There are sayings that never die. “Be careful what you wish for” is one of them. This is especially true when you write what you wish for on social media.
About seven years ago, the president wrote Donald Trump On Twitter, a sentence came back to haunt him now: “The Iranians have never won a war, but they have never lost a negotiation.” He repeated his sentence in early 2020, hours after the assassination of Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani.
Trump’s opponents publish this statement to remind him that he actually “lost” the negotiation with… Iran.
Trump and Iran: Second Chance
Late in his first term, Trump hoped that the Iranians would agree to negotiate a new nuclear agreement. He pandered to their leaders by saying they were good negotiators, to encourage them to launch talks and diplomatically “outmaneuver” Washington (in addition to urging them to avoid retaliating against Soleimani). Of course, time was not in Trump’s favor for his wish to come true. The Iranians bet on the possibility of him losing the elections, and their bet was correct with a victory Joe Biden Presidency.
US President Donald Trump speaks at an investment forum, March 2026. (AP)
In June 2025 it was launched Israel A war on Iran lasted twelve days, before it concluded it with the United States in February 2026, for forty days. This time, Tehran had to wait about three years for Trump to leave office, and without knowing the alternative. Therefore, Trump’s war succeeded in pushing Iran to the table more seriously, when compared to its negotiations in previous periods. Ironically, this plan did not succeed in getting the US administration to the table with the necessary preparation.
The two negotiators rushed over Steve Witkoff And Jared Kushner to meet America’s top nuclear experts in Tennessee, about 10 days before the initial settlement was reached. Did the two delegates wait to hold a meeting with the experts, on a file of this sensitivity, only when approaching the conclusion of the memorandum of understanding? The observer assumes that their communication with the nuclear experts is permanent, especially since it was not the first time they had negotiated with Tehran. Simply put, the technical briefing on this file is not something that can be accommodated at the last minute.
Between Trump and Vance: The secret of “successful” prophecies
Iran was not destined to win all the negotiating processes, as Trump wrote. “Drink the cup of poison” is the most famous sentence said by former leader Ruhollah Khomeini when he agreed to end the war with… Iraq. What is noteworthy is that this settlement has not yet come Military escalation A great deal from President Ronald Reagan, knowing that his administration had previously tried to win Iran’s favor through an arms deal known as the “Iran-Contra” scandal. While many like to compare Trump to Reagan, it remains that the current president moved from escalation to calm with Iran, while the former president moved from calm to escalation. Iran is good at reading the balance of power and, more importantly, its curves.
US President Donald Trump alongside his ministers. (dad)
Dealing with an upward pressure path is different from dealing with a downward pressure path, as is the case with Trump’s policy. It is not a coincidence that the Israeli Channel 14 conveys a general assessment of… Revolutionary Guard That the war was behind him and that he was concerned with how to take advantage of the next pressure point: the Strait Bab al-Mandab.
On the other hand, what are the statements issued by… Washington? Vice President J.D. Vance Negotiators from the Revolutionary Guards were quoted as saying that they “realized” their mistake in dealing poorly with America over the past decades. This statement is exactly the necessary introduction to make the prophecies that “Iran does not lose negotiations” succeed.
