Iran will no longer negotiate with Trump, plans to wait out his term

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,096]

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BREAKING: Iran has completely ruled out any future negotiations with the Trump administration, declaring it will wait out Donald Trump's term until January 20, 2029, per Iranian outlets and Ghalibaf advisor's post.

"Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will accompany him until his term ends," said Majid Shakeri, advisor to Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.

He posted: "The path to victory is neither fighting nor a deal — it is managing the process of neither war nor peace, up to the point of victory. Publicly confirming negotiations with the U.S. is sheer folly. The winning approach is denial, ambiguity, and strategic patience."

Iran's conditions remain unchanged: $300 billion in compensation, release of frozen assets, and withdrawal of U.S. forces. Until then, the Strait stays closed.

Edited Monday at 02:37 PM by Ladle Ghoulash

[Pandauralife 998]

[The Breast 6,591]

hopefully they dont have to wait for his term to end but for him to... yknow 

[PartySick 173,000]

As an American consumer, goddamnit  

As someone who knows this is gonna potentially drop Trump below that perceived 32% floor and into the high 20s just before a midterm and a presidential election where we have half a dozen great candidates? LMAO

[SavetheEarthNow 173]

This is what literally everyone's response should be to Trump's coercion tactics. Nobody should try to negotiate with him. They need to completely ostracize him. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,096]

Just now, PartySick said:

As an American consumer, goddamnit  

As someone who knows this is gonna potentially drop Trump below that perceived 32% floor and into the high 20s just before a midterm and a presidential election where we have half a dozen great candidates? LMAO

Dude really overplayed his hand here lmao. He either has to unconditionally surrender to Iran (bad optics) or try to justify US consumers paying big at the pump so he can fight a war for Israel. A lose-lose for the ages and honestly, a deserved retribution for working with Bibi to halt “peace talks” between Israel-Gaza until after the election. 

[Pandauralife 998]

2 minutes ago, PartySick said:

As an American consumer, goddamnit  

As someone who knows this is gonna potentially drop Trump below that perceived 32% floor and into the high 20s just before a midterm and a presidential election where we have half a dozen great candidates? LMAO

Literally like the only bright side 

[timdrake 2,130]

3 minutes ago, SavetheEarthNow said:

This is what literally everyone's response should be to Trump's coercion tactics. Nobody should try to negotiate with him. They need to completely ostracize him. 

Right?? I’m tired of this notion that he’s the ~consummate dealmaker~, when he’s just a dumb pissbaby who whines and makes empty threats, and then sometimes eventually makes a deal for a fraction of what he even wanted in the first place, if that 

he’s a clown 

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,096]

1 minute ago, timdrake said:

he’s the ~consummate dealmaker~

Anyone who ever fell for that BS should be insanely embarrassed, tbh

[Bronco 26,034]

This combined with Israel refusing Trump's peace deal in Gaza

Ooo that child is going to be raging

As for this specifically, it's a bluff. They'll definitely come back to the table, but they want to use the midterms as a weapon. 

[PartySick 173,000]

21 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Dude really overplayed his hand here lmao. He either has to unconditionally surrender to Iran (bad optics) or try to justify US consumers paying big at the pump so he can fight a war for Israel. A lose-lose for the ages and honestly, a deserved retribution for working with Bibi to halt “peace talks” between Israel-Gaza until after the election. 

Or quietly walk back US involvement which has the potential to blow up again but honestly, the war could just fizzle out and people will "get used" to the higher prices

Really though, f*ck Iran but what choice do they have? This dude kept ping ponging back and forth between "we're hours away from peace" to "we will bomb them back to the stone ages" every week to manipulate markets so he and his friends could make billions on betting and stocks  

He's unstable and any solution that comes out of a negotiation with him or his administration would be worthless anyway.

[Lord Mayhem 3,457]

Now any fake claims of "they wanna deal" or "we're talking with them" are all lies and this is NOT making Trump happy...

2 more years of a clog on the Strait will bring a global collapse on oil and gas prices...

Idk how we can go on like this...Trump seems desperate enough to just invade or be stupid enough to use a nuke

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,705]

5 minutes ago, Lord Mayhem said:

stupid enough to use a nuke

This is my worry; if anyone is dumb enough to do it, he'd be the one. 

Edited Monday at 04:13 PM by Roughhouse Dandy

[Lucas 31,276]

Obviously yes. Trump never wanted this war to end, I can't even imagine how frustrating this whole process must be for Iran.

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,096]

6 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Trump never wanted this war to end

Tbh Trump absolutely wants the war to end, he just can’t negotiate it in a way that doesn’t make it look like he lost lol