r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 11d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ How negotiations actually work...

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To the inevitable response from MAGA that Obama gave 'pallets' of cash...he released frozen Iranian assets. Meanwhile the current Iran conflict has directly cost $38 billion militarily and a currently projected $87 billion in extra gas and diesel expenses. Not to mention that the strategic oil reserves have been depleted to the point that experts warn that the caverns they're stored in could collapse.

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u/Mar-tel 11d ago

Everything since Don fell out of a womb has been void of nuance. There has never been an “art of a deal”. There has only been a frustrated reaction to any norm of decorum. Stomp and tantrum. And then there becomes the defenders of this behavior that becomes the development of the cult. Decency has been obliterated.