Saturday, June 13, 2026

The Consummate Deal Maker

And it only cost us $29 billion in Defense Department expenditures; billions more to repair damaged military bases in the region; as well as the cost of gasoline, diesel, fertilizer, and food and, the latter of which we’ll feel later, long after the Strait is finally opened. 

Or $111 billion plus, and climbing, per the Iran War Cost Tracker.

To think we could have still had the JCPOA, and saved billions of dollars. Maybe trillions.
Pretty much:
Trump's Strange Insistence on Signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran on Sunday, a Test for the Negotiation Team

An hour ago, Trump once again emphasized that the memorandum of understanding with Iran will be signed on Sunday. This comes even as Iranian officials have explicitly stated that the agreement has not been finalized and will definitely not take place on Sunday.

An intriguing point is the coincidence of Sunday with June 14th, Trump's birthday. Some observers speculate that he is pursuing this insistence in order to symbolically exploit the occasion and turn it into a promotional event for himself.

However, given the clear positions of Iranian officials stating that the agreement is not final, it seems that our country’s negotiators are aware of these hidden layers and will not allow such media and ceremonial maneuvering.

From this angle, the fate of Sunday's signing will be not only a technical test for the content of the understanding, but also a test of the sincerity and steadfastness of Iranian officials in the face of theatrical pressures.
Doesn’t mean it can’t happen tomorrow; just doesn’t mean it will.  Even if the Strait is “open to all” tomorrow, oil prices won’t come down for months. And nobody’s going to thank Trump for fixing what he fucked up. Or the people who enabled him.

Now, will Trump announce the deal anyway? And shred his credibility entirely?

Well, hasn’t he done that already?
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