Trump has given away his bargaining chips: Was it too easy for Iran?
Donald Trump has signed a peace deal with Iran, but his critics are saying it’s a humiliation.
Roland Oliphant and David Blair go through the US-Iran deal line by line and give each side a score, from $300bn in payments to Iran to the reopening Strait of Hormuz to a ban on nuclear weapons. Among those critical of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is former vice president Mike Pence, who has called Trump an appeaser and accused him of handing a “lifeline” to the Iranian regime – is he right?
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Highlights
4-2 to Tehran – the US-Iran peace deal gutted
How the MoU proves the US lost the war
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
David Blair, chief foreign affairs commentator @davidblairdt
CONTENT REFERENCED:
How Trump’s ‘Operation Epic Disaster’ turned the world against America
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/06/18/iran-war-trump-us-credibility/
David Blair: Trump’s extraordinary deal is a survival plan for Iran
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/17/iran-deal-survival-plan-for-islamic-republic/
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