President Trump Suspends DNI Nomination and FISA Support, Pending Save America Act

June 17, 2026 | Sundance |

Delivering a statement via Truth Social returning from the G7 in France. President Trump has suspended the nomination of SDNYU.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, cancelling Wednesday afternoon’s SSCI hearing on the nomination.

The late-night timing appears to be due to President Trump focused on the G7 discussions andnow turns his focus back to the domestic agenda; DNI, Save America Act and FISA (702) reauthorization.

President Trump outlines in the Truth Social post that FISA (702) renewal must be attached to the Save America Act, and Jay Clayton’s replacement, Jamie McDonald, must be confirmed to replace Clayton in the SDNY prior to the DNI nomination moving forward. This position puts Bill Pulte’s appointment as Acting DNI back into the mix.

VIA TRUTH SOCIAL – “The Republicans agreed with Dumocrats to remove very fair, and talented, William Pulte, from serving as Acting DNI in return for getting FISA approved by the Dumocrats. However, the Republicans moved so fast with the hearings of the Great Jay Clayton, current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, that Pulte would be gone before the Dumocrats would vote on FISA.

Now, the Dumocrats are saying they will vote against FISA — So, the Republicans wound up having fulfilled their commitment, but Dumocrats broke the Deal.

In addition, the newly nominated U.S. Attorney, Jamie McDonald, must be confirmed and blue slipped. Because of the ridiculous views of Republicans on blue slipping (Dumocrats are often willing to nix it),I may not be able to get the extraordinary Sullivan & Cromwell Partner, Jamie, approved, and I don’t want to take Jay Clayton away from the great job he is doing until Jamie is in place.

Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country,I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it. Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap.

Regarding the approval of our Great Patriot, Jay Clayton, we are cancelling the Senate Hearing RE: DNI today, and will not be going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney.In the meantime, Bill Pulte will remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

~ President DONALD J. TRUMP

None of these back-and-forth moves would be necessary if Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune were aligned with the Republican President.Alas, with Thune representing a dysfunctional wing of a Senate UniParty, his priorities are in alignment against the President.

This was where things stood with Thune before the Truth Social post (prompted).

In a note of irony, I think we can all thank John Cornyn for this outcome and response by President Trump.John Cornyn told AG nominee Todd Blanche he was withholding support until the DOJ gave him Trump family tax information.

However, John Cornyn was very happy with Jay Clayton and FISA renewal.

So, Trump suspended Jay Clayton and FISA renewal.KEK

John Thune: The devil is in the details…10:19

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.,says there will be ‘hard questions’ revolving around the conditions of a U.S.-Iran deal

https://youtu.be/-UGpo8EGnkQ

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/06/17/president-trump-suspends-dni-nomination-and-fisa-support-pending-save-america-act/#more-284447

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Here’s the Traitor Thune’s interview with Brett Baier

John Thune: The devil is in the details…10:19

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., says there will be ‘hard questions’ revolving around the conditions of a U.S.-Iran deal

https://youtu.be/-UGpo8EGnkQ

>>24726259 Brett b seems to really dislike Trump, that’s ok,I really detest Brett B. The night of 2020 election showed what he would do to destroy America

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Yes he emits evil vibes. He sold his soul a long time ago

>>24726288 there is a reason why Tuberville is leaving senate early. He gave an honest reading and said his major problem they don’t do anything intentionally and ever this matter now is the only thing they’ve done for months fisa matters only because it illegal

The Hill: Anons read and save this

Opinion: Your financial records have no Fourth Amendment protections

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Story by Jay Rogers, opinion contributor • 2h

John Adams was watching from the back of the room when James Otis Jr. argued against British writs of assistance in 1761. These were general warrants giving royal officials unlimited authority to search colonial homes and businesses without naming what they were seeking. Adams later called it the first scene of the first act of American opposition to arbitrary government.

Otis lost the case, but he won something more durable: the Fourth Amendment is his argument, encoded into law.

The amendment’s language is deliberate: Persons, houses, papers, and effects are not to be searched or seized without a warrant based on probable cause, issued with particularity. The Founders chose the word “papers” in particular because correspondence, account books, and financial ledgers formed the infrastructure of private life that crown officials had been seizing through general warrants.

The protection that the framers wrote into our Constitution was not a general right to privacy. Rather, it was a specific warrant requirement for specific records — the same records that federal agencies can now reach through administrative subpoenas that require no judge’s signature.

This is because of two key and relatively recent Supreme Court decisions. U.S. v. Miller in 1976and Smith v. Maryland in 1979 replaced the Fourth Amendment’s requirement with a doctrine the Founders never intended. They established that information voluntarily shared with a third party loses Fourth Amendment protection.

In Miller, the court held that a bank depositor has no reasonable expectation of privacy in financial records conveyed to the bank. In Smith, the Court extended that reasoning to numbers dialed from one’s phone. In the digital economy, where every financial relationship runs through institutional intermediaries, the practical consequence is that you have surrendered to the government warrant-free access to your entire financial life.

The “voluntary” framing mischaracterizes the situation. Americans don’t have a choice of participating in a financial system that doesn’t require institutional intermediaries. No such system exists.

Lord Camden’s 1765 ruling in Entick v. Carrington established what the Founders codified: A document’s constitutional protection follows its owner, not its custodian. The third-party doctrine substitutes a theory of government access that the Fourth Amendment was written specifically to foreclose.

Riley v. California in 2014 and Carpenter v. United States in 2018 recently carved out exceptions. There are now warrant requirements for cell phones and historical location data. But both decisions explicitly preserved Miller and Smith. Financial records effectively remain outside the Fourth Amendment.

So your phone now carries more constitutional protection than your brokerage account or your tax returns. That’s not by constitutional design — that is five decades of judicial deference to a doctrine the text doesn’t support.

To add some contemporary relevance, consider the FBI’s Arctic Frost investigation, opened April 2022. It produced 197 subpoenas targeting at least 430 Republican organizations and individuals. It swept up phone metadata from nine sitting U.S. senators and one House member and resulted in the physical seizure of Rep. Scott Perry’s (R-Pa.) cell phone.

Verizon complied with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s subpoenas; AT&T refused and produced nothing. None of the metadata collection required a warrant because the third-party doctrine covered it.

Federal agencies are also purchasing financial and location data from commercial brokersdirectly— a parallel warrant-free channel that Arctic Frost used alongside its subpoena authority.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-your-financial-records-have-no-fourth-amendment-protections/ar-AA25S6F1

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Mind you, this is a structural, constitutional problem, not a partisan one.The government’s warrant-free reach into financial records can run equally against progressive activists and conservative donors. The constitutional question is not whether Arctic Frost was politically motivated: That’s a separate argument.

The question is whether Americans’ financial lives should remain open to any federal agency that issues the right administrative form, without any judicial review.

Four reforms would restore the protection the Founders wrote.

• First, there should be awarrant standard for administrative subpoenas seeking personal financial records.

• Second,there should be mandatory notice to account holders, absent specific judicial authorization for secrecy.

• Third,we need a ban on government purchase of financial data from commercial brokers as a warrant workaround.

Finally, weneed updated protections for digital records that reflect modern data scope, rather than the paper ledgers of 1978.

House Republicans introduced the SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act on April 22, 2026. Neither closes the financial-records gap entirely, but both at least confirm that Congress sees the problem.

The Stored Communications Act, passed in 1986, already imposes warrant requirements on some electronic communications content held by third parties. The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 governs bank record access but hasn’t been strengthened in nearly fifty years.

None of these reforms requires a constitutional amendment. All of them require Congress to treat the gap between the amendment’s text and its current enforcement as a problem worth closing.

I advise families with high net-worth. Without exception,their financial lives run through dozens of institutional third parties, which hold records carrying no meaningful Fourth Amendment protection from a properly formatted administrative demand.

But the Founders put “papers” in the Fourth Amendment because financial records were then and are now the infrastructure of private life. The warrant requirement is still in the text, and Congress still has the authority to restore it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-your-financial-records-have-no-fourth-amendment-protections/ar-AA25S6F1

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Opinion: Your financial records have no Fourth Amendment protections(2nd 1/2 no red text)

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Mind you, this is a structural, constitutional problem, not a partisan one. The government’s warrant-free reach into financial records can run equally against progressive activists and conservative donors. The constitutional question is not whether Arctic Frost was politically motivated: That’s a separate argument. The question is whether Americans’ financial lives should remain open to any federal agency that issues the right administrative form, without any judicial review.

Four reforms would restore the protection the Founders wrote. First, there should be a warrant standard for administrative subpoenas seeking personal financial records. Second, there should be mandatory notice to account holders, absent specific judicial authorization for secrecy. Third, we need a ban on government purchase of financial data from commercial brokers as a warrant workaround. Finally, we need updated protections for digital records that reflect modern data scope, rather than the paper ledgers of 1978.

House Republicans introduced the SECURE Data Act and GUARD Financial Data Act on April 22, 2026. Neither closes the financial-records gap entirely, but both at least confirm that Congress sees the problem.

The Stored Communications Act, passed in 1986, already imposes warrant requirements on some electronic communications content held by third parties. The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 governs bank record access but hasn’t been strengthened in nearly fifty years.

None of these reforms requires a constitutional amendment. All of them require Congress to treat the gap between the amendment’s text and its current enforcement as a problem worth closing.

I advise families with high net-worth. Without exception, their financial lives run through dozens of institutional third parties, which hold records carrying no meaningful Fourth Amendment protection from a properly formatted administrative demand.

But the Founders put “papers” in the Fourth Amendment because financial records were then and are now the infrastructure of private life. The warrant requirement is still in the text, and Congress still has the authority to restore it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-your-financial-records-have-no-fourth-amendment-protections/ar-AA25S6F1

Save this whole article, it’s important now and in the future.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

The Republicans agreed with Dumocrats to remove very fair, and talented, William Pulte, from serving as Acting DNI in return for getting FISA approved by the Dumocrats. However, the Republicans moved so fast with the hearings of the Great Jay Clayton, current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, that Pulte would be gone before the Dumocrats would vote on FISA. Now, the Dumocrats are saying they will vote against FISA — So, the Republicans wound up having fulfilled their commitment, but Dumocrats broke the Deal. In addition, the newly nominated U.S. Attorney, Jamie McDonald, must be confirmed and blue slipped. Because of the ridiculous views of Republicans on blue slipping (Dumocrats are often willing to nix it), I may not be able to get the extraordinary Sullivan & Cromwell Partner, Jamie, approved, and I don’t want to take Jay Clayton away from the great job he is doing until Jamie is in place. Therefore, to add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it. Not complicated, actually, the Republicans fell into a trap. Regarding the approval of our Great Patriot, Jay Clayton, we are cancelling the Senate Hearing RE: DNI today, and will not be going forward until Jamie McDonald is approved to be U.S. Attorney. In the meantime, Bill Pulte will remain as the Acting Director of National Intelligence. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116764370070279119

KEK I love our Presidentthe funny part is the 702 should never be renewed because it’s a weapon against American not foreigners, but the Senators need their weapons against citizens

Tom Cotton

Senate Republicans

@SenTomCotton

Jay Clayton is a pending nominee before the Intelligence Committee. We will proceed with his hearing as scheduled unless the president directs him not to appear or withdraws his nomination.

1:53 PM · Jun 17, 2026

(Cotton’s arrogance is obvious. I think Trump anticipated that would happen. Trump loves war games!Honestly Cotton appears like his soul and integrity was stolen from himafter he decided to betray the American people. It’s obvious he’s not a happy person.)

Those who believed Tom Cotton was an ally of Trump, should haverealized Tom “Cotton Mouth” is just as corrupt as Cornynand the rest of the Republican Mafia and Democrat Bankers that runs the Senate.

How Cotton and the Senate are revealing their true intent

I think by the time “these wars Trump is fighting with the Senate, etc, and these events are finished both Dem and Repcitizens will see on the FISA matter will only effect citizens on both sides. The whole law is a lie, foreigners don’t get caught, Americans do.

Republicans and Democrats Internally blocked Voter ID

Even on the fight for Voter ID, both Reps and Dems citizens agreed at a very high level to protect our elections. The interesting thing is about 65% Democrat and 95% Republican citizens agreed with the mandate of voter ID.

So the citizens may be questioning why their own senators are blocking common sense laws. So both sides the buddies on Republican and Democrat betrayers of the Constitution are being revealed with this fight with Trump, in a way that can never be taken back.

The Voter ID matter must be brought up and passed asap for mid terms.

https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/2067244267307716622

The DOJ should investigate illegal and unethical methods that Senators that try to threaten and or black mail leaders of Agencies, to harm the President or others in the government, or to destroy the leaders position.

Senator John Cornyn

Senate Republicans

@JohnCornyn

Had a positive interview with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche,who has been nominated for the Senate-confirmed job by @POTUS. He committed to further briefing on the tax audit issue involving President Trump and his family.I will not make a decision on confirmation until after that briefing and completion of his hearing before the committee. @SenJudiciaryGOP

If I was in the FBI, DOJ or other agencies I’d consider Cornyn is black mailing Blanche because he made it clear Blanche must obey Cornyn’s mandates, to harm or destroy Trump, otherwise he won’t be confirmed at the highest level.

4:15 PM · Jun 16, 2026

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Now the NYP is turning on Trump and lying about the Iran MOU

Trump’s Iran deal gives the Islamic Republic big wins upfront — and America nothing

NY Post

Vice President JD Vance's sales pitch for the Iran deal is simply terrible — but President Donald Trump's may be worse.

Maybe the reporting on what's in the Memorandum of Understanding is wrong, but Team Trump keeps confirming some of the worst news.

As best we can tell, the deal does nothing to achieve the aims America started the war with — but does hand Tehran a whole series of gains.

Iran gets at least a few billion in immediate funds and can start selling oil right away, with at least some other sanctions dropped as well.

More, Tehran wins unprecedented authority over the Strait of Hormuz andlikelylocks in Hezbollah's dominance of Lebanon.

(They always use the lies but with a disclaimer they could be wrong. Repeating lies and gossip, democrats are paying a lot of outlets to lie their asses off)

(It’s easy to do because almost every outlet is lying about the MOU, or have no idea what it means and the conditions. When Conservative outlets join in, we know what’s happening.)

https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-iran-deal-gives-islamic-230311000.html

Iran vows 'CRUSHING RESPONSE' if US agreement is breached(their threats are tiring, of course they can break the agreement because Iran is arrogant)

Fox News correspondents Aishah Hasnie and Trey Yingst break down President Donald Trump's G7 comments on the new U.S.-Iran deal. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., also joins 'America's Newsoom' to discuss the potential next steps if peace is reached. (I hope when Trump is about to sign it with the Iranians, he states I’m not going to sign this Iran didn’t follow the conditions, and he walks away. And then he send in the military that day)

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https://youtu.be/HchCv2HNutw

The 8 unresolved questions in Trump’s Iran deal.1/3Jun 16, 2026

The U.S.-Iran deal was signed electronically on Sunday by President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, senior administration officials told reporters on Monday.

Why it matters:The deal is already testing whether Washington and Tehran can turn a battlefield pause into a broader settlement — starting with the Strait of Hormuz and then moving to the far thornier question of Iran’s nuclear program.

A 60-day ceasefire extension is in effect, U.S. officials say, including in Lebanon. But the Strait of Hormuz is not expected to begin reopening until after a formal signing ceremony Friday in Geneva.

• Vance, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Ghalibaf, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to meet Friday with Pakistani and Qatari mediators to discuss the next phase.

• U.S. officials say the full text of the memorandum of understanding will be released in the next 24–48 hours, though Trump said it might not be published until after it’s signed.

The big picture: Washington and Tehran are racing to shape the narrative around a deal that few people have actually read, but which markets, world leaders and ordinary citizens are already reacting to.

• The U.S. says relief for Iran will be tied to performance. Iranian state media has described a more generous package.

• Shipping companies say they’re waiting for clearer guarantees from Tehran before sending cargo through the Strait of Hormuz.

• Hawks in Washington and Israel are pressing the White House to explain exactly what Iran is getting — and what happens if nuclear talks fail.

Breaking it down: Here are eight key questions that are still swirling around the deal.

1. Is the deal actually in effect?

The MOU was signed electronically on Sunday, with a more formal signing ceremony to be held on Friday in Switzerland.

• The 60-day extension of the ceasefire took immediate effect, but the strait is not yet fully open.

• While Trump announced the “immediate” lifting of the U.S. blockade and opening of the strait on Sunday, he later said it would open on Friday once the ceremony takes place.

•A U.S. defense official said the military was ordered to prepare to lift the blockade Friday.

• Trump claimed Monday that ships were already moving, though Iranian state media said the status of the strait was unchanged.

2.Will the strait be truly open?

• The U.S. side has consistently said the deal would open the strait without tolls or any other restrictions.

• A regional diplomat involved in the mediation told Axios last week that the deal called for shipping volumes through the strait to return to prewar levels within 30 days.

•But Iranian officials have told state media the strait won’t simply return to “pre-war status,” and that Iran will retain some level of control.

• The Fars news agency reported that Iran had agreed not to impose tolls during the 60 days, but would begin charging safety and environmental fees after that.

•A senior administration official said there would be a “regional dialogue” on the future of the strait and how to ensure it will never be closed again.

https://yalibnan.com/2026/06/16/the-8-unresolved-questions-in-trumps-iran-deal/

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• Shipping companies are moving cautiously.

• Maersk and others have said they’re waiting for more clarity and guarantees of safety, and some analysts doubt volumes will actually return to the pre-war norm anytime soon.

• A senior administration official told reporters the U.S. expects volumes to increase significantly over the next two weeks, though probably not to return to normal.

• “Some crews want to see a little bit more stability for the next couple of days, maybe the next couple of weeks,” the official said.

3. What does Iran get?

Both sides agree that Iran gets two big things: an end to the fighting and sanctions waivers to allow oil exports.

• That alone would generate much-needed revenue for Tehran, but Iranian state media has claimed the government is also getting billions of dollars in frozen funds just for signing.

•A senior U.S. official adamantly denied that, saying Iran would only get access to those funds based on a “pay for performance model.” The full economic benefits of the deal, the U.S. side says, depend on signing a more detailed nuclear accord.

• Some skeptics of the deal have raised concerns there might be side agreements that give Iran access to cash immediately, though the White House calls that “misinformation.”

•Yes, but: The senior administration official said the U.S. was prepared to make some “small gestures” early in the process on frozen funds and sanctions relief if Iran made similar “gestures” reflecting their willingness to comply with the deal.

•4. Do they agree on what’s been agreed?

•The U.S. and Iran are offering conflicting accounts of what the deal requires — and what each side gets in return.

• That’s in part because the negotiations were handled largely indirectly, through mediators, and the MOU is a broad political understanding rather than a detailed treaty.

• That could leave enough ambiguity for both sides to claim they got what they needed, even if they have different expectations about what happens next.

•“I am somewhat concerned that Iran’s view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a hawkish Trump ally.

• One of the senior administration officials claimed the discrepancies were actually due to Iran overselling the deal for domestic consumption.

•5. Will we see the text?

•Much of this confusion could be cleared up if the parties or the mediators simply published the full text of the MOU.

• In the Monday briefing, a senior administration official said that would happen in the next 24–48 hours. Trump said it might not happen until after Friday.

•6. Will Israel comply?

•The agreement is receiving criticismfrom across the political spectrum in Israel, less than four months before an election. That’s in part because it requires Israel to observe a ceasefire in Lebanon.

• Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said Israel will not withdraw from the parts of southern Lebanon it occupies or give up its ability to respond to Hezbollah attacks.If Iran strikes Israel over the war in Lebanon, Katz said, Israel will hit Iran “with full force.”

• A senior U.S. official said the deal does not require an Israeli withdrawal and would not create a “one-way ceasefire,” meaning Israel could respond if Hezbollah attacks.

https://yalibnan.com/2026/06/16/the-8-unresolved-questions-in-trumps-iran-deal/

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•But Israeli officials worry their freedom to operate in Lebanon will be sharply curtailed.

•After an Israeli strike in Beirut on Sunday nearly derailed the deal, Trump told Axios that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “no fucking judgment.”

• Trump said Monday that he hopes to “solve” the situation in Lebanon andthat “we’ll have to have a little chat with Hezbollah about this.”

•7. Will there ever be a nuclear deal?

• The MOU is designed to launch 60 days of nuclear negotiations.

•All of the nuclear elements of the deal are dependent on a much more technical final agreement, as is the bulk of the sanctions relief Iran hopes to receive.

• U.S. officials acknowledge it will be very difficult to achieve such a deal,given the mutual distrust and how difficult it was to get the much less detailed MOU.

• Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, earlier this month to meet with nuclear experts who would play a role in such negotiations.

•What’s next: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, one of the mediators, said there would be meetings “this week” to set the stage for nuclear negotiations.

•8. Will the war resume without a nuclear deal?

•U.S. officials say they will not withdraw the forces sent to the region unless there is a nuclear deal.

• One official argued that the damage imposed on Iran increased the chances of a deal, and saidTrump still has “tools in his arsenal” if diplomacy fails.

• Iranian officials, meanwhile, claim Trump was desperate to end the warand that Tehran now has the leverage.

•What to watch: “I think we’ll know over the next two to three weeks whether those understandings will turn into an actual agreement,” a senior administration official told reporters.

•What they’re saying: In response to these questions and to criticism of the deal from hawks, a senior administration official told Axios that Trump said from the outset that his goals were to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon or keeping its highly enriched uranium.

•“This deal accomplishes both objectives, and the United States, our allies, and our troops in the region will be safer as a result.

https://yalibnan.com/2026/06/16/the-8-unresolved-questions-in-trumps-iran-deal/

If in Doubt, the U.S. Should Not Sign an Agreement with Iran

Jun 16, 2026

When the path ahead is uncertain, wisdom lies not in moving faster—but in choosing carefully

When America’s own intelligence leaders have serious reservations, caution is not weakness—it is common sense

By : The Editorial Board, Opinion

President Trump deserves credit for wanting to end a war rather than prolong it. Wars are costly, unpredictable, and often produce consequences far beyond what their architects intended. But ending a war and signing a good agreement are not the same thing.

According to recent reports, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have all expressed concerns about whether Iran is prepared to make the nuclear concessions the United States seeks. Their concerns are reportedly based on intelligence assessments and direct discussions within the administration.

If America’s top intelligence and national security officials have serious doubts, that should give everyone pause.

This is not a question of whether Iran can be trusted. International agreements are not built on trust. They are built on interests, leverage, verification, and results.

The more important question is whether the reported memorandum of understanding serves American interests and whether it advances the objective that was used to justify the war in the first place.

From what has been reported so far,the answer is far from clear.

The nuclear issue—the central issue—is apparently deferred for another sixty days. Yet Iran appears positioned to gain significant benefits immediately.

Reports suggest there could be a path toward sanctions relief, the release of frozen Iranian assets, and the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces mobilized during the conflict.

At the same time, Iran’s leadership remains in power. Its military remains intact. Its missile capabilities remain intact. And the nuclear concessions

Washington seeks have yet to be secured.

That raises a simple question:

What exactly is the United States receiving in return?

The purpose of diplomacy is not merely to sign documents. The purpose of diplomacy is to solve problems. If the problem that led to war remains unresolved, then any agreement that rewards one side before the central issue is settled deserves careful scrutiny.

The concerns do not stop there.

Iranian officials have publicly discussedimposing fees on international shipping through the Strait of Hormuzonce the sixty-day period expires. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has reportedly stated that Iran will charge for the use of Hormuz and declared that“the sword of Iran” will always remain above the strategic waterway.

Iranian media have also claimed that portions ofIran’s frozen assets could be released, while President Trump has suggested that some of those funds should instead be used tocompensate Gulf statesthat suffered damages from Iranian attacks.

The fact that both sides are already presenting different interpretations of key elements of the agreement should itself be awarning sign.

Good agreements leave little room for confusion.Bad agreements begin with confusion and end with disputes.

President Trump may have wanted to conclude this process before his birthday and before attending the G7 summit. That is understandable. Every leader wants to demonstrate progress.

But diplomatic timetables should never be dictated by political calendars.

If America’s own intelligence agencies are raising doubts, if key provisions remain disputed, if the nuclear question remains unresolved, and if Iran appears positioned to receive substantial benefits before delivering concrete concessions, then caution is not weakness.

It is common sense.

The old rule of business applies equally to diplomacy:when the facts are uncertain, do not rush to sign. Verify first. Negotiate harder if necessary. Walk away if required.

A bad agreement can do more damage than no agreement at all.

If there is genuine doubt about whether Iran will deliver what the United States seeks, then the answer is simple:

The United States should not sign.

https://yalibnan.com/2026/06/16/if-in-doubt-the-u-s-should-not-sign-an-agreement-with-iran/

“Neither the ‘Great Satan’ nor the ‘Mini Satan’ can bring down the Lebanese government, Hamdan warns

Jun 15, 2026

Brigadier General Mustafa Hamdan, Secretary General of the “Independent Nasserist Movement – ​​Al-Mourabitoun,” stated that “neither the ‘Great Satan’ nor the ‘Mini Satan’ can bring down the government—or, to put it more politely, change it” .

He was reportedly referring to Iran as the Great Satan and Hezbollah as the Mini Satan. Hezbollah in Arabic means the ‘party of God’

He added: “Read the Taif Agreement carefully—with a fresh, precise, and in-depth perspective—unless you have decided to stage a coup against the Constitution amidst ‘deals of devils.’Do not dare to encroach upon the office of the Prime Minister … Beware of playing with fire in times of chaos.”

Both Iran and Hezbollah have recentlyattacked PM Nawaf Salam who along with president Joseph Aoun and the majority of the Lebanese have been calling for disarming Iran’s proxy Hezbollah.

Hezbollah was created in 1982 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a division of its Quds Force

https://yalibnan.com/2026/06/15/neither-the-great-satan-nor-the-mini-satan-can-bring-down-the-lebanese-government-hamdan-warns/

These people have suffered since 1982, and Israel has not helped.

Netanyahu and Trump on collision course as US, Iran agree to halt war and Israel refuses to leave Lebanon

Jun 15, 2026.1/2

Benjamin Netanyahu bet that his joint war alongside Donald Trump would topple Iran’s clerical rulers and bolster himself ahead of elections at home, as the architect of a U.S.-Israeli alliance that would reshape the Middle East.

Instead,Israel’s longest-serving prime minister is on a collision course with Trump as the U.S. president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men’s goals unmet and Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon.

For now, Israeli officials have ‌been cautious in public for fear of angering their most important ally, known for being prickly towards critics.

But in private conversations, the frustration is clear. The preliminary agreement is “terrible for Israel,” said one senior Israeli official, giving a frank assessment on condition of anonymity. “And there is no one in the Israeli leadership who views it otherwise, from the prime minister to the chief of staff.”

Washington says that over the next 60 days, when a ceasefire is in place,it will negotiate full terms that will address U.S. and Israeli concerns, especially over Iran’s nuclear program.

But Israeli officials told Reuters they thought the negotiating period under the deal was likely to be extended,tying Israel’s hands from taking military action, while its concerns remain unresolved.(Israel shouldn’t have dragged Trump into their made up war.)

Netanyahu and Trump have repeatedly clashed over Israel’s refusal to constrain its pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities is a key Iranian demand.

At the start of the month, Trump described Netanyahu as “fucking crazy” in an angry phone call, ordering him not to strike Beirut while the U.S. was seeking a deal with Iran.

Netanyahu called off attacks that day, but struck Beirut’s southern suburbs a week later, provoking Iranian missile strikes on Israel and a public rebuke of both sides from Trump.

Hours before the U.S. and Iran announced their interim deal, Israel hit the Lebanese capital again on Sunday, after rockets were launched at Israel from Lebanon, fire Trump described as “small and meaningless”.

Netanyahu, facing autumn elections he is projected to lose,may be more willing to defy Trump as he contends with an Israeli public that opinion polls show has grown sceptical of the U.S. president’s commitment to Israel’s security.

“This is a pretty stark moment of divergence of interests,” said Dan Shapiro, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel under the Obama administration, now with the Atlantic Council think tank.

“He will try to not openly oppose (the deal), so as not to get into a brawl with Trump,” said Shapiro. “But he will indicate Israel is not bound by it, and Israel reserves its rights.”

ISRAEL SAYS IT’S NOT BOUND BY U.S.-IRAN PACT

The memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran is expected to be signed on Friday in Switzerland. While precise terms were not immediately known,mediator Pakistan said the pact called for a permanent halt to military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

Netanyahu’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said in a statement on Monday that troops would remain deployed in buffer zones Israel has seized in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza “indefinitely” to eliminate what it perceives as militant threats.

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“If Iran attacks ‌Israel due to the events in Lebanon – we will attack it with all our might,”Katz said.

The interim deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint while leaving the fate of Tehran’s nuclear program to be resolved during a 60-day negotiation period towards a final deal.

Two other issues that Netanyahu and Trump had both declared as justifications for the war at its outset –curbing Iran’s missile programmeand ending its support for regional armed groups –are not thought to be on the agenda during those talks.

Three Israeli officials said Israel sees it as very likely the 60-day pact will be extended to 90 days, with the U.S. maintaining its deployment of military assets in the region as it negotiates a broader deal.

Two other Israeli officials said that Israel was caught by surprise last week when Trump first said that a deal with Iran was close.

They acknowledged that Israel has had little success in influencing the talks.(Bibi dragged the U.S., now their mad the U.S. did not follow Israel’s order to blow up Iran forever)

All of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.

NETANYAHU ‘UNABLE TO SELL THIS AGREEMENT TO ISRAELI PUBLIC’, ANALYST SAYS

Netanyahu, who often clashed with Washington under the administrations of Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, has long portrayed himself to the Israeli public as being uniquely adept in dealing with the Republican Trump.

During Trump’s first term, Israel secured major policy changes from Washington, which moved its embassy to Jerusalem and backed the “Abraham Accords” that brought Israel formal diplomatic ties with the UAE and Bahrain.On Iran, Trump ditched a nuclear agreement negotiated under Obama that Israel had long complained was too soft.

During elections in 2019, Netanyahu displayed massive campaign billboards in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem showing him and Trump smiling and shaking hands.

But now, the U.S.-Iran pact undermines Netanyahu’s case that a close relationship with Trumpsets him apart from other candidates for prime minister, said Jonathan Rynhold, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University, near Tel Aviv.

“(Netanyahu) will be unable to sell this agreement to the Israeli public,” Rynhold said. “The best that he can hope for is thatthey fail to reach an agreement and the war restarts to Israel’s advantage in 60 days.”

According to a poll released Friday by the Israel Democracy Institute, just 41% of Jewish Israelis think their security is a central consideration for Trump, down from 64% in March.

Eli Cohen, Netanyahu’s energy minister, said that Israel would be prepared to act alone if Iran rebuilds its nuclear and missile capabilities, though he said the chances of Tehran taking that step during Trump’s tenure were low.

“If Iran tries to renew its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes – we will be there and act,” Cohen told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan.

(Israel created their enemy and pursued their destruction since the late 1980’s)

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kekWATCH LIVE: Trump takes questions as world awaits Iran deal details

President Donald Trump holds a press conference at the G7 summit in France after reaching the historic peace agreement with Iran.

Trump has been talking an hour, it’s LIVE and still going…

https://www.youtu.be/6gZUby_GLx0

Iran vows 'CRUSHING RESPONSE' if US agreement is breached

Fox News correspondents Aishah Hasnie and Trey Yingst break down President Donald Trump's G7 comments on the new U.S.-Iran deal. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., also joins 'America's Newsoom' to discuss the potential next steps if peace is reached.

(The news in the U.S. must love Trump, he gives them lots of hours of news and surprises)

12:02

https://youtu.be/HchCv2HNutw