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Walk away? No deal is better than a bad deal
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In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. The newly released “memorandum of understanding” between the White House […]
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CNN data guru has more bad news for Trump
CNN data guru Harry Enten has some bad news for President Donald Trump: the vast majority of Americans — including most Republicans — think he surrendered to Iran in order to end the war asap rather than because he had achieved any of his objectives. According to Enten, two-thirds of all voters held this opinion, but surprisingly, over half of Republicans — 53 percent — shared this view. “Look at this,” said Enten. “66 percent of Americans simply think he wanted to end the war, and even among Republicans, his own party, don’t think that, in fact, the Trump administration met its war goals. In fact, they think he wants to just end the war.” What’s more, the numbers show that most Americans don’t believe Trump’s claim that the U.S. won the war. Said Enten, “What they think happened was Iran was fighting back, America looked at the chance of victory in terms of what Trump initially laid out as the chance of victory — they did not think that that was possibly going to be accomplished. We’re talking about two-thirds of Americans, and even a majority of Republicans.”According to Enten, disapproval of the conflict has been consistent, starting at around 64 percent during its early weeks, rising to 66 percent, then dropping back to 64 percent, with 75 percent of independents holding negative views. “No matter what deal has been made, the clear majority, two-thirds of Americans, still disapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing when it comes to that conflict,” Enten said, noting that opinions haven’t shifted since the peace agreement was signed. “Americans still disapprove of the job that Donald Trump is doing on Iran. The polling is quite steady.” What’s more, the latest polling shows that 57 percent of Americans think the war caused more problems than it solved, with only 21 percent saying the opposite and another 21 percent saying the situation is exactly the same as before. That’s 78 percent of Americans who think the outcome is the same or worse than before the conflict: hardly a ringing endorsement of Trump’s decision to launch war in the first place. That same poll, conducted in the final days of the war, found that 78 percent of Americans believe the U.S. should end the war immediately, versus just 22 percent who think the U.S. should persist until Iran gives up further concessions. This has proven a major drag on the president's approval rating in general. As USA Today explains, “Trump's approval rating overall has been underwater for the majority of his return to office, but the war's disruption to the global oil supply chain has pushed prices up, and his approval rating down.” Since the war’s end, Trump’s approval has ticked up just slightly, reaching 38 percent.
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JD Vance fires back after Iran's 'trash talk' and threat to walk out of talks after Trump's chilling midnight warning
The Iranian delegation negotiating a peace deal with the US in Switzerland almost walked out after a barrage of President Donald Trump's social media posts.
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Washington Examiner
Trump-Vance Iran memorandum: The disgrace of the deal
Vice President JD Vance was the point person in negotiating the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and has since become the face of that agreement. At his press conference on June 18, Vance tried to mask the realities of the U.S.-Iran MOU in ambiguities and contradictions. The vice president repeatedly said all the benefits given to […]
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UK PM Keir Starmer resigns. And, US and Iran agree to roadmap for final deal
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday. And, the U.S. and Iran have agreed to a "roadmap" to reach a final deal within 60 days.
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Democracy Now!
"Document of Capitulation": Spencer Ackerman & Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi on the U.S.-Iran Deal
Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar say the United States and Iran made “encouraging progress” during 18 hours of negotiations in Switzerland, where the two sides agreed to a roadmap toward reaching a final deal within 60 days. The talks took place despite Iran on Saturday announcing it was closing the Strait of Hormuz after Israel killed 83 people in Lebanon on Friday. Israel said it would agree to a new ceasefire in Lebanon but is also refusing to end its occupation of southern Lebanon. “Iran has, through its throttling of the Strait of Hormuz, enormous leverage to produce pain on not just the United States, but global markets,” says award-winning journalist Spencer Ackerman. “We’re going to await how the Iranians will ultimately play that card when it comes to Lebanon.” Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, fellow at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center, says that by demanding the ceasefire extend to Lebanon, “the Islamic Republic focused on creating a rift between Israel and the U.S., and I think, possibly, along with the successes in the war front politically, that was one of the most successful projects that they followed.”
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Trump's Iran Deal Is Worse Than Obama's
President Trump's U.S.-Iran ceasefire is welcome news, but the Rep Ro Khanna argues the deal gives Iran better terms than the JCPOA Trump spent years ridiculing.
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U.S.-Iran talks set ‘good foundation’ for deal to end war, Vance says
High-level talks between Iran and the United States resulted in “a lot of good progress,” Vice President JD Vance said as he left Switzerland on Monday, after the two sides agreed a road map toward reaching a final deal to end the war within 60 days.“We laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal,” Vance said at a press briefing before departing for the U.S. “The final deal is the house.
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