Inside the Chaotic Iran Talks That Let Trump Claim Victory, But Not Yet Peace
View original at finance.yahoo.comInside the Chaotic Iran Talks That Let Trump Claim Victory, But Not Yet Peace (Bloomberg) -- It was fight night on the White House lawn…
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The Israel bombing of Beirut should not have happened
60% confidenceTrump stated the Iran deal signing was delayed a few hours because of Israel's strikes, and that he called Netanyahu to berate him over it
60% confidenceTrump's rhetoric ran ahead of the facts on the ground: the text hadn't been released, the formal signing was still days away
60% confidenceThe Iran war is over and the Strait of Hormuz is open
60% confidenceThe deal's hardest questions — nuclear, sanctions, Lebanon — had been kicked down the road
60% confidenceIsrael's bombing of southern Beirut was in response to projectiles fired by Tehran-backed Hezbollah
60% confidenceCritics across the West and the Gulf viewed Israel's bombing as a last-ditch effort by Netanyahu to scuttle a deal he'd been shut out of
60% confidenceThe Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!
60% confidenceIran balked at the Israel bombing of Beirut, which Iranian negotiators had warned would blow up the talks
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