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Recent reporting from the Financial Times reveals it was President Trump, not the Iranian government, who was begging for a ceasefire.

FT reports that the Trump administration had been privately pushing for a ceasefire for weeks to alleviate the economic strain caused by Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz, and depending on Pakistan for mediation. Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir was communicating with Iranian officials, special envoy Steve Witkoff, Vice President JD Vance, and Trump himself even after the president threatened to wipe out Iranian civilization on Tuesday.

According to the five people familiar with the diplomatic back channel, Trump had been asking for a ceasefire since as early as March 21, when he first threatened to bomb Iran’s power plants.

This contradicts virtually everything the Trump administration has claimed about Iran—that Trump’s constant bombings and threats of extinction caused a wounded, demoralized Iranian regime to limp to the negotiating table, desperate for a deal with the U.S.

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[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Extra crunchy taco.

[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 26 points 2 weeks ago

Remember The Wall that Mexico was going to pay for?

Trump boasted about that thing for months leading up to the 2016 election, and dropped it like a hot rock the first time the Mexican President told him 'no.'

[-] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Quite literally the worst negotiator in history. Fucking wild

HeS BoSnesSmAn

Don't ever forget the motherfuckers who voted for this.

[-] CainTheLongshot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

So this is just one big circle jerk war?

Yes, and a key observation might be: the oligarchy being discussed more and more in the US is not constrained to the US. There is (in a practical sense, not an official one) a single world government controlled entirely by the rich who are currently circle-jerking.

[-] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

You're talking aout the ruling class, basically. Around their world their class interests generally align, so they act as one.

Sometimes the ruling class get into intra-class conflict - factions form or some members try to steal each other's stolen wealth, but they'll usually stop when it begins to threaten the interests of their class as a whole. See: every single war. Maybe WW1 they didn't stop in time.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If Russia was not currently on day fucking 1000 or w/e of its 3 day military operation, Putin would be laughing so hard that it might kill him.

Yeah, Trump somehow managed to get cucked by both Putin and Netanyahu.

Oh right, that somehow is raping and murdering kids alongside his best pal Epstein, who seems to have essentially been a mutual intelligence 'asset' of the CIA, Mossad, and the FSB.

Woops, went in to clean up the deep state, but we sent for the job the deep state's dumbest soldier.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

So this is just one big circle jerk war?

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't forget the easing of Russian sanctions because of the oil issues, so Russia is making money from this.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

its more than likely thats why he attacked iran, to conveniently give russian sanctions a reprieve.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

I feel like that was a side benefit to getting a reprieve from the Epstein files.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

What's the US's biggest export ? Oh yeah, weapons.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

If only he didn’t start a war, then he wouldn’t need a ceasefire.

[-] Hegar@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

But then we'd still be talking about the fact that he rapes children and none of his cabal of fellow rapists have seen justice.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

There’s clearly no evidence of this. Well unless you mean

Tap for spoiler

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no! Another BOMBSHELL!!!

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

The only surprise here is how quickly this has been confirmed.

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Was he on his knees? Or did he drop to all fours to beg?

[-] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I believe one of the points in the ten point plan is that he personally has to give every Iranian, living and dead, a rim job. He's just that good a negotiator.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

i mean I was thinking that. always projecting and all.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently doesn't matter since USA is refusing to reign in their rabid attack dog.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Rein. No one wants to reign in a dog.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yup. Thanks!

[-] Redacted@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

maybe you are using people like CHarles kushner, witkoff, as your "mediators" trump.

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ayone have a unblocked version of the FT report?

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
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