The Hill:
“Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that
the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by
the Dumocrats!!!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, concluding the post with “President DJT.”
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
Trump’s rebuke comes after a U.S. official told reporters earlier
Monday, “We discussed the possibility of releasing frozen funds,
sanctions relief, you know, a big $300 billion fund to rebuild their
country, and all of these things are going to be tied to performance.”
Vice President Vance appeared
to confirm the possibility in an interview with CBS News on Monday
morning. When asked about the potential $300 billion to rebuild Iran,
the vice president said, “that’s the sort of thing they could have
access to, funded by the Gulf Coast Coalition, so long as they honor
their end of the obligation.”
Vance is likely referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council, which consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Aram [sic] Emirates.
We know Bibi and Hezbollah deny any role in the MOU. But these guys, they bought in? Or not? Quaint.
Continuing -
The New York Times previously reported
the agreement included a provision for a $300 billion reconstruction
investment fund for Iran, citing information from an Iranian official
and a diplomat.
But senior U.S. officials also told reporters Monday that the memorandum of understanding (MOU), signed digitally over the weekend, is only the first step and that “real technical discussions” will begin later this week and be led by Vance.
"Senior U.S. officials" - who dat? "Real technical discussions," what dat?
Continuing - and this spikes the headache and confusion =
Before the MOU was signed over the weekend, the vice president said Tehran would not be “receiving any cash” under the agreement with the U.S.
SO - Tolls? Tolls not a part of the agreement, according to Vance? Or that just the U.S. will not be paying any, in that the U.S. does not move oil or LNG in and out of the Persian Gulf? It confuses.
What it seems to say is that Iranian tolls will cap out once they hit $300 billion, with no cash directly exchanged between the US and Iran; and that Trump knows no difference between million and billion, unless it's his take out from this and that.
Unfreezing Iranian assets would mean cash from impound released, so what does that Vance super-sized waffle mean regarding sanction relief to Iran?
Drip, drip, drip - slowly we learn what capitulation to Iranian demands means?
And TACO seems a part of the ambiguity. But what do I know?
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Interesting, Sunni Pakistan and Shia Iran share a border, and in this currently unrolling situation they seem to be getting along fine. Pakistan being the one that has nukes, Iran being the one saying it has a right to enrich uranium 235 but has no bomb intention. There are kilograms of 60% enriched U-235, somewhere. And Trump emphasizes Iran says they have no bomb intentions, which they have said all along.
The difference is that earlier Obama had negotiated International inspections and Trump has not claimed the current understanding involves any such substantiation means. A lot of Iran remains as it was, and nobody has poisoned anybody else's desalination powers. This settlement situation is very curious. But don't look there much more, there are indictments of citizens in Minnesota. Filed under seal a few weeks ago, now being revealed. Timing? And the Pulte thing just reminds some of how Matt Gaetz was walked around the Senate by JD, before Pam Bondi.
Being played for fools is a judgment call. Circumstantial inferences can always have a range beyond what officials tell reporters.
FURTHER:
Why Trump’s proposal for Syria to fight Hezbollah will send shudders across Lebanon
FURTHER:
If Syria and Iraq under current management are amenable, pick your pipeline routes into Turkey and the rest or Europe (including southern Caspian oil). If stability is expected, the Hormuz Strait remains a route to Asia, while new pipelines would be a route to Germany. Russia then having competition and ongoing pipeline reliance through Ukraine and repair of the Baltic blown-up lines. Who loses? Who wins? TAPI?
And AI players are queuing up for their IPO offerings to retail investors and pension funds. There could be no energy shortages, indeed, consumer nations playing one producer against others in a surplus scenario. Iran joining the game full time. Norway and Brazil players.
Brought to you by the peace President? But frack it, what do I know?
FURTHER:
Try search = china hydro river traffic lifts
The suggestion is China needs hydro because it lacks domestic fossil fuel resources for its needs.
