Think I’ve been pessimistic about prospects for a U.S.-Iran deal mainly because the Trump people seem too incompetent and dumb to actually negotiate effectively and arrive at terms x.com/jonlemire/st...
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Must be exasperating, trying to deal with these people bsky.app/profile/abuj...
Seems like the dumbest possible way to gauge coherence of the Iranian regime, just asking, "Are there internal splits we should be aware of and can potentially exploit, yes/no" Muppets www.axios.com/2026/08/16/i...
Trump administration either didn't understand MoU terms, or understood them and immediately went to work subverting them; either way, can't make credible commitments: bsky.app/profile/abuj...
Mouin Rabbani situates Lebanon trilateral framework agreement in broader context of U.S. trying to relitigate Iran MoU terms: www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...