Charlie Sykes: “The deal Trump announced amid the roar, glitz, and ignominy of his UFC spectacle was an American surrender in a war that leaves us with less than we had when it started. This is what defeat looks, feels, and tastes like.”

“Trump, naturally, will treat the non-deal — it is a Memorandum of Understanding to keep talking for another 60 days — as a victory. And from his point of view, it was a relief; Sunday’s surrender was the retreat he so desperately wanted, ending a war that he started, but could not figure out how to finish. And now, in the immortal words of Madmen, you will be amazed at how quickly it never happened— at least for Trump. He can now memory-hole the fiasco and replace it with new worlds to conquer and/or enshittify.”

New York Times: “The full text of the deal has not yet been released and Israel was not directly involved in the negotiations. Initial details suggest that the agreement does nothing to curb Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, or its funding of regional proxies like Hezbollah in Lebanon or the Houthis in Yemen, who have attacked Israel with their own arsenals. It could help Iran bolster those proxies by easing sanctions, which would allow billions of dollars to flow into its bank accounts.”

“The deal’s terms when it comes to constraining Iran’s nuclear program — of greatest importance to Israel, and the greatest priority of Mr. Netanyahu’s career — remain undisclosed or still to be negotiated during the agreed 60-day cease-fire to allow for further talks. Questions remain over what will become of Iran’s stock of near-bomb-grade uranium and whether the country will be able to keep enriching nuclear fuel.”

“Worse still for Mr. Netanyahu, who faces re-election in a few months and is behind in the polls, President Trump, the Israeli leader’s most valuable political asset, has publicly rebuked him multiple times in recent weeks.”

Ryan Lizza: “Trump is always the hero of his own disaster. He batters the economy with tariffs and then bails out the American farmers he bankrupted. He foments civil unrest in American cities with extremist ICE agents and then claims to restore order with the National Guard. Now, after setting the Middle East ablaze, Trump is posing as the firefighter extinguishing the flames.”

“The damage from his attack on Iran is incalculable.”

“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for, for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it.”

— Barack Obama, quoted by ABC News, on the reported deal President Trump says he struck with Iran.

“Almost immediately after striking a deal with Iran, President Trump appeared eager to take a victory lap,” the New York Times reports. 

“He trumpeted that the agreement would open the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for the world’s energy supplies whose stalled ship traffic has rattled the global economy. He told The New York Times that his efforts had saved Israel from nuclear extinction and made the Middle East safer. It all gave him a key win as he traveled to France for the Group of 7 summit, where he will meet with European leaders who have criticized his approach to the war.”

“Despite Mr. Trump’s grandiose claims, the agreement has not yet achieved the core goals he laid out three months ago for launching U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.”

CBS News: “Vice President JD Vance denied on Monday that Iran will receive ‘billions of dollars of assets’ as part of a the U.S.-Iran deal that was announced Sunday and is set to be signed later this week.”

Said Vance: “When people say that billions of dollars of assets will be released, that’s not true. What is true is that Iran will have a much better and much more prosperous future if they meet the obligations they make in this agreement.”