Donald Trump spent the last 40 days bombing Iran, threatening to wipe out “a whole civilization,” and turning the world’s most critical oil chokepoint into a war zone - going from the world’s worst tyrant to its biggest idiot.
What he got in return was a two-week pause, brokered not by American military strength or his bravado, but by Pakistan, built on Iran’s 10-point proposal, which Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council is already calling a victory. Iran isn’t wrong. Trump has just screwed everything up, ushering in a foreboding future.
He blew it all up, and will blow it all up again.
Iran’s leaders are openly touting this ceasefire as a triumph, declaring that “nearly all the objectives of the war have been achieved.” And that’s an accurate read of the terms. Iran’s 10-point proposal demands the lifting of all sanctions and UN resolutions, the release of Iranian assets held overseas, withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from regional bases, reparations for damages, and Iran’s explicit right to continue nuclear enrichment. And Trump agreed to a ceasefire based on this?
Does anyone - anyone - believe Donald Trump is going to pay Iran reparations for the bombs he dropped? That he’ll pull U.S. forces from the region? That he’ll sanction Iran’s right to enrich uranium? This agreement isn’t a deal. It’s a wish list for Tehran and a jab at Trump’s infamous bulbous gut of acidic instinct.
Oh, and let’s not forget the single most consequential blunder of this entire catastrophe: the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world’s oil typically passes, now comes under Iranian military management, with passage permitted only under coordination with Iran’s armed forces. Seriously?
Gallingly, that wasn’t the arrangement before Trump launched this abjectly nonsensical war of choice on February 28. Iran now controls the most strategically vital waterway on the planet in a way it never did before.
That’s not a win by anyone’s measure. In fact, it might be Trump’s biggest mess yet.
Meanwhile, while Trump was huffing and puffing on Truth Social, who stepped in to shield Iran’s position on the world stage? Russia and China, naturally. A UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz failed after both countries vetoed it. China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong said adopting such a draft while the U.S. was “threatening the survival of a civilization” would have sent the wrong message.
There it is. Beijing and Moscow used Trump’s own genocide rhetoric against him, blocked
international action, and elevated their status as Iran’s indispensable protectors - all while Trump was busy posting threats in ALL CAPS.
Russia and China know full well the fool Trump is. They didn’t just veto a resolution. They swept in under Trump’s bloated, ego-driven rotting bulging gut and established themselves as the reliable partners in the region.
The obtuseness of Trump to think they’d sit on the sidelines is shocking.
The Gulf states that hosted U.S. forces and absorbed Iranian missile strikes throughout this conflict are watching all of this with horror and fury. Iran targeted hotels, airports, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure in more than 10 countries.
The UAE, Dubai, Bahrain, America’s regional partners, the allies who were supposed to benefit from a demonstration of U.S. power, watched their territory get smashed while Trump looked on and did nothing.
Frankly, he only cares about taking their money for his family business ventures and could give a damn if they’re bombed to smithereens.
Will these countries ever fully trust the U.S. again? About anything? That question now hangs over every diplomatic relationship in the region. To them, the United States looks like a bunch of backwater hillbillies who don't know their ass from their elbow.
Then there’s Israel. Warmonger Benjamin Netanyahu’s office immediately said the ceasefire doesn’t include Lebanon, contradicting the Pakistani prime minister’s statement that it covered “Lebanon and elsewhere.” Israel has no interest in stopping. Netanyahu wanted this war badly, pushed Trump into it, and now intends to keep bombing Hezbollah regardless of what any ceasefire document says.
The contradictions embedded in this so-called deal are glaring. It is held together by toothpicks, tape, and a desperate Trump hunting for an off-ramp.
The bombing campaign that was supposed to liberate the Iranian people from a repressive theocracy has instead made that government stronger. Iranian nationalism is surging. The religious fundamentalists who run Tehran have successfully reframed 40 days of destruction as a national victory.
The population isn’t revolting against its leaders the way Trump promised at the start of the war. It’s rallying around them. This war achieved the precise opposite of its stated objectives.
And now Trump wants us to believe he’s going to negotiate a permanent settlement with JD and neophyte Jared possibly leading the way. OMG! Two fools cut from the same clown-cloth as their foolish boss. Iran is angrier than it has ever been, more resolved than ever to enrich uranium, and emboldened by the knowledge that it survived everything the United States could throw at it.
Remember this - extremist regimes have long memories and longer patience. The architects of September 11 spent years in the planning. Iran does not forget. Iran does not forgive. The idea that this pause holds because Trump is going to bluster his way to a permanent peace deal is a sick joke.
The biggest question Trump has never answered - besides why the war started - is how it ends. If the regime holds, and it has held, and a negotiated deal falls short, and it will with Trump in charge, what comes next? So far, the only answer has been to extend the deadline again.
TACO Trump’s specialty!
Think about this. If British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had launched a war against Iran, threatened daily to annihilate its civilization, then claimed a two-week ceasefire as victory, the world would call him a tyrant.
The American people elected Trump — twice, mind you — and the world is drawing exactly that conclusion about us. We are no longer the arsenal of democracy. We are the arsenal of chaos and tyranny.
And this ceasefire will not survive contact with the man who made it, because Trump has never succeeded at anything. Ever. He’s a perennial loser. And the future of the world is in his hands right now, and he will find a way to mes this up for sure.