A ceasefire between the US, Israel, and Iran is now in effect, but it's also barely holding on, looks like it's fallen apart as Israel's taken its chance to ramp up its assault on Lebanon. And even if the ceasefire doesn't fall apart, right now it's far from clear if a long-lasting peace can actually be reached. Which may or may not be all that surprising to you, since yesterday, it started with Trump vowing that a whole civilization will die tonight never to be brought back again. That was yesterday, which I don't know about you.

That felt like a week yesterday.

Right?

And it also was coming after his... Trump vowing that a whole civilization will die tonight never to be brought back again. That was

yesterday, which I don't know about you. That felt like a week yesterday. Right. And then also was coming after his repeated threats to destroy Iran's power plants and other civilian infrastructure if it didn't reopen the straight-of-homuz by 8 p.m. Threats that it's not just me, experts have said amounted to threats to perpetrate war crimes on a massive scale. And of course, the promise to wipe out an entire civilization, you have many saying that amounted to a call for genocide. Well, you've

had the president's defenders saying, oh, that's a bad faith interpretation. Really? The threat that made even diehard Trump supporters like Alex Jones say that he needed to be removed with the 25th Amendment? That's just people having a bad faith interpretation. Also, it wasn't just Alex Jones and some of his biggest supporters, dozens of Democrats called for Trump to be removed from office, either through impeachment or the 25th Amendment. It even led to Pakistan's prime minister pleading with Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks while asking Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture. And then, around an hour and a half before his self-imposed deadline, you had Trump agreeing. Writing on Truth Social, subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran, agreeing to the complete, immediate, and safe opening of the straight-over moose, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks. He's adding, this will be a double-sided ceasefire and saying, the reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives. You then also claimed that the U.S US received a 10-point proposal from Iran that provided a workable basis on which to negotiate and added. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the agreement to be finalized. But of course, this isn't the first time he claimed that a deal was imminent. He previously claimed that Iran had agreed to many of the provisions in a 15-point proposal that was developed by his administration.

And now we appear to be talking about some version of the 10-point proposal that Trump previously rejected and said wasn't good enough, right, in which a very angry US envoy, Steve Whitkoff reportedly told mediators on Monday was a disaster and a catastrophe. That's because it reportedly includes a number demands that the U.S. has flat out rejected in the past, things like continuing Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East.

It also actually calls for the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions on Iran and end to attacks on Iran and its allies, the release of frozen Iranian assets and a U.N. Security Council resolution making any deal binding.

And then also very notably in the version released in Farsi, Iran also included the phrase acceptance of enrichment for its nuclear program. But for reasons that aren't clear right now, the language was missing in the English versions that were shared by Iranian diplomats. In fact, you've also since had a White House official claiming that the 10-point peace plan that Iran released differs from the plan that Trump said was a workable basis on which to negotiate.

With White House press secretary Caroline Levitt adding at a press conference later that the original proposal was fundamentally unsurious and completely unacceptable.

It was literally thrown in the garbage by President Trump and his negotiating team.

And then you also had Trump angrily posting on social media last night.

Numerous agreements, lists, and letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the negotiation in many cases. They are total fraudsters, charlatans, and worse, saying they will be rapidly exposed after our federal investigation is completed and adding, there is only one group of meaningful points that are acceptable to the United States, and we will be discussing them behind closed doors during these negotiations.

Right, and with that, he also mentioned reporting from CNN that he had already attacked, claiming that the outlet published a fake statement from Iranian leadership, celebrating victory over the United States.

So there, you had CNN defending itself, noting that the statement came from Iranian spokespeople known to the outlet and was reported on multiple Iranian state media outlets.

But still, that didn't stop Trump, FCC, Chair Brendan Carr from also accusing CNN of outrageous conduct and saying, time for change at CNN. But you know, with all this, whatever the case may be regarding the 10-point plan, it looks like the gap between the two sides, it's still pretty big. In the two weeks, you have many experts saying that's not a lot of time to close it. I mean, for comparison's sake, it took two and a half years for the Obama administration to negotiate the 2015 nuclear deal, which led to Iran shipping 97% of its nuclear fuel out of the country. But then, remember, Trump withdrew the United States from that agreement in 2018. And to Iran, they built their stockpile back up. And if Trump fails to get the nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium that it's enriched to 60% during that time, along with much greater quantities of less enriched nuclear fuel out.

He will have arguably accomplished less. to get the nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium that's enriched to 60% during that time, along with much greater quantities of less enriched nuclear fuel out.

He will have arguably accomplished less in this multi-billion dollar war that's resulted in 13 dead Americans and more casualties than Obama got done 11 years ago, at least regarding Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Now, with all that said, in another post today, you had Trump claiming there will be no enrichment of uranium,

and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all the deeply buried nuclear dust. With them then going on to claim that they're now talking tariff and sanctions relief with Iran and adding that many of the 15 points have already been agreed to. This time, referring to the U.S. proposal that is also apparently being used as a basis for talks. You also had Peg Seth saying at a press conference that the issue would be dealt with.

But what's clear, what the new Iranian regime knows is they'll never have a nuclear weapon or the capability to get a path to one. But many experts, they've speculated that this war, it may have just given Iran more reason to pursue a nuclear weapon. And even if Iran does give up its uranium, they could turn to allies like North Korea for help developing one,

at least according to a former Israeli military official who told the New York Times,

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