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Trump Frozen Out as World Leaders Shift Alliances

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting frozen out of critical deals and alliances as his plans backfired and world leaders call checkmate! Remember to subscribe to ALL the Mei...

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Talking about how the United States taxpayers will not be giving Iran any money. The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran calls for a $300

billion investment fund to be available to Iran.

What that fund really is is the new security architecture for Iran. When you look through the terms of this memorandum of understanding, what it does is it removes all sanctions against Iran. It allows Iran to open up its markets to other countries in the Middle East in ways that it was enabled to before, and it encourages other countries in the Middle East and other countries across the world to make major investments in Iran.

The Trump regime went from saying we want regime change in Iran to now Iran is a major global power and Iran is going to be wielding a massive amount of economic influence. Let me describe how the security architecture has now been reformed in the Middle East.

“Remember, when this war started, you had Donald Trump and Netanyahu invading when everybody”

was saying you shouldn't do that, but they were also supported and joined by NBC and the United Arab Emirates, Oman was staying neutral and Donald Trump was trying to bring in other countries in the Middle East. He was trying to get Qatar to jump in. He was trying to get Turkey to jump in. He was trying to get Bahrain to join in and Iran showed that it was able to inflict massive losses and damages on countries that housed American military bases and Iran throughout

the war kept on saying we need to make sure we have Arab unity and we need to join forces. And Iran was cutting secret deals behind the scenes as well. A secret deal with Qatar to allow Qatar ships to get through Iran's control of the straight of our moves, work at tar paid billions of dollars. The United Arab Emirates thought that it in the United States working with Israel was going to be able to end this war and win the war. These war crimes I should really call

what this really was. Quickly, and when the United Arab Emirates saw that Trump was a paper tiger, they immediately switched their calibration. And when you look at the architecture that's been

Formed, there is a entirely new system that has developed in a very short per...

Babak Vadad has a great description. My take on the emerging regional framework after the Iran

USMOU, one of the less discussed consequences of the Iran war, has been the emergence of a new regional diplomatic center of gravity. It was once the United States put its bases in these countries and the United States would work with Israel and try to dominate the Middle East. That's changed. Folks, that's been flipped on its head. The countries that drove what many now call this Islamabad process. This is referred to as the Islamabad memorandum or deal. You had Pakistan,

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt with external active support from Qatar and Oman and it proved to be more effective than many expected and helping broker this memorandum of understanding. This block

“often dismissed as a new Sunni access, but that label misses some important realities for those”

who call that Pakistan alone hosts the world's second largest Shia population after Iran,

which partly explains Islamabad's unique access to Iranian decision makers during the various stages of the mediation effort. More importantly, this is not simply an ideological framework and is a coalition of complimentary capabilities. Saudi Arabia and Qatar bring financial power, Turkey contributes a strong defense industry and drone expertise, Pakistan adds missile capabilities, nuclear deterrents and political access to both Persian Gulf capitals and Tehran.

Egypt brings conventional military weight, control of the Suez corridor and diplomatic influence across Arab security affairs. The presence of Turkey and Qatar both historically

“supportive of Hamas gives the block a regional outlook that is not always aligned with Israeli”

preferences. Perhaps the most interesting aspect is that this emerging framework appears to be seeking something larger than a traditional alliance. Rather than acting as an extension of any outside power, these countries increasingly seem interested in managing regional crises, themselves in creating a more autonomous regional center of influence. From Tehran's perspective, the emergence of this block is a positive development, well, often described as a Sunni access,

Iran is likely to see it in more pragmatic terms, relations with Pakistan have improved significantly since the 2023 Iran's Saudi, reproachment and relations with Riyadh remain strong, despite the Iranian attacks during the war. For Tehran, the block represents a potential useful

“regional framework for a dialogue, mediation, crisis management, whether this becomes a more formal”

alliance remains doubtful in my opinion, but the Iran crisis showed the potential of a regional framework able to mediate conflicts, coordinate on security issues and balance, competing international pressures without the United States. These regional midpowers, uniting, to form their own block, where else have we heard this where else have we been talking about this? This is exactly what Prime Minister Karni of Canada has been advocating as well by uniting

trans-Pacific partnerships, trans-Atlantic partnerships. When Prime Minister Karni gave that powerful speech in Davos calling for an understanding and recognizing a new structure in world power away from the United States with mid major powers joining forces together. When Prime Minister Karni was in Yeravan, Armenia for the European political community meeting, this is precisely a vision that he laid out as well with Canada, Europe, Australia and some Asian countries joining together.

So do you see what's forming right now, right? You have Trump's America first is America,

although look America is always going to be at least for the time being a major power,

although Trump has diminished that power, just based on its size and economic post-world were two structures, then you have China and then you have this kind of China, Russia, North Korea, arrangement. You're going to have the kind of more autonomous Middle East powers uniting, Europe and Canada uniting and that's a new structure of an entire world order and then different alliances being formed with African nation's Trump's ignored, not just ignored Africa,

Trump's given the middle finger to Africa, which is his racism and hate with all of the incredible development science, technology, economy, culture in Africa, Trump's just totally ignored it,

Trump's obsession with conquering Greenland has been a disaster, by the way, ...

remark humorously, Greenland's like, hey, Trump, you want to invade us so we can get a good deal,

“also maybe want to invade us first, I mean, maybe too soon, but that's what they were talking about,”

but that's what we have developing and taking form right now. Look, even former Israeli intelligence officer, Danny Citronis writes the following, one of the great ironies of this war is that the very person who built his career around the idea of toppling the Iranian regime, these people, Netanyahu's, these Neo-Con warhawks, are now witnessing the exact opposite outcome developed. Instead of emerging weakened or isolated, the Iranian regime appears more entrenched and in

some respects more diplomatically relevant than ever before, the assumption of the Israeli prime minister that military pressure would trigger regime collapse paved the way for regional normalization and allow Israel and Gulf states to bypass the Palestinian issue has largely failed to materialize. I would argue it's backfired in Netanyahu's face. At the same time, the United States under what many Israelis viewed as one of the most pro-Israel administration in the recent years

has shown little appetite for long-term confrontation with Iran. Washington's priority increasingly appears de-escalation and some form of accommodation with Tehran rather than another Middle Eastern military adventure. The result is a strategic reality very different from what Netanyahu imagined

“in his worst dreams. This is worse than Netanyahu could have imagined for him. Although I believe”

it provides potential stability for the Middle East. Normalization with Saudi Arabia looks more distant than before and Netanyahu was obsessed with that. The Palestinian issue remains unavoidable and Iran's leadership sees further evidence that it is not going anywhere. In fact, Tehran is now deepening its engagement with regional actors, including Saudi Arabia itself. This outcome raises difficult questions about the assumptions that guided the campaign and whether key decision

makers relied on assessments that were disconnected from political realities in the region, towards the end of his political career Netanyahu sees everything that he built collapsing and the possibility of increased friction with Trump mounting. On February 28, Netanyahu probably thought he was witnessing the fulfillment of his life's work. The United States and Israel going

“to war against Iran. Months later, that moment increasingly looks less like the culmination of”

a grand strategy and more like the pointed witch and unraveled, who was supposed to remake the Middle East turned into a house of cards as the assumption underpinning the strategy collapsed one by one. The result was not regime change, not regional realignment and not break through a normalization, but a stark demonstration of how detached the strategy had become from reality and a real risk

that this relationship with the US would deteriorate to a level never seen before. And I would argue,

there is a restructuring of the Middle East, there is a restructuring of Europe, there is a restructuring of Asia, there is a restructuring throughout the world and America has put itself in a far less robust position of what it was before, which one might argue that may end up being a positive thing in the long run. We shouldn't have been involved in catastrophic and unlawful wars. We shouldn't be involved in any of this, the American people should not have

had to suffer for all of this. That's for sure, but every action has an equal and opposite reaction if you will. And Trump thought he was going to show up and bully everybody and bully all these countries into submission. And now he's seeing the exact opposite take place. Just as a back of it, I'd also explain, interesting from Reuters, one detail worth highlighting

about the reported $300 billion reconstruction and development fund. It's not a US government

compensation package nor a Persian Gulf funded aid program. According to Reuters, the fund would be a private investment vehicle with capital commitments from companies and financial actors across the Gulf Asia and the United States, Africa and Latin America. No government money is reportedly involved in other words. The idea is not to pay around for the war, but to create an economic framework that gives all sides a stake in preserving a future agreement. If confirmed, this would

represent a significant shift from sanctions and containment toward investment and economic integration as a tool of regional stability. And so in JD Vance was on Megan Kelly, and he was talking about this. He goes, let's say, for example, the United Arab Emirates, who's been one of our best allies we've had in the region. Let's say they want to invest in a nuclear power plant in Iran. They can't do that with us lifting the sanction. Now, the Emirates are going to

Be able to do that.

changed. You went in there demanding regime change and bullying and the powers in the Middle East

“united and came up with a framework that basically cuts out the United States. It will bring”

in China for sure as kind of the new hegemon protector, guarantor, shift the US out and then build

these new modalities. Here's what JD Vance said when he was on Megan Kelly, you could hear

for yourself. Let's play this clip. One of these things that people again have misrepresented. Let's say, for example, the United Arab Emirates, who's been, they've been one of the best allies that we've had in the region. Let's say that they want to invest in a nuclear power plant in

“Iran. They really can't do that without us lifting some of the sanctions that exist in the global”

financial system to make that possible. Now, are the Emirates going to invest in Iran or is America going to let the Emirates invest in Iran unless the Iranians change their behavior? No. So all these people say, well, you know, you're giving Iran money. No, no, no. We're saying that if the Iranians change their behavior, we're going to let some of these other countries invest in rebuilding their country and creating some prosperity for their people. That's like a good thing.

Right. If the Iranians stop funding terrorism, if they're behaving and their relationship is transformed, not just with us, but with the whole region, like that's a thing to celebrate. Yeah, and that's also why is drop site explains as well. Iran says it will soon begin connecting its electricity grid with Qatar, reviving a 2022 Memorand memorandum of understanding and facilitate the transfer of up to 1,000 megawatts of power. According to Iran's Minister Abbas Alibadi and IRGC-affiliated

Tanzanine. Alibadi said feasibility studies are in their final stages. The project is entering implementation. Iran is also studying electricity links with other Gulf cooperation council states.

The move signals these deepening economic ties. As we now know, there's this $300 billion

reconstruction fund. And now we're going to see countries. We're going to see companies, Europe, South Korea, Japan and elsewhere start working within Iran as well as Iran, as the regional powers, have been able to reshape the Middle East and declare, checkmate Donald, checkmate. And that's where you're at right now. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to seven million subscribers and thanks for watching. Thanks for listening. I know this was a dense video.

Hattip to all of those incredible reports that I was sharing with you. They were spot on.

“But we need to think in these terms. That's what's happening in the world. Thanks for watching.”

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