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@ka_leem7 @SkyNews The official Iran position for 47 years is death to America. Why should the US negotiate with that?

@SkyNews The 15-point preconditioned agenda was a deal-breaker. Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump are treating peace negotiations like a real estate transaction, you can’t broker lasting peace with a closing strategy mindset. We need career diplomats to reach a peaceful solution of this war.

BREAKING: Iran's foreign minister has taken to social media to say the country's position is being 'misrepresented by U.S. media', after the Wall Street Journal reported officials were unwilling to meet U.S. counterparts in Pakistan. trib.al/PBQ72px 📺 Sky 501

@ahmad202y @MarioNawfal You mean like 47 years of death to America?

@MarioNawfal Messages are louder than missile especially threats

🇺🇳🇮🇷 The Gulf's plan to force Hormuz open just hit a wall at the UN Russia, China, and France blocked Bahrain's Security Council resolution authorizing military force to reopen the Strait. Three veto-wielding powers said no to any language permitting the use of force. A vote is scheduled for Friday but the math hasn't changed. Macron called Trump's "just go take it" approach "unrealistic," warning it would expose any force to Iranian coastal weapons and ballistic missiles. The most devastating line came from the International Crisis Group: "It treats a political crisis as if it can be solved at gunpoint." The Strait was open before the bombs fell. It closed because of the war. Ending the war reopens it. Everything else is theater. The deeper damage is in the relationships. Qatar and Oman, who mediated between the U.S. and Iran for years, now say ties with Tehran are "probably irreparably damaged." They've handed the mediator role to Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt entirely. Saudi Arabia, which restored diplomatic relations with Iran just three years ago through a China-brokered deal, is now leading the charge against it at the UN. Source: New York Times

@Peoples_Pundit @MarioNawfal @chris11649 Nope. The previous explanation makes more sense and there is that 47 years of death to America . The mullahs would love to make good on. We finally got a president with the backbone to try to end this threat

That's a huge essay. Except, everyone familiar with the president's thinking (cough) knows he wasn't thinking that deep about it. He was highly impressed by the Maduro Operation and believed this had a high chance of ending quickly because he convinced himself that it would AND that it would end popular if it did. It was for Israel.

Here’s a clear explanation of why Trump attacked Iran, and why I think the war will end soon. The war isn't about nuclear weapons. It's not about helping the Iranian people. It’s not about doing Israel’s bidding. And it's not about Iran being a threat to the U.S. It's about China. China imports 45-57% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has the capacity to shut it down. A U.S.-aligned Iran means an Iran that would choke off that strait if there's ever a real power struggle between Washington and Beijing. And there already is one. The U.S. and China have been locked in a tariff war for over a year now. Also remember when China threatened export controls on rare earths, encompassing any company anywhere in the world that uses Chinese rare earths? Yes, China essentially said that any company that uses their rare earths (China refines 85-90% of the world’s supply) must seek their permission before exporting their products. This means if a German manufacturer uses rare earths fro China to create chips for American companies, China can block the export of these chips. That’s how much leverage China has over the U.S., and that’s dangerous, especially if China finally decides to reunify with Taiwan. So controlling the Strait of Hormuz becomes critical for the U.S. It's the same reason Trump wants China out of the Panama Canal. The same reason Venezuela matters. The same reason he's eyeing Greenland, where shipping routes to China pass through melting Arctic ice. Energy is everything now. The AI arms race is the most important strategic competition on the planet. Limiting China's access to energy is how the U.S. wins that race, and anyone who believes in freedom and democracy should want America to win. China is investing heavily in domestic energy, building nuclear reactors, solar farms, wind power. They're leapfrogging the rest of the world. But they still import the majority of their oil. And a significant chunk of it comes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran was reportedly nearing a deal for supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles from China, which would make it easier for Iran to threaten shipping in the Strait and strike U.S. naval vessels. That accelerated the timeline. Trump's comment today about doing in Iran what he did in Venezuela makes perfect sense in this context. He wants influence over who comes next. A regime that's workable for Washington. If he succeeds, this would be a massive strategic win for the U.S. and for Trump.

@JohnnyAGI Wow what an accomplishment you should be so proud it finally happened! So what?

I am so confused. How in the world did "the violent left" assemble 8 million people in over 3,000 locations across the country without a single incident of violence? No one even assaulted a police officer I was told the left were violent and hated America. What gives? 🤯

@Sadie_NC No

Would you still go in and eat here? 🤔🤔

@A_K_Mandhan These terms should all be nonstarters.

Iran's 5-Point Demands Iranian state media and officials have outlined specific conditions for a ceasefire and the end of hostilities: End to Aggression: A complete halt to military actions and "assassinations" by the U.S. and Israel. Sovereignty Over the Strait of Hormuz: Recognition of Iran's absolute control over this strategic waterway. War Reparations: Guaranteed payment for damages caused by U.S. and Israeli military strikes. Regional Security Guarantees: Concrete assurances to prevent the recurrence of war and a comprehensive end to hostilities on all fronts, including for Iran's regional allies. U.S. Base Withdrawals: Demands for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the Middle East.

🚨 ALERT: TRUMP JUST SAID IRAN WANTS TO TALK, AND HE AGREED TO TALK IRAN WILL SUR… Show more

@its_The_Dr We have a life and don’t care about your protest

Why do you think?

@Alinavisooo Never did, honestly

BE HONEST: Do you still consider Joe Biden one of the best leaders of our time? A. Yes B. No, one of the worst

@Matt_Pinner Funny

So what would you call this Presidential Team?

@RightScopee When will she be fired?

This woman’s 6 year old son “expressed conservative values” in his classroom The teacher created a certificate for him that said “Most likely to become a Dictator” and presented it to him in front of his entire class while classmates called him a “Naziphile” The indoctrination taking place in our education system is a national emergency What's your response to this......??👀 MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏

@AzPetrich Then Obama divided the country when McCain tried to get Obama to compromise and he said “elections have consequences” and ignored McCain

After losing one of the toughest elections in history, John McCain didn't divide the country. He congratulated Barack Obama, praised his great achievement, and asked Americans to come together. Class act. They sure don't make Republicans like him anymore.

@reallouiehuey Who chanted death to America for 47 years and why shouldn’t we take it seriously??)

Under who's authority is Iran not allowed to have a nuke? Who says we are allowed to have them? Under who's authority does Israel get to have nukes? Everyone has the God given right to defend themselves.

@Acyn I doubt he pays any federal income tax

Question: I'm a waiter at a local restaurant in Queens, a full time college student who sleeps an average of four hours a night and is still thousands in debt. How is a war in a country half the world away funded by the taxes pulled from my check, helping me in any way?

@MbarkCherguia Open the road to traffic, let them figure it out

How should society respond to climate activists gluing themselves to roads? 🤔

@BraddrofliT Obama destroyed health insurance, surrendered Ukraine during the initial Russian invasion, caused racial and political division and was an embarrassment in his initial apology tour

Obama walked into a full-blown economic disaster and didn’t spend every day crying about the last guy…he got to work and cleaned it up. MAGAs can’t go five minutes without blaming everyone else for everything. That’s the difference: leadership vs. nonstop whining.

@j_fishback Would you rather spend $200 million more dollars on an education system that is producing students who can’t read, make change, pick poor college majors and borrow $100000 they don’t intend to pay back or bomb a country that has spent 47 years chanting death to America?

Would you rather spend $200 billion to bomb Iran or…? A: give every teacher in America a $62,500 bonus B: provide downpayment assistance for 20 million young families C: build 1,300 rural hospitals

@garykoepnick You have no facts

Just to recap… Border was never “open” CBP under Biden didn’t let over 20M Illegals. 2020 election was not rigged Putin helped Trump in 2016 Elon helped him in 2024 Board of Peace is the grift of the century MBS is a murderer Netanyahu and Trump have committed numerous war crimes Iran was years away from a nuke Butler was staged

@ThrillaRilla369 Simple, Israel hasnt chanted death to America for47 years

How is it ok for Israel to possess nuclear weapons, but not Iran?

@ennui365 And world wide apologies and embarrassment, Nobel prizes for nothing, race baiting and “elections have consequences” in response to Republicans efforts to find compromise. Let’s not forget the biggest most lasting and expensive failure of all”you can keep your doctor” Obamacare

@Tekeee Rent a small less expensive house. Lose some glamour, keep some money

Rent for one bedroom is $1,700. That means you need over $4,600 a month just to qualify. Show me the 24 year old making $71,000 a year for a starter apartment. I’ll wait