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Here’s What We Know About Trump’s “Largely Negotiated” Iran Deal

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that a deal to end the war with Iran has been “largely negotiated,” signaling what could become one of the most consequential foreign policy developments of his presidency.

As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, Trump said the final details of the agreement are still being discussed and will be announced shortly. The president described the emerging arrangement as a “Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE,” following calls with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain. 

Trump also said a separate call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went “very well.”

The central issue appears to be whether Iran will agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping passage that has been at the center of global economic concern throughout the conflict. 

Reuters reported that the proposed framework would unfold in three stages: formally ending the war, resolving the Hormuz crisis and opening a 30-day window for a broader agreement.

That broader agreement would likely focus on Iran’s nuclear program, the biggest sticking point between Washington and Tehran. 

Iran has insisted that nuclear issues are not part of the current negotiations, while Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei described the draft as a framework agreement meant first to end the war. 

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Warmonger Lindsey Graham Attacks Trump as He Seeks to End War in Iran

RINO warmonger Lindsey Graham took a swipe at Trump on Saturday as he attempts to reach a deal to end the war in Iran.

Graham attacked any potential deal, suggesting it would be a surrender that concedes dominance to Iran. “If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived as being a dominate force requiring a diplomatic solution,” he said, describing the outcome as “a nightmare for Israel.”

“It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with if these perceptions are accurate,” he said. “I personally am a skeptic of the idea that Iran cannot be denied the ability to terrorize the Strait and the region cannot protect itself against Iranian military capability.”

It should be recalled that Graham has been the biggest cheerleader for this war, constantly demanding that Trump escalate offensive operations, expand the scope of the war to include Lebanon, and encouraging South Carolinians to “send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast” to die for his war.

It can be recalled that Graham called for the US to ”go all-in to help Israel finish the job” last year after Israel started the “12-Day War” with Iran. Approximately two weeks later, Trump ordered the Operation Midnight Hammer strikes to take out Iran’s nuclear sites.

Now, Lindsey finally has his war with Iran after Trump launched Operation Epic Fury, killing the Ayatollah in February, and he’s not happy that it’s potentially on the cusp of ending.

President Trump had a conference call scheduled with Gulf leaders on Saturday after saying the US and Iran are “getting a lot closer” to a peace agreement.

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US said to fire more interceptors to protect Israel in latest Iran war than Israel did

The US reportedly used up more than half of its inventory of THAAD anti-missile interceptors while defending Israel from Iranian attacks during the recent war.

According to The Washington Post on Thursday, the United States used over 200 THAAD interceptors to shoot down missiles bound for Israel. It also launched more than 100 SM-3 and SM-6 interceptors to defend Israel, which itself used fewer than 100 Arrow interceptors and around 90 from the David Sling’s system, the report said, quoting Defense Department data.

Overall, the report said, the US “expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did.”

A US official told the newspaper that if fighting renews with Iran, the US will likely need to use even more interceptors defending Israel because Israel has sent some of its missile defense batteries for maintenance.

“Israel is not capable of fighting and winning wars on its own, but nobody actually knows this, because they never see the back end,” said a US official quoted in the report.

The Pentagon denied to The Washington Post that there is any issue of burden sharing with Israel, saying, “Ballistic missile interceptors are just one tool in a vast network of systems and capabilities.”

The Israeli Embassy in Washington said in response that “the US has no other partner with the military willingness, readiness, shared interests and capabilities of Israel.”

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Trump Admin Preparing to Strike Iran: Report

President Trump is preparing to hit Iran with a new round of military strikes, CBS reported on Friday evening.

CBS noted that no final decision has been reached.

Earlier Friday, President Trump raised eyebrows after he announced he would not be attending his son Don Jr’s wedding this weekend because it is “important” for him to remain in DC “during this important period of time.”

“While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon to be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so,” Trump said.

“I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina!” Trump said earlier Friday.

CBS News reported:

The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, according to sources with direct knowledge of the planning, even as diplomacy continued.

No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon.

“Circumstances pertaining to Government” are keeping President Trump from attending his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, he said in a social media post. The president had planned to spend Memorial Day weekend at his golf property in New Jersey but will now return to the White House.

Some members of the U.S. military and intelligence community canceled their plans for the Memorial Day weekend in anticipation of possible strikes, several sources said.

Defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for U.S. installations overseas as tranches of troops stationed in the Middle East rotate out of theater, part of an effort to reduce the American military footprint in the region amid concern about possible Iranian retaliation.

The US and Israel first struck Iran in late February.

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Ivanka Trump targeted for assassination by IRGC terrorist in twisted plot to avenge president taking out his mentor: sources

First Daughter Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained terrorist in a twisted plot to avenge the president taking out his mentor, The Post has learned.

Recently captured Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, made a “pledge” to kill Ivanka and even had a blueprint of her Florida home, sources claimed.

The Iraqi national was allegedly targeting President Donald Trump’s family in response to the killing of Iranian military chief Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad six years ago.

“After Qasem was killed, he [Al-Saadi] went around telling people ‘we need to kill Ivanka to burn down the house of Trump the way he burned down our house,’” Entifadh Qanbar, a former deputy military attaché in the Iraqi embassy in Washington told The Post.

“We heard that he had a plan of Ivanka’s house in Florida,” Qanbar added. A second source also confirmed Al-Saadi’s plot to kill Ivanka.

Al-Saadi also posted a picture of a map showing the enclave in Florida where Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner have a $24 million home on X, alongside a chilling threat in Arabic which translates to: “I say to the Americans look at this picture and know that neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you. We are currently in the stage of surveillance and analysis. I told you, our revenge is a matter of time.”

Al-Saadi is said to be a high-ranking figure in Iraq-Iran terror circles, arrested in Turkey on May 15 and extradited to the US where he is charged with 18 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States, per the Department of Justice.

He’s been behind attacks on US and Jewish targets including the firebombing of the Bank of New York Mellon in Amsterdam in March, the stabbing of two Jewish victims in London in April and a shooting at the US consulate building in Toronto, also in March, according to the DoJ.

He also “planned, coordinated” and allegedly took responsibility for attacks against Jewish people including the bombing of a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, the arson of a temple in Rotterdam in March, according to the feds, as well as various other foiled counter-attacks in the US in response to the current conflict in the Middle East. 

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Greene: Trump may use Iran as excuse to cancel presidential election

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she fears President Trump may use the war in Iran to try to cancel the 2028 presidential election.

Greene, who resigned from Congress in January after a public falling-out with the president, was once a loyal MAGA ally and one of Trump’s fiercest defenders. Her frustrations over the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as the administration’s handling of files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein caused a rift in their once-strong relationship.

In an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, another former MAGA loyalist, Greene pointed to comments Trump made during a 2025 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Elections in Ukraine were postponed because of the ongoing war with Russia.

“So, you say, during the war, you can’t have elections?” Trump said to Zelensky at the meeting. “Three and a half years from now, so you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections? Oh, that’s good.”

Greene, speaking to Jones, first noted that “he said it jokingly.”

“But at the same time, knowing President Trump, I looked at that and I thought … I don’t know if he’s joking,” she continued.

The former lawmaker added that the president’s comments about extending power during wartime could risk normalizing the idea while he tests support for a third term.

“I think it’s incredibly dangerous and no one should ever accept it,” the Georgia Republican said. “There cannot be a third term, no. That’s against our laws, that’s against the Constitution, there is no third term.”

She continued, “And if this country is at war, no, our elections should not be canceled.”

There has been a growing fracture among Trump’s MAGA coalition over the war in Iran. Several prominent conservative pundits, including Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson, longtime Trump allies who helped boost the president in his 2024 bid to return to the White House, have criticized the U.S. operation in Iran as a reversal of Trump’s “America First” campaign pledge to keep the country out of foreign wars.

The 22nd Amendment bars an individual from being elected as president for more than two terms. Trump has openly quipped about the prospect of a third term but conceded that he knows he cannot run again.

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Iran-Linked Terror Plot in Europe: Migrant Spy Ring Accused of Targeting Jewish Leaders in Germany

Federal prosecutors in Germany, according to various reports, have charged two men accused of participating in an Iran-linked plot to carry out violent attacks against Jewish leaders, in what officials describe as a chilling escalation of foreign-backed threats on European soil.

The case, naturally, has reignited urgent concerns across the continent about rising anti-Jewish violence, foreign intelligence operations, and the growing vulnerability of Europe’s Jewish communities.

According to prosecutors, a Danish national identified as Ali S. and an Afghan national, Tawab M., are accused of helping to prepare attacks targeting prominent Jewish figures in Germany. Both men face charges related to attempted murder.

Ali S. is also charged with acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service. Authorities allege he was working on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Investigators say he maintained close ties with the elite Quds Force, a unit known for conducting operations abroad. The allegations point to a coordinated effort reaching far beyond Germany’s borders.

Prosecutors state that in early 2025, Ali S. was tasked with gathering intelligence on high-profile targets. Among them were Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and Volker Beck, head of the German-Israeli Society.

Additional targets reportedly included Jewish businesses in Berlin. Investigators say the intent was to map out potential sites for attacks.

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Iran Rapidly Restoring Industrial Base & Military Strength, US Intel Says, Presenting Strategic Challenge for Trump

New U.S. intelligence assessments are raising serious questions about the outcome of the recent conflict with Iran, suggesting that despite weeks of intense military strikes and claims of its industrial base being ‘obliterated, Tehran has been able to rapidly rebuild key elements of its arsenal.

The findings, according to various reports, complicate the strategic picture for Donald Trump, who now faces mounting pressure over whether to escalate the conflict again or risk losing whatever gains were achieved.

According to multiple intelligence sources, Iran has been rebuilding its military capacity far faster than initially expected. Officials say the timeline for recovery has exceeded prior estimates.

“The Iranians have exceeded all timelines the [intelligence community] had for reconstitution,” one U.S. official said.

The rebuilding effort took place during a six-week ceasefire that followed a major American-Israeli bombing campaign earlier this year. That pause appears to have given Tehran critical time to regroup.

American and Israeli forces launched strikes beginning in late February, targeting missile infrastructure, military facilities, and defense production sites. The goal was to significantly degrade Iran’s ability to project power in the region.

While the strikes caused damage, intelligence assessments now indicate the impact may have been limited. Analysts say Iran’s core capabilities were reduced—but far from totally eliminated.

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Iran’s Controversial Bill Offers $57 Million Bounty for Assassinating Trump Amid Rising Tensions with the U.S.

As Iran’s foreign ministry evaluates a new U.S. proposal amidst escalating regional tensions, a controversial bill offers a reward for the assassination of President Trump and others.

Currently, Iran is assessing the proposal from the United States aimed at addressing ongoing regional tensions. This development coincides with a visit from Pakistan’s interior minister to Tehran, who is working to facilitate a potential agreement. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a warning to the United States regarding the negotiations.

In parallel, President Donald Trump has reiterated that he is “in no rush” to finalize any agreement with Iran.

The Islamic Republic is also set to vote on a bill that would grant a significant monetary reward to anyone who kills President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and/or CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper. The proposal requires the government to allocate the equivalent of $57,922,500 to any individual or organization that successfully assassinates President Donald Trump and others. This measure is framed as a response to the deaths of Iran’s leader and military commanders, for which the country holds the United States and Israel responsible.

Trump has faced multiple assassination plots since he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force in Iraq, in 2020. Most recently, reports indicated that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint operation carried out by the United States and Israel. Airstrikes were executed on February 28, 2026, aimed at destroying his compound in Tehran.

In response to the current ongoing conflict, Ebrahim Azizi, the head of parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, announced on state television that lawmakers have drafted multiple bills, including one titled “Reciprocal Action by Military and Security Forces of the Islamic Republic.”

He boldly declared that “the vile president of the United States, the ominous and disgraceful Zionist prime minister, and the CENTCOM commander must be targeted and subjected to reciprocal action.” U.S. Central Command is led by Admiral Brad Cooper, who took on the position in August 2025.

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How Jeffrey Goldberg weaponized Jewish trauma to pave the way for war with Iran

America’s decision to go to war with Iran is best understood not as a response to uranium enrichment levels, regional power balances, or any coherent strategic objective, but as the product of a narrative shaped by historical trauma and moral absolutism. In that narrative, Iran is not a state with interests; it is the latest embodiment of an ancient threat to the Jews.

This deliberate replacement of empirical reality with the mythology of eternal Jewish victimhood is what I call “Hasbara Culture.” It relies on erasing historical context and replacing it with a single, sacred narrative. In the book Victimhood Discourse in Contemporary Israel, the scholar Ilan Peleg captures the psychological mechanics of this alternative reality:

“To put it crudely, there is a sense in Israeli collective victimhood that all the traditional enemies of the Jewish people are, in the final analysis, one and the same… Pharaoh = Haman = Acashverosh (Ahasuerus) = Khmelnsytsky [sic] = Hitler = the Mufti of Jerusalem = Yasser Arafat… There is a frequent, dominant tendency to collapse these victimizers into one, symbolic, and simplistically a-historic anti-semetic ‘being.’”

Other than Benjamin Netanyahu, no one is more responsible for the ultimate success of the Hasbara Culture worldview than Jeffrey Goldberg, the Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, and a former Israel Defense Forces soldier who later chronicled his service in his memoir, Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide.

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