and the mighty united states that's how iran sees this they see this as all of them want to be there for the historical moment where they embarrass and humiliate the united states because this is what trump has done to the united states of america there's no other way to view it
Ben Meiselas 3:44
and an intelligence officer from the region who's really done a good job covering this, Danny Citrinets. And I mean, he's, this is what he devoted his career to. Here's how he describes it. With all of those people from Iran that you see on that list showing up, The Iranian regime is treating the current negotiations with a high degree of seriousness, viewing them as a potential platform to advance its core set of 10 guiding principles that the U.S. administration has signaled that it is prepared for these principles to serve as the basis for negotiations.

How does the U.S. delegation compare to Iran's at the negotiations?

Ben Meiselas 4:23
From Tehran's perspective, this is not merely a diplomatic process aimed at de-escalation, but rather a strategic opportunity to shape the terms of a broader agreement, one that would include not only restrictions, but also meaningful economic relief, which Iran urgently needs.

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