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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Trump's Plan Unravels as Peace Talks Move in Another Direction

22 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What led to the failure of Trump's peace talks in Switzerland?

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Donald Trump's plan regarding the peace talks in Switzerland utterly failed. You see from the very beginning, Donald Trump actually worked passive-aggressively to try to blow up the peace talks in Switzerland between the United States and Iran, which were being mediated by Pakistan and Qatar. So, Donald Trump started posting early in the morning on social media attacks directed at Iran.

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And then again, passive-aggressively, Donald Trump calls up state regime media, which calls itself FOX, and starts to say things like, we're going to kill the Iranian negotiators, the United States will take over the Strait of Hormuz,

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donald trump wanted to act like a tough guy and he sent jd vance out there and i think donald trump's plan was just blow up these peace talks but not have the courage to just affirmatively say the peace talks are off so that's how donald trump was behaving of course iran responded by

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Chapter 2: How did Trump attempt to sabotage the negotiations with Iran?

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temporarily suspending the negotiations in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Iranian delegation issued a protest to the mediators, Pakistan and Qatar. Clearly, when you can visually see the mediators from Pakistan and from Qatar, they were like livid and pissed that Donald Trump was behaving in this way as they were trying to advance peace talks.

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But ultimately, Iran went in these negotiations with a plan really unlike the United States, which kind of went there haphazardly. One of the key things Iran wanted to make sure was implemented is the official waivers to all of the sanctions that are against Iran and that have been placed Iran over the last several decades.

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I think Iran realizes that given the fact that Donald Trump is a malignant narcissistic psychopath and Netanyahu bootlicker, that Donald Trump likely won't be able to comply, nor can he ever comply with deal terms, but specifically comply with the terms of this MOU.

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But I think Iran's saying, while the United States is not in compliance, let's still work to get sanctions removed, to get the oil out of Karg Island, which has been sitting here. Iran's been able to get out around 30 million barrels of oil already through the Strait of Hormuz. Since part of the MOU, the U.S. agreed to remove the blockade.

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So you see Iranian ship after Iranian ship leaving Karg and getting out there. So Iran's making a lot of money right now. And when the U.S. remains in violation of the MOU, by way of example, Netanyahu continuing to escalate in Lebanon under the pretense of, OK, we're going after Hezbollah, but they're killing Iranians.

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hundreds and even thousands of innocent people in Lebanon as well that we've been covering here in detail, Iran can say, all right, our ships get to go out, let's get Iranian 30 billion barrels of oil, remove sanctions against us, but United States, you still need to clear clause one or article one of this memorandum of understanding, which is get Israel to stop invading Lebanon, because as long as you're in violation of article one,

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We're not gonna open up the Strait of Hormuz and we're gonna keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. And as Donald Trump's been saying in the G7, the US is days away, weeks at most, but likely days away from being in an economic Great Depression and hitting tank bottom. So Iran knows how desperate the US, so Iran's like, look,

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Donald Trump may be trying to blow this thing up, but let's utilize this negotiation for our benefit. We already have this MOU, which clearly favors Iran, but let's make sure we can implement at least the sanctions waiver part while we know the U.S. isn't going to make it to the 60 days. I think that's what Iran's negotiating posture

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And then you have Iran's foreign minister, Araghchi, kind of admitting as much. And also, I think Iran showing itself on the world stage the way it did on Sunday, where it refused to be photographed with J.D. Vance. When J.D. Vance walked in the room after Donald Trump made these threats against Iran, Iran made J.D.

Chapter 3: What was Iran's strategy going into the peace talks?

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We do not take the American threats into account at all. It would be better for them to watch their statements carefully. Our armed forces are ready to respond to them in a different way. No matter how much they talk, it is we who act. He says that, Trump goes silent. Before that, Donald Trump was calling Fox and saying, we're going to kill him. Watch your mouth, all of these things.

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Iran says that. They show they'll stand up to the United States. But look who Iran had in the room. This is why I'm telling you what Iran's goal was. They know the U.S. isn't going to make it to the 60 days. But Iran's like, let's use these 60 days to get all the sanctions removed, to get our tanks out, to get our tankers out. Let's get everything we can right now.

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Because think about the decades of sanctions that prevented them from doing this stuff. The CEO of Iran's national oil company was in Switzerland and he said, since last Monday, our ships have passed 25 million barrels of oil through the previous US blockade line. And now it's probably over 30 million barrels. Iran's various social media accounts put out statements like this.

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Sorry, we have not traveled all this way to take photos with American war criminals. And they refused to take photos with J.D. Vance. And you would like J.D. Vance in the U.S. there wanting to get photos with Iran. And Iran was like, look, we'll negotiate with you behind the scenes, but no photo ops, please.

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no photo ops, and Iran was using that to their advantage for their audience at home and to the Middle East to project strength against the United States, previously the world's superpower. Then you have Iran's foreign minister who talks about the negotiating plan, and the negotiating plan for Iran was simple. We're focused on Article 13 today.

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Article 13 says that before we get to a final deal, the U.S. must basically prove itself by ensuring that Article 1, 4, 5, 10, and 11 are complied with. Trump has to pass these tests, and these tests involve removing all of the sanctions against Iran, making sure Israel leaves Lebanon, not threatening us. removing the blockade.

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So Iran's like, these things need to happen first, prove yourself, and then we'll get to the point where we'll talk about the nuclear file. But when Iran says we'll talk about the nuclear file, what they're referring to is just down blending, diluting, still enriching, but basically what the JCPOA had. So, you know, you have late at night going into the early hours of the morning.

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You see Iran's delegation in this hotel in Switzerland. You have J.D. Vance, Al Thani, and Jared Kushner. I mean, they look like...

Chapter 4: How did Iran respond to Trump's aggressive tactics?

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as a lawyer. This reminds me of a scene when I was working as a third-year associate at a law firm. This is what this reminds me of over here. But you have that image of them together working through these statements. You have the MAGA influencers who are seemingly spewing Netanyahu and Israeli talking points here, are out there with the same message. J.D. Vance is busy getting embarrassed.

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This was a humiliation ritual for J.D. Vance. Look how Qatar's prime minister snubs Vance. I can't believe Vance is getting humiliated this way. Watch J.D. Vance humiliate himself. You all know, look, I'm no fan. of J.D. Vance. I think that would be putting it lightly. I despise the guy.

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I think that he also has no real identity, he shapeshifts, and I think he's a horrible person who's caused so much damage to our country. But these attacks on J.D.

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Vance seem more attacks, and I'll talk about this in the next video, I'll do more attacks on the overall peace process to try to blow it up, because that seemed to be coordinated with at the same time you have Israel's defense minister, Israel Katz, We will never remove the IDF soldiers from Lebanon. We will not follow the ceasefire. We will never withdraw Netanyahu.

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As long as we need to protect our people, we will remain in the security zone. The reason is perfectly understood. No country would be asked to do otherwise. Israel's National Security Minister Ben-Gavir." Lebanon, all Lebanon should become our target, our playground. And they tell me, wait, there is Lebanon and there is Hezbollah? No, I do not accept this artificial approach, right?

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So you have, you know, Israel pushing that message. The message was, escalate the rhetoric, derail the process and the prospect of peace right there. And then for the coup de grace, what Donald Trump wanted to do also, and this was part of the plan that backfired, Donald Trump said, you know what?

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We're going to pass the Hezbollah file or like going after Hezbollah to Syria's president, Ahmed al-Shara. Now, Ahmed al-Shara used to be an al-Qaeda fighter. He was obviously embroiled in the Syrian civil war on the side that ultimately toppled Syria. And part of the civil war, Hezbollah was basically fighting Ahmed al-Shara's side of it.

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And so Donald Trump believes, I'm gonna go get Ahmed al-Shara of Syria have him replace Netanyahu, and Shara will be my guy to go and invade Lebanon, and I'll have Syria invade Lebanon and attack Hezbollah. We know that because the Fox host this morning said that Donald Trump called me. He's talking about empowering the Syrian president to actually go into southern Lebanon and fight Hezbollah.

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Now, the Syrian president, Ahmed al-Shara, He actually gave a very dignified and responsible interview. I mean, and here's what he said. We have enough courage that if we wanted to enter a conflict of war, we would say so openly in Syria. We intend nothing but good for our people in Lebanon and we wish them nothing but a happy life.

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