Donald Trump has claimed Iran is negotiating with the U.S. to end the current war but is “afraid” to admit it.
The 79-year-old president made the remark at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising dinner on Wednesday evening.
“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 contradict Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, who said the country was not in negotiations with the U.S. over a resolution to the war and had “no intention” to have any such 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.
Cry wolf harder there moron.
27 Comments
Adl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 103 pts · 152d
it seems the US want a deal so badly but they are afraid to admit it.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 152d
Yeah because he can't ever admit he was stupid and had no plan.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 152d
They may have found enough construction paper and crayons to explain to him how bad things are going and exactly how bad they may have fucked up in the short and long-term.
At the moment he seems considerably more nervous about this than virtually every other thing that he is managed to screw.
aramis87@fedia.io · 11 pts · 152d
I hope he saw that animated "explanation" video Iran did (not the Lego one, the shorter animated one) because, while it's probably too complicated for him to understand, that's the closest "briefing" I've ever seen to his level of stupidity.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 152d
I've not seen those, I don't suppose you have a link handy you could share ?
aramis87@fedia.io · 5 pts · 152d
Here's the animated one; here's the Lego one. And the first one on this page is (afaik) their most recent.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 6 pts · 152d
Damn. That's well done.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 152d
Thanks very much
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 152d
Probably not. He gets 2 minute videos of shit blowing up. I wish I was making that up, but that's what he's getting: a highlight reel of explosions.
Edit to add: pick a source https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=trump+iran+video+briefings&noai=1&ia=web
HubertManne@piefed.social · 15 pts · 152d
always projection.
No_Eponym@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 152d
So far everyone has missed the best part:
TBD if this "military operation" will be "special" too.
HarneyToker@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 152d
This guy wrote a book called “The Art of the Deal”. That’s hilarious.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 152d
He didn't write it, he paid someone to write it for him. Like all of his college and high school essays.
village604@adultswim.fan · 12 pts · 152d
And he made a terrible deal with his ghost writer. Dude got Trump to agree to credit him on the cover and give him half the royalties.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 22 pts · 152d
First, Trump made one of the worst deals ever with 'Art Of The Deal' The ghostwriter got cover credit and half the royalties, something unheard of in publishing.
Second, after having had access to Trump, the writer left and stayed away from him. He's spent decades tellign the world what a POS Trump is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Deal
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 152d
He can’t even write his name. He didn’t write a book.
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 152d
The tard of the deal
Jaegeras@piefed.social · 16 pts · 152d
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 152d
Bush's administration was fucking MENSA compared to this shit show.
leoj@piefed.social · 7 pts · 152d
Just blindly groping for that lost age that doesn't actually exist.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 152d
I think Trump has a lot of experience blindly groping for lost ages that no longer exist.
See the Epstein files for context.
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 152d
It's not about 9/11. It's not that he needs a good excuse (clearly he doesn't). Excuse or no, he can't just steamroll Iran. He's realizing he fucked up and isn't prepared to see it through, so he's just bullshitting and hoping things will work out somehow.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 152d
Most dictatorships actually convince a plurality of the population with their propaganda. Epic fail, TACO. Sad.
kikutwo@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 152d
A four year old can differentiate between negotiations involving a mediator and without one. This is a circular story without a story.
Mohamed@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 152d
That, isnt even logical enough to not make sense.
floofloof@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 152d
Archive link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260326124427/https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-makes-frantic-excuse-after-irans-humiliating-reveal/
yesman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 152d
Fuck this headline. I understand click bait, but this is abuse of the literate.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
“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.”
"I am negotiating, by the way," Trump attempted to hide. "I want to make a deal so badly but I am afraid to say it. Because I fear I'll be killed (incarcerated?) by my own people. I am also afraid I will be killed by my shillionaire Epstein-class donors."