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Pic Of The Moment: GOP Updates Seal To Celebrate Trump's Iran Deal (Original Post) EarlG 9 hrs ago OP
Kick dalton99a 9 hrs ago #1
He lost the war he started and gave away the store. Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #3
Yep. dalton99a 9 hrs ago #6
LOL BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #2
Love it! Auggie 9 hrs ago #4
K&R LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #5
Nice malaise 9 hrs ago #7
Brilliant. cachukis 9 hrs ago #8
$325B from Trump and $1.7B from Obama nuxvomica 8 hrs ago #9
And IIRC, that $1.7B was IRAN'S money to begin with (frozen assets) Wednesdays 2 hrs ago #21
After all the times Trump/Hegseth declared total, complete victory. wiped out their military. Norrrm 8 hrs ago #10
He can use his ballroom and arch money to Hey Joe 4 hrs ago #18
People lost, wounded, billions spent, and the world economy shaken for a worse deal than the one he tore up. surfered 8 hrs ago #11
Exactly Deuxcents 5 hrs ago #17
That's who they are! FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #12
All of the above! Did Republic of Iran (GOP) just force America to surrender to them? ffr 7 hrs ago #13
This and more was totally expected when he came back orangecrush 7 hrs ago #14
EVERYTHING that guy touches gets ruined. This will soon follow suit. C Moon 6 hrs ago #15
Spread it around Old Crank 6 hrs ago #16
Lol. Rightwing talk radio is trying to justify deal BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago #19
The GOP's unofficial anthem: peppertree 3 hrs ago #20
"14 Points" Interesting. I recall learning of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points put forth at the end of WWI ... SorellaLaBefana 33 min ago #22
Afghanistan redux yankee87 3 min ago #23

nuxvomica

(14,362 posts)
9. $325B from Trump and $1.7B from Obama
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:30 AM
8 hrs ago

Either Obama struck a better deal or inflation is totally out of control.

Wednesdays

(23,383 posts)
21. And IIRC, that $1.7B was IRAN'S money to begin with (frozen assets)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 05:14 PM
2 hrs ago

...while the $300 plus billion is U.S. TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS.

Norrrm

(5,971 posts)
10. After all the times Trump/Hegseth declared total, complete victory. wiped out their military.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:31 AM
8 hrs ago

Obliterated their military to such a total degree that he is allowing them to close the Strait of Hormuz.

Confusing, ain't it?

Hey Joe

(879 posts)
18. He can use his ballroom and arch money to
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 02:28 PM
4 hrs ago

help pay for it.
Also his money for the algae pool, ICE and slush fund for the J6 thug compensation.
Maybe his tech bros can contribute too, cause they they are loaded and can’t stop kissing his ass.

surfered

(14,885 posts)
11. People lost, wounded, billions spent, and the world economy shaken for a worse deal than the one he tore up.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 11:06 AM
8 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(28,072 posts)
17. Exactly
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 01:34 PM
5 hrs ago

On a personal note.. I’m hoping you and your family are safe with this storm your way.. At least I think you’re in that area!

ffr

(23,455 posts)
13. All of the above! Did Republic of Iran (GOP) just force America to surrender to them?
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 11:47 AM
7 hrs ago

orangecrush

(31,720 posts)
14. This and more was totally expected when he came back
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 11:48 AM
7 hrs ago

And it's going to get much, much worse IMHO

C Moon

(13,810 posts)
15. EVERYTHING that guy touches gets ruined. This will soon follow suit.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:23 PM
6 hrs ago

I think part of the reason is because there's always a backdoor put in so he and his family/"friends" can rake in millions.

SorellaLaBefana

(535 posts)
22. "14 Points" Interesting. I recall learning of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points put forth at the end of WWI ...
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 06:48 PM
33 min ago
... which were crafted to truly make WW1 the "War to End All Wars"

Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points were:

Open convenants of peace; no secret agreements.
Freedom of the seas, except when curtailed by international action.
The removal, wherever possible, of all economic barriers.
Guarantees for the reduction in armaments.
Impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, with the interests of the subject populations being equal with the
claims of governments.
Evacuation of all Russian territory.
Restoration of Belgian sovereignty.
Occupied French territory to be restored, and Alsace-Lorraine to be returned to France.
Readjustment of Italian frontiers 'along clearly recognised lines of nationality'.
Opportunity of autonomous development for the peoples of Austria-Hungary.
Evacuation by occupying forces of Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro; Serbia to have free access to the sea.
Relations of Balkan states to be settled along lines of allegiance and nationality.
Opportunity of autonomous development for non-Turkish peoples within the Ottoman Empire.
The Dardanelles to be free for all shipping.
Creation of an independent Poland with access to the sea.
Formation of a general assembly of nations with the aim of 'affording mutual guarantees of
political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states'.

Source https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2801/woodrow-wilsons-fourteen-points/


Someone in the Regime knew of this history, and sought to burnish the turd by harking back to Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Not that many may get the reference, but just about everyone was exposed to them sometime in school and, as they were always presented as being a Good Thing, it allows the Regime's idiotic agreement to have some sense of respectability.

At least, that's why I think there were 14 Points in this travesty.

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