Trumps disappointing Iran deal: Letters to the Editor June 22, 2026

I read the Memorandum of Understanding in utter disbelief; it sounded like Iran dictated the terms of surrender to the United States (“Deal’s fatal flaw is mullah moola,” Mark Dubowitz & Miad Maleki, June 18).This is an unfathomable abdication of the help President Trump promised to the Iranian people, a 180 on Israel and its right to self-defense and a middle finger to those Gulf states that realize appeasing Iran is not the route to a prosperous and peaceful Middle East.These 14 points will be as successful in deterring Iran as President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points were in preventing World War II.David RabinovitzBrooklynAm I the only one who questions the wisdom of using a person who published a book revealing his deal-making strategies to represent your side when bargaining with an adversary?I do not know if “The Art of the Deal” has been translated into Farsi, but I would bet all I own that Iran’s negotiators have copies of it.If one side knows the other team’s thinking, it is no wonder they win the negotiation.Thomas CarneyLincroft, NJThe Iran deal confirms that Trump always chickens out.

It is vague, inconclusive and full of wishful thinking, but in the end is nothing short of a capitulation to Iran and a betrayal of Israel’s security.Trump chickened out, because he ignored advice from experts by failing to take into account the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, which gave Iran the advantage in the war.A blunder that he is solely responsible for.Iran will come out of this war richer and stronger, while America wasted lives and over $100 billion.George Magakis, Jr.Norristown, Pa.The Memorandum of Understanding with Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz and reestablish the flow of oil that the world desperately needs.While the rest of the world celebrates lower gas prices, the over 90 million Iranians remaining under the jackboot of the radical, murderous, theocratic regime will be left to wonder where the help President Trump pr...