TRRS 06-17-26 The Iran MOU: The Deal They Said Wasn’t the Deal

Wednesday’s show changed course as new details emerged about the Trump administration’s agreement with Iran.Rick examines the widening gap between the administration’s original red lines and the terms taking shape in the MOU—from Iran’s ballistic missile program and nuclear infrastructure to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. He also explains why some form of agreement had become economically unavoidable, even as the White House denied leaked provisions that increasingly resembled the final framework.Was this the hard-won peace Trump promised, a necessary retreat from a dangerous economic ledge, or a deal that preserved Iran’s power while postponing the hardest questions?This episode follows the story as it was breaking—and asks whether the administration ended the crisis or merely changed what it was willing to accept.