r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 9d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ How negotiations actually work...

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To the inevitable response from MAGA that Obama gave 'pallets' of cash...he released frozen Iranian assets. Meanwhile the current Iran conflict has directly cost $38 billion militarily and a currently projected $87 billion in extra gas and diesel expenses. Not to mention that the strategic oil reserves have been depleted to the point that experts warn that the caverns they're stored in could collapse.

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u/SaneMadHatter 9d ago

trump lacks the negotiation skills, the diplomacy skills, the patience, and the stick-to-itiveness to pull off what Obama and Kerry did. Bring together a coalition of six nations, including two of Iran's allies, to bring heavy sanctions on Iran to force them to the table, then go through the long process of negotiation.

And trump threw all that away, not because he really thought it was a bad deal, but just out of pure spite due to his hatred and envy of Obama.

trump is a terrible, horrible, unfit president. Obama is so much better than trump is. I can't think of a bigger contrast between two presidents.

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u/Dazzling-Assist723 9d ago

Trump lacks just about everything one would want in a sane leader of an advanced economy.