Trump links normalizing ties with Israel to Iran peace deal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

US President Donald Trump on Monday said Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations must normalize ties with Israel as part of efforts to reach a deal with Iran, adding fresh uncertainty into protracted peace negotiations.

Progress over a deal to end the conflict that broke out in late February has slowed as both sides talked down the prospect of an imminent agreement, with Tehran saying they were not close to signing and Trump warning he was in no hurry.

In another hurdle for any deal, the US leader said it should be mandatory for Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and Jordan to sign up to the Abraham Accords, a set of agreements brokered in 2020 with nations historically hostile to Israel.

"After all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords," he wrote in a lengthy social media post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-tempers-expectations-middle-east-160411928.html

After people scream TACO Trump moves the goal posts. So, he admits we're fighting Israel's wars.

[Irish_Dem]

1. How much bribe money is Trump making?

[3_Limes]

2. Ha! Not gonna happen.

If that's a requirement that this agreement depends on then it's not happening.

[newdeal2]

3. They'll probably switch to Iran's side the longer this drags on

He’s such a brilliant negotiator

[AloeVera]

4. Just following Netanyahu's tactics and orders.

Setting impossible conditions at the last minute to scuttle a peace agreement is Gaza redux. The war, and the suffering, will continue unless...what? Some backbones must be found both in the U.S. and globally.

[gulliver]

5. It actually looks fairly brilliant

Hate to say it. January 6th was, in a world that isn't surreal like ours, unforgivable. But I'll take advantages for the United States and humanity where I get them.

The Arab countries were already going to sign up to the Abraham Accords. Now, Trump is incentivizing it even more.

Far right, theocratic, bigoted regimes like the Iranian Islamic Republic are, if we are lucky, history. Secular, universal basic ground rules, live and let live is the future.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Next goal post will be cash for our Royal Family.

I expect Trump will demand reparations for the resources we used to attack them. Maybe a "special fund" in a bank in Quatar that only Donald has access to.

If it doesn't involve money into his coffers, Trump is not interested.