The Daily Blast: Angry and Rattled, Trump’s Fox Allies Blurt It Out on Live TV: He Lost
6/18/202624 min
Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran has now been released, and it confirms what we all expected: He got nothing of any significance. A surprising number of his allies agree. Fox News figures, visibly angry and rattled, are saying the deal “doesn’t feel like a victory,” that “we lost the most,” and that Iran is “better off” than before. Others are already throwing JD Vance under the bus, with one even suggesting the deal is so bad that it let Trump down. We think the story right now is that if anything, the next stage of the negotiations with Iran will be even worse for Trump. We talked to Sina Toossi, an Iran expert at the Center for International Policy. He walks us through the details of the deal, why it falls short of what Barack Obama got, why the criticism from allies creates a tough situation for Trump, and how his failures have created a new geopolitical reality—one that’s worse for America than before.
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First 90 secondsGreg Sargent· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I'm your host, Greg Sargent. The details of Donald Trump's ceasefire deal with Iran have now been released, and it's exactly what we expected. Trump got nothing of any significance, and a surprising group of people are now admitting this, Trump's MAGA allies. Some Fox News figures and right-wing media figures are taking apart the deal in surprisingly harsh terms. Meanwhile, Trump let out a few tirades today attacking Barack Obama's 2015 nuclear deal, even though all indications thus far are that Trump has fared substantially worse than Obama did. We think the big story right now is this: Everything we know right at this moment strongly suggests that the next stage of the negotiations with Iran will be even worse for Trump. We're working through all of it with Sina Toossi, an Iran expert at the Center for International Policy. Sina, good to have you on.
Sina Toossi· Guest1:21
Hey, Greg. Thanks so much for having me on.
Greg Sargent· Host1:24
So both sides have released the agreement. Here's the short version. Strait of Hormuz