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Monday Afternoon News Updates: Trump's Iran Deal Poison Pill — May 25, 2026While the rest of the country paused to honor the fallen, Trump spent the morning attacking Democrats, trashing former presidents, and blowing up his own Iran negotiations
Hi all, Ben here. It’s Monday, May 25, 2026. Memorial Day. Before we get into today’s news, I want to start where we always should on a day like this. Memorial Day asks something simple of us: remember. Remember the service members who lost their lives, the families who carry that loss every day, and the responsibility we all share to never treat that sacrifice lightly. This shouldn’t be about left versus right or political divisions. Honoring those who gave their lives for this country should be something that brings us together. Here are the stories we’re tracking:
Before I go any further, if you haven’t yet joined as a paid subscriber, consider doing so now by clicking here to support our work.. This is how we grow. And if you’re already a Meidas+ paid Substack subscriber, thank you for supporting pro-democracy media. We’re making this Saturday update free for everyone to read. Trump’s Disgraceful Memorial Day MeltdownTrump’s Memorial Day message this morning read, in full: “Happy Memorial Day to all, including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year. God Bless those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. I love you all! President DONALD J. TRUMP.” On the one day a year that is supposed to be free of partisan nonsense, the one day where we put aside everything else and simply honor the people who died in service to this country, Donald Trump used it as a vehicle to take a shot at the opposition party. And Fox News, performing its usual role as state regime media, read the message on air as though it were something normal. Just another presidential statement. No, I’m not at all surprised by any of this. But I do refuse to normalize a president speaking like this, especially on a day meant to honor the fallen — no matter how many times he does it. We can’t let ourselves get numb to this stuff. Compare that to what former President Obama posted this morning. Obama wrote that Memorial Day asks us to pay tribute to the brave men and women who gave their lives for the country we love, that it’s a debt we can never fully repay but must never stop trying, and that he’ll always be grateful to fallen heroes and their families for showing us what it means to live for something greater than ourselves. That’s what a former president writes on Memorial Day.
Trump, meanwhile, followed up his “Dumocrats” post by reposting an image of himself, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth (a strange photo in which they all look either worried or half-asleep) with the caption “WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS.” Then came an AI-generated image of Biden and Obama captioned “THE 2 WORST PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.” Then a meme depicting Obama with a pallet of cash, falsely claiming Obama funded Iran and caused the current war. Then more posts attacking Democrats. Then posts attacking Republican senators and House members who’ve had the audacity to raise concerns about his Iran deal. Let me take a moment to say what needs to be said. This is the same person who told us that the Congressional Medal of Honor is not as good as the Presidential Medal of Freedom, because Medal of Honor recipients are people who’ve been “hit so many times by bullets” or are “dead,” while the Medal of Freedom goes to “healthy, beautiful” people. This is the same person who, just five days ago, said about the 13 service members who died in his Iran war: “I get a kick when I look at somebody on television and they say, ‘he’s lost 13 people.’” And of course, this is the same person who said about John McCain, a man who spent over five years as a prisoner of war, tortured repeatedly, that he’s not a hero because he was captured, and that Trump prefers people who weren’t captured. This Memorial Day, we remember:
These are the 13 Americans who lost their lives in Trump’s Iran war. They deserve to be named. They deserve to be remembered. They do not deserve to be the punchline of a post by the man who sent them there. Trump Torches His Own Iran DealWhile Trump was busy posting memes, the framework for the Iran deal was falling apart in real time. Here’s where things stood heading into the weekend. Negotiations had reportedly produced a rough framework: a 60-day ceasefire extension, Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days and clearing mines, the U.S. lifting its naval blockade, the U.S. releasing at least $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets currently held in Qatar (with the NY Times reporting that number was upwards of $25 billion) — Iran’s strict precondition — and Iran committing at a high level not to pursue nuclear weapons, but with any specifics of a nuclear deal being punted to a future date. It wasn’t a final deal, and it would have left the U.S. worse off than under Obama’a deal, but it was at least heading somewhere. Then Trump blew it up. During a Saturday conference call with Arab and Muslim nation leaders, Trump apparently blindsided everyone on the line by demanding they normalize relations with Israel as part of any Iran deal. Leaders from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Pakistan — none of which have formal diplomatic relations with Israel — reportedly sat in stunned silence. According to U.S. officials familiar with the call, one official said there was silence on the line, and Trump then joked asking if they were still there. Then Trump escalated it further this morning by posting publicly that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan must sign the Abraham Accords. He said he was “mandatorily requesting” it, whatever that means, as a condition of any deal. Countries that refuse, he said, “should not be part of this Deal.” Here’s the reality of why this is so reckless. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly and consistently said that any normalization with Israel requires an irreversible path toward a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s government has flatly refused that. So Trump is now demanding that Arab nations do something their own populations support at roughly one to two percent approval, something that would likely topple the governments of the leaders he’s demanding this from, as a precondition for a deal that was already extraordinarily fragile. Trump is once again targeting our own allies in the region as his talks with our adversaries fall apart. Iran’s Foreign Ministry responded by officially declaring that no Iranian nuclear commitments and no uranium handover exist or will exist in any draft agreement, calling reports to the contrary a “pure lie.” Iran then stated, through its foreign ministry, that it is not signing any agreement with the U.S., and through Tasnim News Agency, that it is now on the verge of canceling negotiations entirely. A reminder: Obama negotiated a multilateral agreement with the entire world watching, kept Iran from getting nuclear weapons without firing a shot, and un-froze certain assets that already belonged to Iran as part of a verified compliance framework. Trump launched a war, lost control of the Strait of Hormuz, and is now reportedly willing to release billions back to Iran while getting far less in return. Yet, when Trump fails, he continues to blame Obama. Russia Threatens to Level KyivWe must not lose sight of Ukraine amidst all the noise. Russia’s military is threatening to completely destroy Kyiv. The Russian Defense Ministry has ordered all diplomats and foreign nationals to leave the city, saying strikes will target “decision-making centers,” command posts, and Ukrainian drone production facilities. A prominent Russian military source said it should take about a month to make Kyiv uninhabitable. This is the war Trump promised he’d end in 24 hours. The war he said he’d end before he even took office. Not only has he not ended it, but it has dramatically escalated on his watch, while he dismantled American support for Ukraine, signaled sympathy for Moscow, and undermined NATO at every turn. Fitzpatrick Moves to Kill Trump’s Slush FundRep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) has introduced H.R. 8955, legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds for payments submitted to Trump’s so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund, the $1.776 billion slush fund Trump created to funnel money to political allies. Our own Scott MacFarlane cornered Fitzpatrick in the halls of Congress recently, and Fitzpatrick told him he’d work on killing it. Now, he’s followed through. That’s worth acknowledging. That’s where things stand on this Memorial Day. We’re grateful to have you with us. Honor the fallen today. That’s what this day is for. Thanks for being here. Thanks for subscribing. |
COMMENTS:
Donald Trump is a disgrace ! He has no business being in the White House. He disrespects our fallen servicemen and woman every day.
Trump disrespects ANYONE who is not a trump loyalist! This brain dead so called leader, unchecked, as he is, will completely destroy the world. Daily trumps chipping away at everything that made this country great!
Remember, he considers them "Losers" and "Suckers". This from a man who avoided the draft 5 times. His daddy paid to get him out of Vietnam. Since trump stands for absolutely nothing but himself, how could he ever understand a person(s) who fight and die for their beliefs.
It makes me fucking puke to see him salute our fallen soldiers and he does not respect them or their families. Pisses me off. 🤬
Using the word HAPPY for a day of solemn remembrance says it all. And he insults by PARTY still. A fuckin moron. He should resign in shame.
What do you expect from a "Low IQ" dumb fuck? He won't resign because his fat ass will go straight to the slammer.
Here's another trumpian atrocity for you (us)...Women have been delisted from Arlington Cemetery: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/22/800043010/community/missing-in-action-women-service-members-delisted-from-arlington-national-cemetery-website/#google_vignette
Sorry if this is redundant. We are all aware of how women are treated by this regime. I am outraged.
what in the actual fuck are they doing disrespecting anyone, ANYONE who selflessly served and protected this country?!
This makes me absolutely sick. Dictator Demerol Dingbat Disgusting Moron and his regime (and his republiCRAP lovers) are all definitely MCP's.
This makes me absolutely sick. Dictator Demerol Dingbat Disgusting Moron and his regime (and his republiCRAP lovers) are all definitely MCP's.
Thank you for this link. This is so despicable, I have no words.
What is happening in Ukraine is an unspeakable war crime. And Trump and his minions are complicit.
Ukraine should say if Kyiv is targeted for destruction, then Moscow will be also and target number one will be Putin himself.
Putin, just like Trump is too busy being a Coward and in hiding, using multiple 'safer places'.
These 2 and Netanyahu, should not allowed to breathe.
Trump himself has no idea of what he's doing and he's probably got open communications with the other 2 asking for advice. Anyway you slice it, ALL 3 need to pay for the atrocities they have ordered to be carried out.
Death Squad is the only answer for these Evil Bastards.
Ukraine has the ability, as they have shown, to bomb deeply into Russian territory. They have kept their bombing to oil refineries etc. I say let it go and level the Kremlin and anything else. Since Russia in engaged in a campaign to terrorize civilians, take the gloves off. Slava Ukraine.
This evil regime is a disgrace to our country and the world. Thanks Ben for update and the tremendous job you do in bringing the truth to us and the world.
He is the worst human being I've ever seen and I've seen plenty of them but never on this level. I'm happy to see President Obama do his usual caring. He is truly what a President should be. Time to get the trash out of the WH along with the rest of the sewer people surrounding him.
Is he even human? I wonder about that. 🤔 Obama is a true gentleman and a true president. I miss him so much!
He is a snake . No offense to real snakes. A reptilian slime ball. The dog shit under the shoe of America.
“Trump launched a war, lost control of the Strait of Hormuz, and is now reportedly willing to release billions back to Iran while getting far less in return. Yet, when Trump fails, he continues to blame Obama.”
WHAT MORE COULD ANYONE SAY
Our local PBS/NPR station has broadcast interviews with former specialists who ALWAYS considered the impact of IRAN closing the STRAIT OF HORMUZ if attacked.
You don't need to be an 'expert' to figure it out, but maybe you need a BRAIN that seems lacking with these DIM WITS.
They bombed desalination plants, an LNG facility, oil refineries, power plants and who bombed the nuclear power plants?
It's also important to review the history of IRAN and what both the Allies and the US did to undermine the nation, including removing the democratically elected leader, MOSSDAGH, to protect the British CASH COW, BP, then installed the brutal SHAH.
MUSLIMS put great emphasis on EDUCATION and understand what was done to them.
Poppy Bush provided WMD to both IRAQ and IRAN to fight each other - different WMD to each nation (SADDAM never made WMD). WMD was smuggled to IRAN through ISRAEL.
Not being reported is the massive US draw down of the STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVES with no explanation - likely to prevent gas lines or shortages other nations have experienced.
Don't forget, the billions are our tax dollars. Like he did with Argentina and like he was going to do if Orban had won the election.
I can't wait until we get our HUNGARIAN DAY!
DonOLD is going to Walter Reid Hospital tomorrow for his tune-up to make sure that whatever they're pumping him with keeps him upright momentarily to serve their fascist, white Christian Nationalist's purpose.
Let's hope he doesn't make it to his 80th birthday in a few weeks. 🤞
He's so demented that he may not even realize/know that it IS his birthday........
So gross and weird. The love of violence makes me sick.
Can't wait to see what lies they will spin after that visit. I'm still choking on laughter with the "he is 6'3" and 215 pounds and in great health."
Trump is the worst president ever.
Thank you Ben, for your diligence each day to keep us informed. djt will forever remain a disgrace to this country. His regime cannot end too soon.
The fact that this madman has once again posted abhorrent statements on this day of honoring our fallen hero’s is not a surprise. Remember he also posted annihilation and death on Easter Sunday! Thanksgiving he was withholding snap & Christmas he posted similar nasty posts.
The people who support this man … still, will continue to betray actual Americans.
Donald Trump is the worst president in American history twice. He is responsible for more American deaths due to his mishandling of covid and now his Iran ego war. He's less than half the man Biden or Obama are. He's a liar a cheat and a thief and a convicted felon and sexual abuser who has no integrity or morals or honor. He is a disgrace to human beings everywhere.
Don’t forget… a DRAFT DODGER!
Dear Ben.. Thank you for honoring the 13 Americans that we have sadly lost during this awful war. They served our country with dignity and grace, which is something that DT is incapable of. I think of their families experiencing their first Memorial Day without them. A draft dodger that has no comprehension of what it is like to train, serve, witness horrors and in way too many cases die for America. This is a day of remembrance and you are right - it should bring us together. The Commander and Chief should not be ranting on social media.
Thank God for Barack Obama. Thank you for this community.
Here’s another way to honor our troops; don’t send them into unnecessary wars! (Iran is one of them)
Israel can go to hell and fight their own war. We need to get back to helping Ukraine after over 4 years of destruction. They need to be free once and for all!
The GUARDIAN published this article - well worth reading:
Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir
Ben Reiff
He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond
excerpt:
No, you’re not hallucinating: western governments really are condemning Israel, one-by-one, without equivocation. Not because of the ongoing genocide in Gaza that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians, of course, but because of a PR stunt in which Israel’s national security minister filmed himself taunting foreign activists.
On Wednesday morning, Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port where Israel had detained hundreds of participants in an international aid flotilla that was attempting to breach the naval blockade of Gaza. In a video he posted to social media, the minister can be seen mocking the activists as they are forced to kneel in rows with their heads on the ground and hands bound with zip ties. Israel’s national anthem can be heard blasting over loudspeakers, before we see Ben-Gvir waving an Israeli flag and shouting: “Welcome to Israel. We are the landlords here.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/22/israel-politics-itamar-ben-gvir?cdmc=3EArUP9YiGtc8igoJAtkwXAr83D&refcode2=3EArUP9YiGtc8igoJAtkwXAr83D&refcodecdmc=3EArUP9YiGtc8igoJAtkwXAr83D
What a shame for our country that DJT can’t even be decent on Memorial Day as I honor my beloved departed husband, buried in a National Cemetery, who as an 18 year old was riding on a tank , cleaning up after the Battle of the Bulge. Plus the fact, you disrespectful , horrible model
to our young people, I deeply resent being called dumb just because I totally disagree with every single thing you stand for. I can only hope that I live long enough to see you totally humiliated more than even now., in both our country and the rest of the world. And if we’re all lucky, we will see you charged with at least some of the crimes that you have committed.
Americans are feeling the effects of trump's Tariffs along with the double whammy of a closed Strait Of Hormuz every time they buy groceries, or fill up their gas tank. No one is better off economically or security wise under this Regime. I fear for my children/grandsons,; innocent civilians in Cuba, ( who are suffering due to USA naval blockage. How long can hospital generators last? How many babies die?); GAZA, ( Does Israel really think every Palestinian person is a terrorist? Probably, have more reasons to be nowadays?); how about the blood shed of those innocent Iranian girls in their school?); those 13 Service people killed in Kuwait didn't need to die. Our Country attacked Iran first!!! Wake up, people.
God save this Nation.
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Oh he does!! He's planning on having a UFC fight on the White House lawn on his birthday. It is well and truly "White Trash House" now 😒