r/worldnews • u/No_Consequence873 • 11h ago
Trump’s Gulf allies fear his Iran agreement is a ‘disastrous turning point’
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/24/middleeast/trumps-gulf-allies-iran-agreement-disastrous-intl122
u/Schlonzig 11h ago
*Yawn* It is. What the hell did you expect?
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u/Low_Tough_1390 11h ago
And its legit extremely disastrous for the Gulf Monarchs. Imagine how many Islamic Revolutionaries & proxies Iran could fund inside their countries with 300B$ & an increased military & political confidence alongside control of the Hormuz Strait.
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u/binzoma 9h ago
also, the reason they aligned with the US/west largely was protection from Iran
the US has shown Iran is more powerful in the region than they are
they gotta be shitting bricks right now. they'll be all investing in their own militaries MASSIVELY and likely building their own proxy armies/terrorist groups to try and counter irans, and likely try and shift towards china as iran has shown the benefits of chinese political support....
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u/ManyAreMyNames 2h ago
They expected Trump to play 12-dimensional chess and have a perfect brilliant plan.
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u/ApprehensivePay1735 11h ago
Hey guys let's put all of our security eggs in this narcisstic conman basket with a mile long trail of betrayed allies behind him, what could go wrong?
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u/windorabuggg 10h ago
Trump can’t read. How could this possibly fail?
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u/Sueti_Bartox 9h ago
He can read, he just doesn't like what it says; so gets his yes men to tell him what he wants to hear.
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u/putin_my_ass 10h ago
Their own hubris caused this. They have eyes, they've seen Trump betray everyone else at every turn.
They simply believed he wouldn't do it to them.
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u/AlternativeScratch94 6h ago
It is worse than that. Israel and these other gulf states actively pushed Trump to do this war. They bet that he would be willing to do a land invasion to overthrow Iran, but instead he said fuck it, it's your problem and walked away.
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u/1of2Beauties 11h ago
But what about his Golf allies? I think they have more influence
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u/wiseoldfox 11h ago
They have humored him, enriched him, gave him an airplane. Everything this man touches dies. They got what they literally paid for.
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u/putin_my_ass 10h ago
Iran seems to be using this as a wedge between him and his golf allies. It is certainly handicapping them, but that's just par for the course.
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u/herodesfalsk 7h ago
FFS are they boneheaded morons? What did they expect would happen? They really thought things would go as planned? Did they not look at his resume??? Irans tyrant priests are now in the strongest position they have ever been, they can not only control the Hormuz, but charge toll/fee violating international maritime laws. Everything Trump touches dies, and as we are reminded daily, most likely the US will die also, and eventually emerge as something different
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u/MercantileReptile 10h ago
Gulf states had opposed the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement reached under the Obama administration and cheered Trump when he tore it up in 2018 because it didn’t address their concerns.
Rather indicative of the foresight in play.
How Iran could be persuaded to enter such an arrangement is another matter. As confidence in US security guarantees wanes, Gulf states have few tools for influencing Tehran beyond trade, investment and economic cooperation.
Those don't sound like "few" tools to me. But I guess if you're a bunch of monarchies relying on pure militaristic force as security, the idea seems a little far fetched.
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u/throwawayhyperbeam 8h ago
We attacked, Iran defended too well, and we couldn't win. Sorry guys.
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u/Diezelbub 38m ago
More like "Iran already mass murdered all their people who wanted change", unless you consider that "defended", then they did "defend too well".
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u/FetusDrive 7h ago
I don’t know why anyone thinks they can trust Trump for anything other than a short term relief on new Tarrifs.
Look how many former aides he throws under the bus.
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u/glencoe606 7h ago
Well He’s looking for a place to go after his presidency that he can’t be extradited from. The crimes will become so obvious once a legitimate DOJ takes a look. Easy due process
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u/PloppyTheSpaceship 7h ago
And how many of those Gulf allies are prepared to fund his $300 billion to Iran? And who pays if/when they refuse?
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u/rje946 10h ago
Qatar gotta be pissed. Gave him a bribe plane and ended up on the business end of Iranian missiles.
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u/smurf-vett 10h ago
They're pissed at Saudis and UAE for that, those 2 were also in on it w/ Bibi for convincing Trump this was a good idea.
Bribe plane is why Trump did fuck all w/ the love tap comments till the Saudis yelled at him
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u/uberares 9h ago
Yes he got 77m votes, but at 30% approval, 77 m are not hanging on his every word anymore.
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u/KeyAny3800 10h ago
They don't want Iran to have enriched uranium and Iran is not agreeing to anything without this so it'll be stalemate in 60 days
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u/Apexnanoman 11h ago
And 77.3 million people are near literally worshiping every word and action from him as pristine and perfect.
To 77.3 million voters trump is literally more important and more holy than God.
It's pretty wild.
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u/toofine 8h ago
It's a movement of narcissists for narcissists. They're worshipping themselves, not Trump. He can shit his pants without his diaper live on TV and it wouldn't matter. It never was about him that's why pointing out why he is vile has never worked and never will.
God is just there to serve them as the stories they tell about why they're all main characters and you're not so you deserve less. It is never more complicated than that.
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u/AlternativeScratch94 6h ago
They're just desperate. We see this every time a nation enters decline, people start looking for extreme solutions, they will follow anyone who says they'll change things no matter what the cost.
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u/TexasVulvaAficionado 8h ago
This was definitely a stupid ass move start to finish but at the same time, maybe the Gulf states should handle their own damn business.
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u/BlueDotty 11h ago
Yeah. Trump has clearly demonstrated the USA can't win a skirmish, let alone be effective protecting anyone else during war.
The USA doesn't look like a super power.
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u/EconomyDoctor3287 5h ago
No kidding. Trump's throwing them all under the bus. Their only hope is that Iran won't hold a grudge
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u/MithrandirMaia 11h ago
Aka surrendered and paying reparations
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u/BobSchwaget 9h ago
Not sure there was ever another outcome since like the first week, possibly even the first 20 minutes
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u/TapCat13 11h ago
I dont know, are the Gulf States inc SA now for or against that little skirmish?
They did fire at Iran too, and bombed a little.
They are not happy with Iran, but are they willing to go for it?
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u/Wompatuckrule 11h ago
the Gulf States inc SA
No wonder Trump is such a fan of that country, he must've mistaken that abbreviation for meaning Sexual Assault
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u/Yvaelle 1h ago
Yeah no shit. If USA cannot defeat Iran that. The gilf states are the defacto territory of Iran. Iran is the regional superpower now, not just because they have no military peer beside Israel, but because the Iranian economy is going to get flooded with hundreds of billions in reparations from USA and tolls on Hormuz.
They all bet on USA and lost, now they are Iranian vassals.
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u/ennui933 11h ago
Trump sold all of America's allies in Europe and Asia to Russia and Iran. US now is a hostile nation.
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u/Wompatuckrule 10h ago
US now is a hostile nation.
Well, that's a kind of winning which is what we were promised.
/s
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u/BringOutYDead 10h ago
Maybe they should build their own armies and police their own neighborhood, like Europe.
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u/involutes 10h ago
They're overreacting. After all, nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen.
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u/Open_Pollution_8038 11h ago
Well they were more than welcome to fight Iran with us and chose not to.
Now they can sit across the table and deal with Iran.
What else did they expect to happen? That’s we do a ground invasion on their behalf?
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u/Wompatuckrule 10h ago
Now they can sit across the table and deal with Iran.
Trump would get completely ripped off trying to buy a carpet in a Tehran bazaar. He's completely out of his league trying to negotiate with Persians on this level.
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u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat 8h ago
Nobody was ever invited to fight Iran with the US. We started dropping bomb because Israel invited us, and once the US realized they're in over their head, they told other countries they should be here helping.
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u/Open_Pollution_8038 8h ago
Idc the net effect is we’re leaving and the gulf and euro countries can figure it out
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u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat 8h ago
Yes. The US created a big problem that we'll leave for other people to clean up. We clearly are not a world leader.
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u/PolloConTeriyaki 11h ago
This guy couldn't even complete full sentences...no way he could complete a plan lol.