Fred Spreen

How and when this division ends, is up to us....

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@DivesTech @Wedbush Wow Dan. Congratulations. Looking forward to seeing what’s next 👊🏼

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@AriMEden @bp_jamal @larryelder The USA plays all sides for decades. Trump just isn’t good at being a diplomat which is where true power resides.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@PeninsulaQatar Are they even meeting with the right people or is this just another delay of the inevitable troops on the ground?

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@IranObserver0 Trump is not a paper tiger. The weaker he appears the closer Iran gets to its last days. Troops on the ground are coming.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@mikepompeo @ACLJ As if Trump ever cared.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@marklevinshow Off the Trump train? Be careful or you’ll be on his enemies list

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@marklevinshow Trumps handoff of responsibility here will cost him the midterms. Can you say lame duck?

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

Adding… nobody will know more about losing come November to the list

[Richard @ricwe123]

When the illusion finally shatters, what remains isn't disappointment,it's humiliation.

The man you poured your faith into was never a visionary, never a savior, never even remotely exceptional.
He was a hollow fraud wrapped in ego, fueled by noise, and sustained by endless self-promotion.

Every boast, every grand promise, every display of swagger crumbles the instant reality enters the room.
What looked like confidence was arrogance.
What looked like strength was insecurity.
What looked like leadership was little more than a carefully marketed illusion.

Scratch beneath the surface and there's no hidden brilliance, no master strategist, no misunderstood genius. Just an impulsive, self-absorbed figure stumbling from one failure to the next, desperately trying to drown incompetence in a torrent of bluster and spectacle.

In the end, the strongman image collapses into exactly what it always was: cheap theater.
A gaudy performance.
A caricature masquerading as leadership.
A salesman peddling an image he could never live up to.

And the hardest part isn't watching the act fall apart.
It's realizing how long you applauded it, defended it, and mistook obvious bullshit for substance.....

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@BarackObama Right back at ya Barack👊🏼

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@marklevinshow Don’t forget the amazing ability for him and family to line their pockets with cash

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

Say what you want about Obama. These people know how to throw a party! 🇺🇸

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Obama Presidential Center. Tune in now to hear our remarks along with performances by artists and changemakers from around the world who will join us here on the South Side of Chicago. https://t.co/WvFn8i3IKM

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@LindseyGrahamSC @SEPeaceMissions @SteveWitkoff Wow. You were an Iran hawk last month. I guess going where the wind blows means survival for you

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@marklevinshow Considering they would be preparing for the same, this makes very little sense. The time is now and POTUS failed us

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@FrankLuntz You’ve officially lost me as a follower, Frank. The posting of everything three times is annoying and then you don’t allow comments. I’ll be back when you change that thanks.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

Well said.

[Dan Shapiro @DanielBShapiro]

Until the text of the US-Iran deal is signed and released, there is going to be a lot of spin on both sides. But here is my initial take.

This war was a mistake, and it needs to end. The President thought that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly, but it did not. In fact, it has been strengthened strategically by its survival against a heavy US-Israeli assault and carrying out some effective counterstrikes. Many countries in the region are now courting Iran and looking to deescalate and rebuild ties. A sign of which way the wind is blowing.

Getting the Strait of Hormuz open is the most important outcome of this MOU. Of course, the Strait was open before the war. Now we are paying to reopen it with sanctions relief. Iran has taken a theoretical point of leverage and turned it into a very real and powerful one, imposing costs across the global economy and rattling President Trump.

As for the nuclear issues, there really is no agreement, other than to negotiate over the HEU stockpile and an enrichment moratorium. Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way. It is possible that no deal will every be reached, and very likely that if one is reached, it will be worse than what we could have achieved through diplomacy before the war.

Iran is not likely to take seriously that the US would return to war, certainly before the US midterms. So that means we will be conducting diplomacy without a credible threat of force.

If any agreement ultimately reached actually safely puts Iran's nuclear ambitions out of reach, I'll acknowledge it. It's just too early to make that judgment.

Trump is mainly focused on comparing his deal favorably to the JCPOA. But we are a long way from being able to make that comparison, and it may end up no better, or weaker than that deal.

But in some ways, Trump's deal and the JCPOA are already similar. Nothing on ballistic missiles, nothing on proxies, nothing on weakening the regime or helping the Iranian people. And plenty of sanctions relief that will strengthen the regime, and be poured into the missile program and proxy network. Honest critics of the JCPOA will not twist themselves into pretzels to defend Trump's approach.

Israelis are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but they should not be surprised. After some initial overlap of Trump's and Netanyahu's interests, there was a strong divergence. The United States needed this war to end. Netanyahu wanted to continue.

Trump's claim to include Lebanon in the ceasefire and his harsh shutting down Israeli attacks on Hezbollah is also a win for Iran. After the JCPOA was signed, Obama and Netanyahu worked together to strengthen Israel's campaign of strikes in Syria to intercept Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

So let's hope we see the removal of Iran's enriched uranium and a long-term suspension of enrichment, with full verification. But to achieve those goals, Trump's team is going to need to engage in far more sophisticated diplomacy, backed by qualified experts, than they have to date. If it is a phase one splash with no follow-up on implementation of later phases, like in Gaza, we will be much worse off after, and because of, this war.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@mikepompeo Don’t bet your money on it Mike. This was about self preservation for Trump not America First or Maga.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@marklevinshow Don’t wait around too long. Trump will always let you down if it benefits Trump. When will you learn Mark? Narcissism enabled by RW media is so dangerous

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@Ms_Iranian There is no way Trump agrees to this.

[*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone]

U.S. ENERGY CHIEF DISPUTES IRAN OIL CLAIM

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he is unaware of any operation to seize millions of barrels of Iranian oil, contradicting earlier comments by Donald Trump. Wright told lawmakers that U.S. forces have helped facilitate some oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and noted that tanker traffic has increased significantly over the past week.

[Fred Spreen @FredSpreen]

@elonmusk It’s just not that simple @elonmusk
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