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BumRushDaShow

(172,513 posts)
Sun May 24, 2026, 05:24 PM 6 hrs ago

White House says Iran deal could take days

Source: msn/Axios

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The White House doesn't expect an agreement to end the war with Iran Sunday and thinks it could take several days for the deal's approval by Iran's leadership, including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a senior U.S. official said in a briefing with reporters.

Why it matters: While U.S. officials are optimistic that a deal will be signed within days, they also acknowledge it has not been finalized and could still fall apart. "We are in a very good place — but there are ways in which the deal can be undermined," a senior U.S. official said.

  • The deal would avoid an escalation of the war and decrease the pressure on the global oil supply. However, it's unclear whether it will lead to a lasting peace agreement that also addresses President Trump's nuclear demands.
  • President Trump told his "representatives not to rush into a deal" with Iran, he announced Sunday on Truth Social, saying "both sides must take their time and get it right."
  • He said the U.S. naval blockade will "remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed."


  • State of play: The senior Trump administration official said there are still details "to work out," but the "slow and opaque" nature of Iran's decision-making system could delay an agreement by another few days.

    Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/white-house-says-iran-deal-could-take-days/ar-AA23X7DZ



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    White House says Iran deal could take days (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
    Well of course it will...market holiday. EarthFirst 6 hrs ago #1
    The US markets are closed tomorrow, but... Wuddles440 3 hrs ago #12
    Every hour and the story changes. TSF lives on chaos Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #2
    Until of course several days pass. Festivito 6 hrs ago #3
    Dang tacos take a while to cook, it seems. C_U_L8R 5 hrs ago #4
    Is anyone still listening to Rump? Bluestocking 5 hrs ago #5
    It'll be two weeks from... whenever sakabatou 5 hrs ago #6
    Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 2 hrs ago #14
    Well done! H2O Man 37 min ago #17
    (Un)State of Play wyn borkins 5 hrs ago #7
    How long does it take to get a white flag and pay Iran billions? Total U.S. surrender. Botany 4 hrs ago #8
    They keep floating it too test the level of humiliation the felon would face... pat_k 20 min ago #18
    Thomas Massie said Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham are "crashing out" SouthBayDem 4 hrs ago #9
    Well at least Trump has stopped Iran from builiding a nuclear weapon that they weren't building. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #10
    But will build one now because.... paleotn 3 hrs ago #13
    I'm curious: has F45 been seen in public since Friday???? nt in2herbs 3 hrs ago #11
    Is Trump still trying to deal from a position of (imaginary) strength? Aussie105 2 hrs ago #15
    U started it u can end it sir. AllaN01Bear 2 hrs ago #16
    He won't pat_k 18 min ago #19

    EarthFirst

    (4,223 posts)
    1. Well of course it will...market holiday.
    Sun May 24, 2026, 05:29 PM
    6 hrs ago

    You cannot swing the balance of the markets when they’re closed for a long holiday weekend…

    C_U_L8R

    (49,548 posts)
    4. Dang tacos take a while to cook, it seems.
    Sun May 24, 2026, 05:47 PM
    5 hrs ago

    Or is it the golf game that’s getting in the way again?

    wyn borkins

    (1,387 posts)
    7. (Un)State of Play
    Sun May 24, 2026, 06:21 PM
    5 hrs ago
    A Trump administration official said there are still many details that WILL DELAY (delay-delay-delay) an agreement by another few days(weeks)...(this is not an eact quote).

    Botany

    (77,897 posts)
    8. How long does it take to get a white flag and pay Iran billions? Total U.S. surrender.
    Sun May 24, 2026, 06:35 PM
    4 hrs ago

    David Shuster @DavidShus... • 2h S: According to Al Jazeera, the Iran deals includes unfreezing billions in Iranian funds, lifting U.S. blockade, pulling U.S. forces away, reopening strait of Hormuz though with tolls to Iran, and allowing Iran to keep its enriched uranium. This would be a total U.S. surrender.

    nice job, Donald Trump

    George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-05-24T00:38:45.202Z

    pat_k

    (13,905 posts)
    18. They keep floating it too test the level of humiliation the felon would face...
    Sun May 24, 2026, 11:12 PM
    20 min ago

    ... And when it is clear that the only way out means epic humiliation for which there is no "spin" there is NO WAY he'll allow it.



    SouthBayDem

    (33,368 posts)
    9. Thomas Massie said Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham are "crashing out"
    Sun May 24, 2026, 07:32 PM
    4 hrs ago

    Actual quote from this AP article:

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said the president’s decision to strike Iran was the “most consequential” of his second term and that he should not let up now.

    “If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime — still run by Islamists who chant ‘death to America’ — now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake,” Cruz wrote Saturday on the social media platform X. It was in reaction to Trump’s update after he had spoken with the leaders of Israel and other U.S. allies in the region.

    Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also is close to Trump, panned any deal that would leave Iran perceived as being a dominant force in the region and in which it would retain its ability to destroy oil infrastructure throughout the Gulf.


    Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a Trump antagonist who had pushed legislation to restrain the president’s ability to wage war against Iran, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that while the terms are not yet fully known, “if Lindsey Graham and Ted Cuz are crashing out last night, I’d say it’s probably a pretty good deal.”

    twodogsbarking

    (19,408 posts)
    10. Well at least Trump has stopped Iran from builiding a nuclear weapon that they weren't building.
    Sun May 24, 2026, 07:44 PM
    3 hrs ago

    Way to go genius.

    paleotn

    (22,787 posts)
    13. But will build one now because....
    Sun May 24, 2026, 08:30 PM
    3 hrs ago

    if they had crossed that threshold prior, none of this would have happened. And to keep it from happening again, they'll build nukes. Existential threats have a way of doing that. Plus over a decade of negotiations wasted. What a bunch of fuck ups.

    Aussie105

    (8,198 posts)
    15. Is Trump still trying to deal from a position of (imaginary) strength?
    Sun May 24, 2026, 08:41 PM
    2 hrs ago

    Still blame shifting the slow dealing to Iran?

    The sooner Trump and his minions work out Iran is dealing from a position of strength and has little to lose, and a lot to gain, by slowing down negotiations, the better.

    Trump needs to come up with some serious sweeteners.
    He has forgotten, but Iran hasn't, that the US took out their Supreme Leader a while back.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/28/us-israel-military-operation-epic-fury-iran/

    Paywalled but the title is enough of a reminder if you have forgotten.

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