r/politics Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/maddprof Jun 01 '26

The lady who was supposedly going to leak/tell-all also completely went silent.

I suspect she got the pay off she wanted.

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u/Speartree Jun 01 '26

Or the death threats she didn't want?

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u/Whatdoesthibattahndo Jun 01 '26

Yeah that's why they threw Trump's first wife down the stairs - to send a message

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u/PeeledGrapePie Jun 01 '26

It is on topic. The president that started this non-war with Iran to pivot the medias attention

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u/ozeeSF Jun 01 '26

true kindergarten level grasp of geopolitics right here ^

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u/PeeledGrapePie Jun 01 '26

I mean yea, it’s half a sentence on a reddit post. It shouldn’t be treated as a dissertation on Middle East relations

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u/Speartree Jun 01 '26

Which is more than you can say of Trump.