America First Joe

JUST IN: Trump is reportedly considering seizing control of Iran’s oil sector to gain trade leverage against China.

FIRMS is showing fires all over the Al Jubail industrial area, as well as a chemical complex to the south. Big hit from Iran.

Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will”

That's a lie. It's not what happened. It's not how it ever could have happened. The nuclear deal was structured so that when it expired Iran would be able to build a nuclear weapons arsenal while being immune from American pressure. Trump's absolute minimum for a deal has always been that Iran can never have a nuclear weapons capability. The gap was unbridgeable. That's easy to see even at the broadest level. At that level, the Iran debate is divided into two issues: sanctions and nuclear. In the JCPOA, that meant - 1. Sanctions relief. The JCPOA required the US to lock up our most powerful sanctions, including and especially oil sanctions, which had been built against the full range of Iran's malign activities. Iran would get to reap hundreds of billions of dollars annually to build up its navy, missile arsenal, and terrorist proxies, in exchange for concessions just on nuclear issues. 2. Nuclear sunsets. Even those concessions were just temporary. The deal legalized Iran's nuclear program, eventually allowing it to enrich uranium in unlimited amounts to unlimited levels. According to Obama, after a decade under the deal, Iran's nuclear breakout time would shrink to almost zero. In Trump 45, US negotiators spent a year trying to get the Europeans to agree to a "Fix" that would have abolished sunsets and addressed Iran's malign activities. The Europeans said, correctly, that the sunsets were the whole point of the deal, and talks stalled. In Trump 47, US negotiators repeatedly offered the Iranians deals in which Iran's nuclear capabilities would be permanently curtailed. Each time, the Iranians came back with counteroffers that were only temporary, and so here we are.

You won't hear a better 55-second description of MAGA and Trump than this: in terms of the perspective of any minimally honest MAGA supporter:

Ten squats every 45 minutes = 10,000 steps. A study from the University of Texas found that doing just 10 squats every hour can actually control blood sugar better than going for a full 30-minute walk. When you sit all day, your blood sugar spikes, your circulation slows, and your biggest muscles - your legs and glutes - basically switch off. But 10 squats wakes everything up instantly. Your leg muscles pull glucose out of your bloodstream, your circulation improves, and your metabolism switches back on. That’s why these micro-bursts of movement deliver such powerful benefits. In fact, research shows that ten squats every 45 minutes can give you similar cardiometabolic benefits to hitting 10,000 steps per day. This strengthens your heart, keeps your joints moving, and prevents the dangerous blood sugar spikes that lead to insulin resistance. So even if you don’t have time for long walks or full workouts, stand up… Do 10 squats every 45 minutes and watch what happens to your energy, strength, and metabolic health.