Rumor Has it the Trump-Israel-Iran War is Over with Trump Winning NOTHING!

But it IS just rumor so far. If true, Trump got soaked. Neither side has made any official public announcement yet.

May 22, 2026

Rumor has it that a final draft of a US-Iran agreement has been reached (without agreement by Israel), but the nuclear issue is totally absent. Based on the details listed in the rumor, Trump won nothing at all. Iran is not agreeing to remove the uranium from the country, and it isn’t agreeing to stop enriching uranium. Trump has always insisted both prime objectives had to be achieved for the war to end, or he would resume bombing Iran to smithereens and out of existence in the biggest and worst bombing, the likes of which have not been seen in modern history, which he also said he hated to do. And, of course, no regime change has been achieved either.

Instead or reaching any objective that wasn’t already a part of the prewar status quo, the rumored agreement says the parties of the agreement pledge to start negotiations over the remaining uranium issues within seven days of publicly accepting the agreement (which doesn’t exactly sound like the signing of an agreement either. We’ve already seen how these non-signed, rumored “agreements” wind up unclaimed by either side … again and again. The rumored agreement is completely mute on what such continued negotiations over uranium would even look like.

On top of achieving no objective that didn’t already exist prior to the war, Trump’s schmeasefire has been exploited by Iran to rearm quite effectively:

The Iranians have reportedly rebuilt damaged and destroyed defense industrial sites much faster than expected. That’s according to US intelligence assessments cited in CNN, and based on anonymous officials. The Pakistan-mediated talks have been stalled, and each of the last several weeks has seen Washington issue updated peace conditions, only for Tehran to in return counter-issue its own demands. And round and round the indirect negotiation has gone, yet with no breakthrough, or not so much as a step forward.
But perhaps this was all a tactic to simply prolong the ceasefire? It allowed for Iran to rearm and regroup, after the prior 38-days of US-Israeli bombing. “Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, one sign it is rapidly rebuilding certain military capabilities degraded by US-Israeli strikes, according to two sources familiar with US intelligence assessments,” CNN reports Thursday. “Four sources told CNN that US intelligence indicates Iran’s military is reconstituting much faster than initially estimated….”
The rebuilding of military capabilities, including replacing missile sites, launchers and production capacity for key weapons systems destroyed during the current conflict, means that Iran remains a significant threat to regional allies should President Donald Trump restart the bombing campaign, according to the four sources familiar with the intelligence. It also calls into question claims about the extent to which US-Israeli strikes have degraded Iran’s military in the long term.

Moreover,

The fresh directive [see below] from the supreme leader flies directly in the face of the narrative being spun by Washington and Tel Aviv, given Israeli officials maintain that President Trump explicitly promised Israel that Iran’s highly enriched stockpile would be completely removed from the country as part of any negotiated settlement.

Here are the key provisions of the rumored deal, outlining nothing but a return to prewar status and certainly leaving out even mention of uranium by speaking of it vaguely as “outstanding issues”:

Key provisions include:
1) An immediate, comprehensive, and unconditional ceasefire on all fronts (land, sea, air)
2) Mutual commitment not to target military, civilian, or economic infrastructure
3) Cessation of military operations and instigating media warfare
4) Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in internal affairs
5) Guaranteed freedom of navigation in the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Sea of Oman
6) Establishment of a joint monitoring and dispute resolution mechanism
7) Launch of negotiations on outstanding issues within seven days
8) Gradual lifting of U.S. sanctions in exchange for Iran’s adherence to the terms
9) Affirmation of compliance with international law and the UN Charter

If this is a real deal that gets signed, then it is Trump, not Iran, that wants, as he always says about Iran, a deal really, really bad. So, most likely it is just another stall tactic that allows more time to rearm and allows Trump more time to avoid making things worse than he already has. That, or the Donald is desperate enough due to the economic wreckage Iran has already delivered to the entire world in retaliation for this war that he is willing to accept a total loss of all the key terms he once insisted on and then find a way to spin it for his MAGA supporters. Then he’ll add this war to the eight others he claims to have ended, a list that already included wars he started.

The worst part is that you will pay for years for a war that gained America nothing, making this an America-last deal. You’ll pay with the highest inflation you’ve ever seen due to the damage already done, including, of course, higher fuel prices for the next 2-3 years. You’ll pay by enduring dangerous shortages, even of food, so potentially with a diminished lifestyle. You’ll pay by being part of a nation that has been militarily weakened to a degree that will require a few years to rebuild its stock of arms, and you’ll pay for that, too, with a higher national debt. On top of all of that, you’ll be paying in higher interest rates on everything because of the rising national debt and in order to fight the inflation. You’ll pay by living in a nation that has been seriously damaged diplomatically in the opinions of the entire rest of the world (save Israel) that is enraged at the US because they, too, will be paying like you for the inflation and higher interest rates.

The slippery oil slope ahead

You’ll pay all of that in order to gain, so far as the rumored agreement shows in its terms, no achieved objectives! The economic damage will continue to broaden for months after the war stops, according to Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s CEO, who laid bare today the degree to which oil markets are living in a fantasy and seriously underpricing oil, even if the war stops now.

Jaber warns that parts of the energy industry …

seem to behave as if the Strait of Hormuz crisis is a temporary logistical disturbance, which will be easy to solve. Optimism about the effects of reopening lanes, deploying more naval escorts, or waiting for diplomacy to return remains too high. It seems markets and pundits are dangerously detached from reality….
At present, the global oil market still prices in a miracle scenario: Hormuz partially reopens, insurance rates normalize, exports resume, and, of course, Gulf producers will rapidly restore pre-crisis output and shipping flows. This fantasy is not only eroding market confidence but also poses a danger to all.
Even if the Strait of Hormuz remains open, on-the-ground realities, as seen in infrastructure upgrades such as the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline and security improvements, make it clear that the Gulf export system has fundamentally changed. The facts signal a prolonged period of impairment. Markets should also no longer confuse “open water” with “normal operations;” these are no longer the same.

Just another fake deal or a very bad “LOSER” deal?

However, there is not much reason to think this is any different than all the other deals that never happened, unless Trump is just that ready to retreat and wash his hands of this because it wasn’t the slam-dunk that Venezuela was, and he’s well known to be a man with a short, short span of attention. He has, however, gotten all attention off the Epstain Files, so maybe he no longer needs the diversion. Besides, he can always start another war if he does. He’s already positioning for his next war in Cuba by moving the USS Nimitz into the Caribbean Sea today and charging President Raul Castro today with whatever Trump believes he can charge him for in order to capture him and take him to the US to help babysit Nicolás Maduro in prison.

The uranium has always been the main sticking point (getting it out of the country and stopping future enrichment), and there is no reason to think Iran is ready to back down because the Ayatollah just issued an order today that stipulated all of Iran’s 60%-enriched uranium must remain in the country. He has also called for an all-Muslim jihad against the US and Israel and is discussing a permanent toll through the strait with Oman, which is sovereign over the land on the other side of the strait from Iran, though the rumored agreement does state that the strait will be reopened and toll free per international law. That’s not a win for Trump from the war because that is how the strait had always been prior to the war. Iran, however, sees this already as a win for Iran by proving its ability to weather serious attacks from the US and Israel simultaneously while exacting severe military damage on Israel and severe economic damage on the US (and the rest of the world) while even getting Trump (if this goes through) to back off on all of his most significant demands:

“Among the most valuable achievements of the Third Sacred Defense [against the American and Zionist invasion] is the emergence of Iran at the level of a major, influential power,” Khamenei wrote in one post.
Dr. Omar Mohammed, a counterterrorism analyst with the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, told Fox News Digital that Khamenei’s words were more than political talk.
“Strip the euphemism away, and what Khamenei is invoking here is jihad — sacred religious war,” Mohammed said….
“By framing the war with America and Israel this way, Khamenei is not describing a geopolitical conflict. He is declaring a holy war and casting it as a religious duty,” Mohammed added.

Iran has also warned …

that if “aggression against Iran is repeated,” it would deliver blows “in places you cannot even imagine.”

And Iranian hackers have warned they …

would respond to U.S. and Israeli actions with “devastating” widespread attacks targeting energy and IT infrastructure.

With the sticky points being held off for debate until after this purported agreement is publicly accepted, there is plenty of room for things to fall apart. Trump is clearly weary of the war and wants to back out, so he may just retreat to indefinite continued negotiations over the uranium, which was the status quo prior to the war. He can be counted on to find a way to try to spin this into a victory for the US if both sides do accept the rumored agreement. Where exiting the war in that kind of undecided status on the prime objectives would leave his carefully cradled relationship with Bibi Netanyahu is, however, another matter.

It could also, of course, all be nothing but intentional disinformation “leaked” on purpose by the White House in order to jawbone oil back down again and stocks back up and bond yields back down because of their extreme risk to the US government’s debt. On the other hand, even if publicly accepted without a signing by both sides, a standoff on the uranium that defaults back to more time negotiating while ending the war would amount to the same thing … just a way to stall on what has so far been a mere bluff of intensified conflict as he has been doing for some time now while getting prices realigned for a few days.

(Note: I didn’t have time at work yesterday to hammer out an article or post headlines. Since the article the day before was practically a Deeper Dive into how serious the inflation issue is (providing “the news before it happens, but you WILL see it happen) with a few common-sense ideas on how to protect yourself some and what to be especially wary of in investing right now, I figure that makes up for the lost day.)

Economania (national & global economic collapse plus market news)

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Inflation Factors (too much money chasing too few goods due to weather, sanctions, tariffs, quarantines, etc.)

Oil prices jump more than 3% after Iran supreme leader says uranium must remain in country (Then they plummet after a draft agreement to end war is rumored)

ADNOC Warns Gulf Oil Disruptions Could Last Until 2027

GasBuddy Forecasts Most Expensive Summer at the Pump in Years

Trump Is the High-Prices President

Trump Blurts Stunning Gas Price Rant Amid Sinking Polls: ‘This is Peanuts!’

Groceries just had the biggest price hike in years. It’s about to get even worse

The world has 6 months to avert major food crisis, says UN as Hormuz struggle drags on

Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972

Wars & Rumors of War (including cyberwar, civil unrest and revolts)

Final Draft Of US-Iran Agreement Reached, But Nuclear Issue Absent

Trump’s Iran Dilemma Can Only Be Delayed for So Long

Supreme Leader says enriched uranium must stay in Iran, Iranian sources say

Khamenei Invokes Jihad Rhetoric Against U.S., Israel as Iran Internet Blackout Deepens

Iran and Oman are discussing a permanent Strait of Hormuz toll

Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks

Iran hackers vow ‘dozens’ of ‘devastating’ energy and IT infrastructure attacks ready

Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, already producing drones, according to US intel

US Report Says 42 Aircraft Lost In Iran War

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Charges Filed against Castro Fuel Debate over Military Action in Cuba

Russia says it will support Cuba as US tightens the ‘noose’

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Bombshell Report Reveals Russia Arming Its Missiles With Uranium In Latest Ukraine Attacks

Confidence, Confidence! From what you are reporting, the whole world has lost confidence in our paper dollar promises which implies that the dollar as reserve currency is over. I expect a burst of inflation as dollars from the whole world come back to the USA to get real value. Bob Kaiser

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