Trump Defends Iran Keeping Its Ballistic Missiles
by Hugh Fitzgerald
There is nothing said in the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran about Iran’s ballistic missiles, though it is those missiles that are an immediate threat to Israel and the Gulf Arab states, as opposed to the distant threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program. President Donald Trump has defended leaving ballistic missiles out of the agreement.
Trump said: “If Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and they all have some, I would say that in relative proportion, I think it’s okay�� for Iran to have ballistic missiles as well.
Oh, well. That’s okay, then. If other countries have ballistic missiles, then Iran should have them, too. But why stop there? Since Israel has nuclear weapons, it would be unfair to prevent Iran from having them, too — maybe just a handful, while Israel still has about one hundred. And if the U.S. has thermonuclear weapons, then why should Cuba not have them? The idiocy of this is palpable. Trump’s negotiators made a very bad deal, and having been unable to get Iran to give up its ballistic missiles, he simply pooh-poohs their importance. The people in Israel, and in the Gulf Arab states, who have had to live under the threat of those missiles, do not agree.
To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back while leaving them exposed, don't expect anyone to trust your guarantees again. You told the world, "The U.S. and Israel carried out an operation against Iran," then walked away and left your ally standing alone.
In the Middle East, we don't judge friends by speeches; we judge them by who stays when the missiles fly. A person who abandons an ally halfway and cuts deals behind their back is not someone you call in a crisis.
You will say it's about American interests. Fine. But others also have interests, and they have memories. You can call it "America's interests." We call it something else: leaving your friends in the storm.
Before asking, "Why don't they defend themselves?" remember that countries like Israel did and are still doing so alone.
And also remember that the UAE defended itself, struck back forcefully, and banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of your countries in the West did neither.
The lesson is simple. If you can leave your closest friend exposed today, why should anyone trust your promises tomorrow? Maybe it's time for the Middle East to start thinking about alternatives.
And yes, when Iran strikes again, don't assume the Middle East will dial Washington. People don't call someone who might leak information to Turkey or cut a deal with Tehran while their friends are still under fire.
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Trump is disappointing America's friends. He is making one of the most historic mistakes in American history if he signs a deal that allows the Islamic regime in Iran to continue its terrorism. If Israel agrees not to respond to the terrorist regime, it is simply inviting another October 7th, again and again. Do not give terrorists a chance to regroup, kill Iranian people, and attack Middle Eastern children and women again. Yes, for the last 3,000 years, deals like the one with Iran have allowed it to continue.
Kansas: Three Muslims gave over $2,000 to the Islamic State, one said ‘I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans’
What were these guys doing in Kansas in the first place? How did they get there? If they’re immigrants, they show yet again the abject failure of immigration authorities even to attempt to screen new arrivals for jihadi sentiments, although admittedly, given Islam’s doctrines of deception, that is extremely difficult to do. In light of those doctrines of deception, however, why are all Muslims who are admitted to the U.S. assumed to be “moderates” who abhor and reject jihad terrorism? Where did these guys attend mosque in Kansas? Why didn’t anyone at that mosque attempt to disabuse them of their inclination to wage violent jihad, if that inclination is indeed a misunderstanding of Islam, as we are still told to this day? And why is no one other than me asking these questions?
Jerusalem Post, June 7, 2026: "The FBI arrested three men on Friday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a statement from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, and Bereen Dzayee, 25, were taken into custody following a complaint filed in the District of Kansas.... Dzayee suggested that targets of drones should include US Special Forces. In other exchanges, Shamsaldeen expressed a desire to stab and injure a US servicemember. Ghafoor said he has always wanted to kill a female soldier by beheading, and added, 'I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans.'"
Islamic preacher in Germany: “You can’t stone a woman for adultery in Germany, but when we establish an Islamic state here, stoning will be legally fully allowed under Sharia.”
This culture is mental illness!
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Former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge just blew up Mark Carney’s propaganda machine in under 60 seconds.
Canada is staring at ZERO growth for 2 years.
Affordability is heading for its worst stretch in over a decade.
So let me get this straight...
Canada is in a recession—the only G7 country currently in one. Unemployment is up. Inflation is rising. Food insecurity is at a record high.
Yet the highest proportion of Canadians since 2017 now say the country is on the right track.
That's either a remarkable display of optimism—or a sign that many Canadians aren't getting the full economic story from the news they consume.
@donwinslow Xi Jinping has made multiple official visits to the United States since taking office, including both state-level trips and attendance at major international summits.
His visits to the U.S. include:
June 2013
September 2015
March 2016
April 2017
November 2023
Nadia was kidnapped, raped and sold by ISIS.
Her brothers were killed for refusing to convert to Islam. Her mother was killed for being too old to be a sex slave.
Her event to share her story was canceled in Canada because the local Muslim community deemed it “Islamophobic.”
The Liberal Party spent 10 years importing voters.
Today those voters showed up.
And voted against the Liberal they were supposed to support.
Federal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, endorsed by Mark Carney himself, just lost a provincial nomination race in Scarborough.
He lost to Ahsanul Hafiz.
A Bangladeshi-born business owner who owns 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises.
Today in Scarborough Southwest:
Sample ballots were handed out entirely in Bengali.
The Ontario Liberal Party allows temporary residents to vote in nominations.
Nate knocked on doors of his own “members” people who had no idea they’d signed up.
The Globe and Mail reported it themselves.
Nate cried irregularities.
Hafiz said: “The hallways were full of people wearing my badges. That’s the clear evidence of who won.”
The Liberals flooded ridings with new Canadians.
Those new Canadians just picked their own guy.
The man who built the machine is now complaining about the machine.
Welcome to the Canada you created. 🇨🇦