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@LamarDealMaker @vernic_daniel Fair point, indeed. Look at Venus and Serena. Their dad had nothing in the way of experience, money, or anything that could be remotely seen as advantageous. Just grit and drive.

@vernic_daniel Fair point. Brunson had advantages. But the lesson isn’t “he had nothing.” The lesson is that players aren’t built by marble lobbies and resort campuses. They’re built by coaching, reps, high standards, and work.

Youth sports: “You need elite facilities to become an elite athlete.” Jalen Brunson, NBA Finals MVP:

Until the text of the US-Iran deal is signed and released, there is going to be a lot of spin on both sides. But here is my initial take. This war was a mistake, and it needs to end. The President thought that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly, but it did not. In fact, it has been strengthened strategically by its survival against a heavy US-Israeli assault and carrying out some effective counterstrikes. Many countries in the region are now courting Iran and looking to deescalate and rebuild ties. A sign of which way the wind is blowing. Getting the Strait of Hormuz open is the most important outcome of this MOU. Of course, the Strait was open before the war. Now we are paying to reopen it with sanctions relief. Iran has taken a theoretical point of leverage and turned it into a very real and powerful one, imposing costs across the global economy and rattling President Trump. As for the nuclear issues, there really is no agreement, other than to negotiate over the HEU stockpile and an enrichment moratorium. Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way. It is possible that no deal will every be reached, and very likely that if one is reached, it will be worse than what we could have achieved through diplomacy before the war. Iran is not likely to take seriously that the US would return to war, certainly before the US midterms. So that means we will be conducting diplomacy without a credible threat of force. If any agreement ultimately reached actually safely puts Iran's nuclear ambitions out of reach, I'll acknowledge it. It's just too early to make that judgment. Trump is mainly focused on comparing his deal favorably to the JCPOA. But we are a long way from being able to make that comparison, and it may end up no better, or weaker than that deal. But in some ways, Trump's deal and the JCPOA are already similar. Nothing on ballistic missiles, nothing on proxies, nothing on weakening the regime or helping the Iranian people. And plenty of sanctions relief that will strengthen the regime, and be poured into the missile program and proxy network. Honest critics of the JCPOA will not twist themselves into pretzels to defend Trump's approach. Israelis are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but they should not be surprised. After some initial overlap of Trump's and Netanyahu's interests, there was a strong divergence. The United States needed this war to end. Netanyahu wanted to continue. Trump's claim to include Lebanon in the ceasefire and his harsh shutting down Israeli attacks on Hezbollah is also a win for Iran. After the JCPOA was signed, Obama and Netanyahu worked together to strengthen Israel's campaign of strikes in Syria to intercept Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon. So let's hope we see the removal of Iran's enriched uranium and a long-term suspension of enrichment, with full verification. But to achieve those goals, Trump's team is going to need to engage in far more sophisticated diplomacy, backed by qualified experts, than they have to date. If it is a phase one splash with no follow-up on implementation of later phases, like in Gaza, we will be much worse off after, and because of, this war.

So let’s see the deal. Also why is taking Iran’s word at face value folly when Obama does it and genius when Trump does?

“But even before we have the details, it is clear that Trump has failed to achieve every one of the goals he put forward for this war of choice, and now he is determined to sign, seal, and deliver America’s capitulation as quickly as possible” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/…

@stephenasmith @ufc U okay with this?

@stephenasmith @ufc No shit you’re not there, Trump hates you now, so you’re reduced to praising the spectacle from afar. Meanwhile the main event was disrespecting Michelle Obama on the White House lawn and the crowd ate it up. Priorities?

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@BlueBoxDave 14 American lives and $300 billion to start... What did we GAIN?

Are you being serious here? This is essentially a surrender from Trump. We will pay them billions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that was open before Trump started this disastrous war. We haven't accomplished a single thing in Iran. Sure we blew up a bunch of things and killed their leader but they replaced the leader with his son. No regime change, only more leverage for Iran who knows in the future they can always close the Strait again. Here's a better question...what did the US actually win here?

@BlueBoxDave 13 American lives, many injuries (some life changing), $324 billion dollars, no nuclear dust, the straight of Hormuz was free and open before the war (so no gain there), the cost of oil has been up for months etc.

@BlueBoxDave Tom is calling it as he sees it. Iran gets taxpayer money, keeps its uranium, and now retains influence over a strait that was open before the war. Meanwhile, the U.S. is making concession after concession with little to show for it. That's textbook surrender. @RadioFreeTom

@BlueBoxDave Iran is getting money, control of the strait, and security guarantees, but sure, try to spin this as a win

@BlueBoxDave Money, American lives, the respect of the world. Iran now explicitly controls the SoH and can use it as a chokehold at any time, they will be receiving billions and enrich themselves and rebuild stronger and more confident. What am I forgetting?

Are you telling me my tax dollars are being sent to rebuild all the shit that Pete Hegseth blew up also with my tax dollars

It did not “coincide” with Trumps birthday. Trump planned this FOR his birthday, at taxpayers expense.

This is the kind of trash that Trump surrounds himself with and Republicans excuse.

@Timodc @joncoopertweets Like I said, Trump brought the trailer park to the White House lawn.

@Timodc @joncoopertweets Meanwhile Michelle Obama is still out there minding her own business, somehow continuing to live rent-free in the heads of people who also claim they’re strictly here for the sport and advanced geopolitical cage-match theory.

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