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Zorro

(18,660 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 11:22 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Makes Frantic Excuse After Iran's Humiliating Reveal

Donald Trump has claimed Iran is negotiating with the U.S. to end the current war but is “afraid” to admit it. Trump, 79, made his remarks at Wednesday evening’s Nation Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising dinner.

“They are negotiating by the way,” Trump claimed of Iran. “They want to make a deal so badly but they are afraid to say it. Because they figure they will be killed by their own people. They are also afraid they will be killed by us.”

His comments directly conflict Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi who said the country is not currently in negotiations with the U.S. over a resolution to the war and has “no intention” to have the conversations.

Speaking on Iran’s state TV news channel, he said the U.S. had been “sending various messages through different intermediaries” for several days. Araghchi clarified that the messages were “conveyed via friendly countries” and said the fact Iran was responding by stating their “positions and issuing warnings” is “neither dialogue nor negotiation, nor anything of the sort.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-frantic-excuse-after-irans-humiliating-reveal/

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Trump Makes Frantic Excuse After Iran's Humiliating Reveal (Original Post) Zorro 4 hrs ago OP
Pathological liar! Chasstev365 4 hrs ago #1
It sounds like we are in "Canadian girlfriend" territory here underpants 3 hrs ago #2
Cards enid602 3 hrs ago #3
It really sucks that I honestly believe the government of Iran more than I believe tsf. chicoescuela 3 hrs ago #4
100% vapor2 3 hrs ago #5
I can't name one. If you tell the truth, even accidentally, you're gone. chicoescuela 3 hrs ago #6

chicoescuela

(3,061 posts)
4. It really sucks that I honestly believe the government of Iran more than I believe tsf.
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 11:43 PM
3 hrs ago

Unbelievable

chicoescuela

(3,061 posts)
6. I can't name one. If you tell the truth, even accidentally, you're gone.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:23 AM
3 hrs ago

100% one way loyalty to the orange dude.

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