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Trump pulls rug from underneath Iran with surprise change to tentative peace deal
Trump’s Sanctions Theater: Humanitarian Language Covering a Power GrabThe SetupThe source says Trump had already drawn scrutiny for agreeing to lift sanctions on Iran and unfreeze Iranian funds as part of a tentative peace deal. Then he added a new condition on Truth Social: the money would go into escrow, controlled by the United States, and be spent only on food and medical supplies bought from U.S. suppliers. That is the basic fact pattern. The rest is political control dressed up as relief.Who Actually Holds PowerThe institutional power here is not Iran’s, and not the public’s. It sits…
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