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I don\u2019t know much, but I\u2019m starting to think that maybe this Trump Administration isn\u2019t so honest. Do you think it\u2019s possible they\u2019re being (gasp) less than straight with us?<\/p>\n

Read more Sending JD Vance to rebut inflation remarks is Trump\u2019s \u2018worst possible strategy\u2019: expert<\/a><\/p>\n

Mercy.<\/p>\n

Take this whole Iran thing. Call me suspicious, but it doesn\u2019t sound to me like Trump and Veep JD Vance and all of their partners in crime got everything they were looking for in their MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) leading to a potential peace deal.<\/p>\n

How do I know this? Well, see, if you\u2019re proud of what you were able to generate in terms of progress and concessions, you scream it from the highest mountaintop, not cover it up and leave it for everyone to guess. And then on top of that, you don\u2019t dispatch Vance to hit the damage control interview circuit to justify why more than $300 billion would be going to Iran from the pockets of U.S. taxpayers while at the same time claiming that nation had been brought to its knees.<\/p>\n

It’s pretty clear to anyone with functional synapses that Trump had to sell his soul \u2014 I mean, that is, if he had one \u2014 to get the Strait of Hormuz open again so oil could once again flow through and gas prices could drop and every Republican in Congress might stand a slight chance of not getting wiped out in the midterms.<\/p>\n

Again, they\u2019re not releasing any details of the MOU until Friday or disclosing why it\u2019s taking several more days to put it out there. Not that anything we\u2019ll be fed is anything close to the truth, a concept with which these people haven\u2019t the thinnest association. The more secretive they are, however, the worse the reality tends to be.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s remember that Barack Obama had carved out a much more equitable deal when he was president. The strait was also wide open for years and years until Trump got the bright idea to invade Iran, only to quickly lose interest and struggle to brainstorm a way out. It turns out he found one, but it cost him \u2014 and us \u2014 dearly.<\/p>\n

And then, of course, Trump began crowing that he was alone among American presidents in figuring out a way to make peace with Iran, conveniently forgetting that it was him who had launched the hostilities in the first place. The man remains the King of Shamelessness.<\/p>\n

As part of his talk show propaganda tour, Vance is claiming that it\u2019s actually Qatar and Saudi Arabia that will be paying the $300 billion in \u201creparations\u201d that Iran is demanding. But that is plainly untrue. The fact is, it\u2019s going to cost America and only America (i.e. you and me), and that doesn\u2019t count the $70 billion the war has already cost us \u2014 to say nothing of the lives of the 13 American service members killed in action that we know of, or the thousands of Iranian civilians.<\/p>\n

Oh, and there is also this: the MOU that Iran has released and is likely more trustworthy and forthcoming than the one our own Department of Defense will be putting out says not a thing about Iran giving up its nuclear material or ballistic missiles and drones. There is also nothing that specifically says, \u201cIran will give up its nuclear program and forego creating a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only provision Iran agreed to involves a promise to only enrich their uranium for \u201cnon-weaponization\u201d purposes. But there\u2019s nothing in there about oversight by international investigators, as Obama\u2019s much better deal had.<\/p>\n

Read more Onlookers befuddled by Lindsey Graham\u2019s head-spinning praise of Trump\u2019s Iran deal<\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

You may recall that when asked if the everyday economic struggles of Americans factored into his negotiation to end the war with Iran, he famously replied, \u201cNot even a little bit. The only thing that matters when I\u2019m talking about Iran is they can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evidently, Trump changed his mind and it\u2019s cool for them to have one now.<\/p>\n

None of this should come as even a tiny shock to anyone, naturally. Our \u201cleader\u201d has nothing that would ever be mistaken for convictions. It\u2019s all just about whatever he happens to feel at any moment in time. Nukes, no nukes, it\u2019s all the same to The TACO Man.<\/p>\n

The MOU, as Iran understands it, also allows Iran and Oman to control the Strait of Hormuz and to charge ships fees. This sort of toll system didn\u2019t exist prior to the invasion. It was open and free for everyone under Obama\u2019s treaty.<\/p>\n

Who would have imagined that Obama \u2013 who never claimed to be a businessman \u2013 would be far better at making deals than the \u201cArt of the Deal\u201d dude? Oh, that\u2019s right. Everybody.<\/p>\n

As ever, the Trump plan is that if people don\u2019t see it, it doesn\u2019t exist. If they never see the actual particulars of the MOU, then whatever outrageous claims he makes (read: alternate facts) will be the truth. It\u2019s reminiscent of how he handled the COVID crisis in his last term. Remember? If people didn\u2019t see the grim statistics, then his declarations of it all being overblown would preside as the reality.<\/p>\n

This is also how Trump can stand there and lie, cheat and steal his way through a presidency. Keep the information from getting out and no one is the wiser. And if it gets out, simply deny, deny, deny. When the country collapses, as is happening in real time now, just say it\u2019s someone else\u2019s fault (Obama, Biden, liberals, fill in the blank) and move on.<\/p>\n

One of the true tragedies of the Trump era is the deceit has taken hold as the default for a sizable portion of the populace and, of course, his entire staff. If you\u2019re Secretary of State Marco Rubio, that means claiming, \u201cI\u2019ve never seen him fall asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delusion now predominates in both our domestic and international dealings. So does insincerity and misdirection. And it\u2019s all because one man\u2019s ego can never get enough fuel.<\/p>\n

(Ray Richmond is a longtime journalist\/author and an adjunct professor at Chapman University in Orange, CA.)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Read more Ex-prosecutor sounds the alarm over Trump\u2019s latest \u2018egregious\u2019 crackdown on protesters<\/a><\/p>\n


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