Peloni: In politics and geopolitics, realities change, and so too do alliances. Is that what we are witnessing with Trump and Iran today? Has Trump come full circle to embrace the Iranians as Obama did before him? What would the business Tycoon of a decade ago advise himself today about the folly of supporting a terror regime, of stabilizing its survival at the cost of isolating allies in coordination with those who are still calling for the subjugation and conquest of America?
President Donald Trump is justifying his capitulation to Iran by pointing to the stock market surge and the drop in oil prices, proving once again that economic interests dictate American policy. Washington has often preferred energy from the Gulf over its allies. We must internalize the bitter truth that there are limits to America’s commitment to us, and prepare accordingly
by Prof. Eyal Zisser | June 30, 2026
Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia at Great Bitter Lake in Egypt. Photo by Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 – File URL Catalog record, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Since US President Donald Trump signed the agreement with Iran that will bring the war to an end without achieving any of the goals he had set for himself, and worse, an agreement that strengthens the Iranian regime and grants Tehran the status of a regional power it never had before, Trump has repeatedly justified his surrender to the Iranians by saying that he did not want a “global economic catastrophe,” and that because of the agreement, the stock market in New York “soared like a rocket” and oil prices fell dramatically.
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