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Trump 'embarrassed' as his Iran deal becomes the 'joke in Washington': analyst
Trump’s Humiliation Is Not the Story. Power Is.The Deal That Reveals the HandAccording to the reporting, Trump’s administration cut a deal with the Iranian regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz immediately and delay more substantive talks, only to watch the arrangement unravel almost at once. The story is presented as a diplomatic embarrassment. It is more than that. It is a display of who can still impose terms, who is forced to react, and how quickly performative toughness collapses when it meets actual leverage.Who Had the PowerThe institutional power in this episode sits with two state…
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