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Thursday, June 18, 2026

President signs memorandum at Palace of Versailles where Germans were humiliated after losing first world war. The Trump administration declared a "major win" but likewise the Hezbollah chief, Naim Qassem, proclaimed a "great victory" as the text of the 14-point US-Iran memorandum of understanding became public. Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said: "The agreement is a record of US failure. People will see it and judge." Irna, Iran's official state news agency, released a photograph of Iran's president, Masoud Pezeshkian, holding up a Persian-language document apparently showing his signature alongside that of Trump. According to Reuters, Ghalibaf told state TV: "Everything we sought to achieve through military action, we obtained several times over through negotiation; it was not even comparable."

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 01:27 AM | Reply

"There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"
Donald "Unconditional Surrender" Trump
Match 6, 2026

For once, he told the truth.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-18 05:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

His handlers obviously had no idea on the optics here. Trump probably had no idea where he even was much less the significance.

#3 | Posted by qcp at 2026-06-18 08:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"President (Trump) signs memorandum at Palace of Versailles where Germans were humiliated after losing first world war"

Trump doesn't understand any of this, does he?

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-18 08:51 AM | Reply

Nope.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-18 08:58 AM | Reply

Boaz?

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-18 09:03 AM | Reply

I understand that Trump is now saying that the world is simply jealous of his success in Iran.

Who couldn't have predicted that?

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-18 10:39 AM | Reply

I'm willing to bet insiders don't see this as a loss because they negotiated a way for them to make money off of the reconstruction or Iran's control of the straight.

I wouldn't be surprised if it came out eventually that this entire military action was nothing more than using our military as a bargaining chip to force Iran to a table for this exact purpose. As always, whenever these people seem inept or incompetent, it's because we're assuming their intentions and actions are normal and should be interpreted in a normal way.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-18 10:59 AM | Reply

He was at Versailles to pick up decorating tips for his ballroom

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-18 11:52 AM | Reply

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