Trump now coming to terms with the Memo of Misunderstanding?

[mystery-ak]

Trump now coming to terms with the Memo of Misunderstanding?

There was — and is -- no way Iran was/is going to abide by any agreement.

Eric Utter | July 9, 2026

As I wrote in a June 20th item posted right here on this illustrious site, the Memo of Understanding (MOU) President Trump agreed to with what remains of Iran’s leaders was a recipe for disaster.

There was — and is -- no way Iran was/is going to abide by any agreement. The leaders had — and have — only two goals: to survive, and to embarrass Trump and the U.S.

I wrote:

    Trump could’ve called victory and gone home after the U.S. military knocked the hell out of the Iranians in the first few weeks, further degrading its nuclear program. Or he could’ve kept on blasting them to smithereens until the job was finished. And it could have been. Instead, panicked by the upcoming mid-term elections and the high price of oil/gasoline, he chose the third way. Which is no way at all.

I called the agreement “unconditional surrender,” and “unilateral capitulation,” and predicted:

    What’s left of the mullahs and the IRGC will do whatever it wants, including executing any citizens known to have been sympathetic to the Americans. That unspoken guarantee is the only one they will uphold. Understand that.

But now, in a bizarre irony, Iran’s leaders, whoever they may be, have thrown Trump and the U.S. a lifeline to recapture their dignity. By ignoring the MOU and continuing to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz and neighboring states, no matter the threats from Trump, they have permitted the president to finally declare: "It's just a waste of time dealing with them. They're scum.”

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/trump-now-coming-to-terms-with-the-memo-of-misunderstanding/

[Free Vulcan]

Trump has been stringing these guys along to run out the clock on the War Powers Act.

Some people take everything he says seriously. Lighten up, you ain't that important.

[Cyber Liberty]

I don't think Trump ever had any illusions about Iran's truthfulness, but world is full of stupid people who do.  Trump had to prove what the Iranians are, now that he did, I hope he bombs them to the stone age.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The "interim peace" gave the US military an opportunity to reload.

To take out the mullahs, they need to take out the IRGC (the muscle) first.

[Cyber Liberty]

The "interim peace" gave the US military an opportunity to reload.

To take out the mullahs, they need to take out the IRGC (the muscle) first.

Yes, and it's not going to be pleasant...for them.  I do feel sorry for the innocent people who are going to be the human shields when the IRGC decides to run and hide.

[escapeefromtaxachusetts]

Yes, and it's not going to be pleasant...for them.  I do feel sorry for the innocent people who are going to be the human shields when the IRGC decides to run and hide.

And the liberals will accuse the US of genocide.. It's in their playbook.....

[Cyber Liberty]

And the liberals will accuse the US of genocide.. It's in their playbook.....

Yes, it's guaranteed!

[mountaineer]

The Trump/Rubio/Vance dynamic on Iran and the MOU, according to this guy:

Will Ricciardella
@WillRicci
My read on the Vance/Rubio split is aging pretty well, and Trump just put Vance in a box. Hear me out:

Vance won the first Iran argument: stop the war, buy time, reopen Hormuz, give Tehran an economic off-ramp and sell the whole thing as “peace.”  Trump made him own it.

That matters because the MOU was never just paperwork. It was Vance’s worldview in diplomatic form: conflict is a trap, incentives the solution, & enough trade, investment & legitimacy can pull a revolutionary terror regime toward normality.

Rubio’s lane was always different: pressure, leverage, terms. He defended Vance publicly because that’s what a disciplined cabinet sec does, but he never tied himself to the fantasy that Iran was one investment package away from acting like a normal country.

Now Trump is saying the opposite out loud. They’re scum, crazy, liars and cheats. They’ve acted this way for 47 years. They have to be stopped.

That’s Rubio’s argument in Trump’s vocabulary.

So Vance has a problem. He can’t keep selling the MOU as peace after Trump called it a waste of time, so the escape hatch will be obvious: Iran failed the test, America hit back, and we win either way.

Fine. But that’s not what he sold. He sold an off-ramp & “peace,” but Iran used it to regroup.

Rubio doesn’t have to spike the football. Trump is already doing that for him. If policy follows the rhetoric, Rubio’s lane gets handed the wheel: pressure, leverage & terms Iran can’t refuse.

If policy stays at punishment Iran already priced in, Vance’s failed bet becomes the admin’s problem — and no one can run from that.
2:24 PM · Jul 8, 2026

https://twitter.com/WillRicci/status/2067372017666662678

[DefiantMassRINO]

The "word" = 'politicide', not 'genocide'.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump has been stringing these guys along to run out the clock on the War Powers Act.

I also think Trump does not want to win the battle but lose the peace. 

Trump has a vision for a new Middle East and would like to return to implementing it --- and doing so requires Gulf State buy-in and participation, which he already has.  But, blowing up Iran without solid Gulf State support would most likely blow up his vision of a new Middle East, too.

Trump's strategy may have less to do with Iran ---- they're done --- and more to do with buying time for the Gulf States.