Trump's new Iran negotiator is Israel lobbyist who denounced talks with Tehran

The US has added a hardline Iran hawk and former pro-Israel lobbyist to its negotiating team, in a move that is likely to fuel speculations that Washington's Iran policy is being shaped by Israel First" officials.

Nick Stewart, formerly managing director of advocacy at FDD Action, the lobbying arm of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has joined the office of special envoy Steve Witkoff, one of Trump's main negotiators with Iran.

Mr. Obama: TWO OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF A DEMOCRACY AND WE CAN SURVIVE A LOT.
BAD POLICY, FUNKY ELECTIONS. THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT WE CAN OVERCOME.

WE CAN'T OVERCOME THE POLITICIZATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE AWESOME POWER OF THE STATE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE STARTS USING THAT TO GO AFTER THEIR POLITICAL ENEMIES. REWARD THEIR FRIENDS.

ANOTHER POWER MAY BE I SAY, ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN THE CONSTITUTION, IT'S HARDER TO CHANGE. BUT MAYBE DON'T PARDON PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN YOU A BUNCH OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. OR INVESTED IN YOUR BUSINESSES.

RESTORING SOME SENSE OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BEING INDEPENDENT AND MAKING JUDGMENTS ABOUT SPECIFIC CASES AND PROSECUTIONS.

I WOULD CONSULT WITH ERIC HOLDER, MY ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ALL THE TIME, AROUND BROAD POLICY ISSUES THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHO DO YOU CHARGE, WHAT CASE DO YOU BRING?

THE SECOND THING IS THE MILITARY. DON'T POLITICIZE OUR MILITARY.
PRESIDENT, YOU ARE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTING OUR MILITARY.

BUT THERE HAD BEEN A WHOLE SERIES OF NORMS THAT WERE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO MAKE THAT MILITARY LOYAL TO YOU AS OPPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND MECHANISMS TO RESTORE THAT.

A GOOD POLICY THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FOLLOWED IS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULDN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF SIDE HUSTLES.

COMPANIES IN FOREIGN ENTITIES GET ENMESHED IN.

Stephen: HOW MUCH OF THAT IS JUST JEALOUS THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK OF SELLING SNEAKERS. YOU WOULD HAVE THANKED COIN.

Mr. Obama: I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PRETTY OBVIOUS PRINCIPLE.

Stephen: I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW GIG SOON. A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT.

Stephen: YOU HAVE THE HAIR.

Mr. Obama: FOR THE RECORD, I THINK IT'S A STUPID IDEA.

HOW DUMB DO YOU THINK IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO SAY THAT I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT? >>

Mr. Obama: WELL. YOU KNOW. THE BAR HAS CHANGED.

Stephen: THAT IS TRUE. AT TIMES SUBTERRANEAN. I DON'T HAVE TO LIMBO SO LOW.

Mr. Obama: PUT IT THIS WAY. I THINK THAT YOU COULD...
[LAUGHS] PERFORM SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN SOME FOLKS WE'VE SEEN. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE.
Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THAT AN ENDORSEMENT?

Mr. Obama: IT WAS NOT.

Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT ALIEN LIFE AND IF THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

Especially the bankers knew it... this has become the, "Open corruption, so what?" Administration.

Thanks again, Trumpers!

Moneywar is a recent convert to Islam.

Which is fair. Not sure whether he supports all the Iranian paid for terrorist attacks over the years, but hey, maybe they are different Muslims.

And one would have thought that the last people who would be caught committing a genocidal holocaust on their neighbors would be Jews.

I still say that this is a war between close cousins that is a tragedy of horrors for millions of people who don't control the leadership of their countries, and if the do, they have done as we have done in America now; become the lackeys of the wealthy vested interests.

NEW

"Historian Timothy Snyder Sounds the Alarm"

"Yes, Trump is, Recruiting for a Coup..."

Climate Change is Hoax invented by Dem Crisis Actors!

The Libs are trying to Devalue Trump's Greenland before he annexes them.

- DR Trumpers

If they offer him Honorary Sultan status, a Gold Temple and Statue Casino to His Greatness, and $10 Billion in Cryto... they got a Deal!

The thread link article has a vid that, if you scroll down, has DJT Tacoing on the 2nd Amendment.... then his pregnant with whosever's baby Spokes Mom has to come out of the WH and correct him on what he thinks he said.

Bizarre.

Kyle Rittenhouse Just Got RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL!

Occupy Democrats

"The communists couldn't take me out and i'll be damned if I let a brown recluse take me out," Rittenhouse, 23, said in the post shared on X."

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Hope the spider survives all that Rwing Venom!

"In its report, Axios describes the memorandum as a one-page, 14-point memo which could set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.

Among the provisions it lists are a suspension on Iranian nuclear enrichment, the lifting of sanctions, and restoring free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

It cites two US officials and two other sources - all unnamed - whom it describes as briefed on the issues. These sources are reported as saying that many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached."

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"Responding to the Axios report, Ebrahim Rezaei, the spokesperson of the Iranian Parliament's national security and foreign policy commission, wrote on X: "The Americans will not gain anything in a war they are losing that they have not gained in face-to-face negotiations."

He also said Iran "has its finger on the trigger and is ready" and warned that if the US did not "surrender and grant the necessary concessions", Iran would "deliver a harsh and regret-inducing response".

Trump has threatened renewed violence as well, writing on his Truth Social platform that if Iran did not agree to a deal "the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before".

Rwingers are Shocked!

Shocked! I tells ya, that some on the Left are for fighting back against Herr Drumpf's Corrupt Fascist Takeover of America!

Why would ANYONE oppose Hair Fuehrer?

Hopefully the Dope in Chief gets the same treatment his hero Oban got in Hungary last month in the coming BLUE WAVE.

"Howard Lutnick should resign," added Suhas Subramanyam, a Democratic Virginia congressman. "That was just absolutely mind-boggling what we just heard in that room. He was evasive, nervous and dishonest."

Video version:

Lutnick REFUSES OATH and BLOWS UP his DEPOSITION!!

MeidasTouch

I didn't even know Heliumrat went to church!

I just hope he doesn't get caught by ICE as an Illegal Grey Alien.

There was video yesterday of a kid's Dad covering their ears as Trump spoke right next them.

You said:

What an absurd thing humans are.

I agreed, and mentioned another way humans are absurd.

Even those not in an Abrahamic religion, to which your comment was limited.

- Perhaps you're obfuscating.

Perhaps I'm just balancing the perspective scales.

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This is why, LEE IS THE MAN!!

Orban went down after 18 years because they had an actual election, which they don't have in Russia; Russia kicks out any non-Putin candidates.

Vlad has been in power for 26 years (with a few ruling thru a puppet), and his current 5th term runs our in 2030... if he lives that long.

Prolly the only way he can stay alive now is to stay in Office with all that protection... or get asylum elsewhere.

Here's maybe the people he fears most:

"I Call Them MATRYOSHKA PEOPLE. They Built Putin's Russia"
INSIDE RUSSIA

#94

Cronkite was the last best trusted voice in American media.

You know, before Corporations became Super Citizens and backed their interests over the interests of American Citizens to have straight news and facts rather than propaganda.

(the quote is actually, "The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil." - Paul the Apostle)

Atheists fought on Stalin's side, against Hitler
Atheists fought on Hitler's side, against Stalin.

All very absurdly human.

Power and wealth are bigly motivators... and, 'the love of money is the root of all evil.".

#1

Are we sure that he didn't father Stephen Miller?

- Paula White and Franklin Graham,

Like the Wicked Witches of the East and the West.

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!".

In the previous century alone, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, who operated as state atheists, killed from roughly 60 million to over 100 million people.

What an absurd thing humans are.

-Wkwrx25P in Cincinnati

"As of early 2026, the primary domestic terrorism threat in the U.S. stems from lone offenders or small cells motivated by white supremacist, anti-government, or anti-authority ideologies.

While right-wing extremism has historically dominated, recent data indicates an increase in incidents from left-wing extremists."

Key Data Trends (2024-2026)

Primary Perpetrators: Racially- or ethnically-motivated violent extremists (specifically white supremacists) have been responsible for the most lethal attacks."