Why is Trump now handing over billions to Iran?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Donald Trump wrote the book The Art of the Deal. Maybe it's time to update that with The Art of the Capitulation.
Even Trump's closest allies are telling us what they really think of his deal with Iran.
Donald Trump has absolutely achieved sweet in this war with Iran so far?
I do have concerns about the memorandum of understanding now that we see it. And the terms about what's in it and also what's not in it suggest to me that it does smack of the kind of appeasement that our administration rejected.
But my message is don't, we have defeated their military, don't suddenly come in with massive buckets of cash to let them rebuild and become a threat to America again.
What did Trump's allies say about his deal with Iran?
You know, we criticise Obama for sending a plane full of $150 billion in cash. I'm hearing a $300 billion number. That's concerning to me.
And the batting order of voices you heard there was former Vice President to Donald Trump, Mike Pence, ally of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Republican Senator Tom Tillis, not exactly giving a big thumbs up to Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding to end the war in Iran.
Yeah, when your friends are calling it the worst foreign policy blunder in decades, imagine what your critics are saying. Welcome to the News Agents.
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It's John. It's Maitlis. And last night, in the setting of the Palace of Versailles, a sort of treaty was signed. Because, let's face it, Versailles has such a great record of signing peace treaties that go really, really well in the long term. Maybe they should have done it somewhere else. A cafe down the road or a little brasserie would have been far better than being... actually in Versailles to sign this memorandum of understanding. But that is what happened. And European leaders who were there applauded because that's what they do. And realistically, what they have come out with is next to nothing. What's going to happen is that for the next 60 days, the Strait of Hormuz will be open. Well, it was open before the war started and that Iran is going to get sanctions lifted against it.
So who's won? There is only one winner in this. It's Iran.
Yeah, a little later in the podcast, you're going to hear from Poland's Deputy Prime Minister, Radek Sikorski, who was asked directly from John why all the G7 leaders have to sit there clapping and applauding at something that they know is provably false and untrue. The reaction is quite interesting. I guess it takes us to the very heart of how Europe has to deal with Trump, even when the reality is staring us in the face. But I think it is worth going through some of the reality that we now know from what is not actually a peace deal on paper, but a memorandum of understanding. The conflict was 110 days and the accord has got 14 points lost. And it is worth going through some of those bit by bit because you'll remember, for example, how strongly Trump advocated maximum pressure on Iran when it came to sanctions.
He really talked about the cost to Iran of the US naval blockade.
What are the implications of lifting sanctions on Iran?
And now it turns out that America is going to actually pay for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. They are restoring the pre-war status quo, but they will also release what amounts to tens of billions of dollars of Iranian foreign assets. And they will waive sanctions now to permit Iran to sell oil. So just imagine that. if that had been put on the table before Trump originally fired his first shots, that you will end in 110 days by reopening something that was already opened and lifting sanctions on possibly your greatest foreign enemy and paying them more to help their supplies get through.
Look, you know, Donald Trump wrote the book, The Art of the Deal. Maybe it's time to update that with The Art of the Capitulation, because what we have seen is Donald Trump at the outset of this promising that the ballistic missile program would end. Nothing about that in the deal. It would stop the foreign funding of Hezbollah and Hamas. Nothing about that in the deal. Human rights. Nothing about that.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:52
2
What did Trump's allies say about his deal with Iran?
0:52–3:36
3
What are the implications of lifting sanctions on Iran?
3:36–11:02
4
How has Trump's foreign policy shifted regarding Iran?
11:02–13:22
5
What concerns do critics have about the memorandum of understanding?
13:22–26:19
6
What does the $300 billion reconstruction fund mean for Iran?
26:19–33:39