Sunday Afternoon Updates: Trump Hits the Golf Course While Iran MOU Collapses – 6/28/26
The MOU is collapsing, the Strait of Hormuz is closer to shutting down, and Trump decided this was a good day to look at golf course blueprints
Hi all, Ben here. It’s Sunday afternoon, and a lot has happened already. Remember to like, share, and re-stack. Let’s get into it.
Top stories we’re tracking today:
The Memorandum of Understanding with Iran is unraveling in real time, with strikes, counter-strikes, and the Strait of Hormuz crisis continuing to escalate
Trump spent his Sunday morning inspecting golf course renovations at East Potomac Golf Links instead of addressing any of it
A residential building in Bahrain was hit and damaged amid the regional escalation
The $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund appears to not exist, according to the Gulf states who are supposedly paying for it
Next round of Switzerland talks between the US and Iran have been cancelled
Foreign Minister Araghchi says the Strait of Hormuz could close entirely if escalation continues
Israel’s Defense Minister is bragging about a Lebanon agreement that directly undercuts the Iran deal
Republican Senator Roger Marshall went on Meet the Press and asked America to “hang in there”
Mamdani fired back at Republicans trying to use him as a boogeyman
Trump’s DC Reflecting Pool lies continue
Fox is embarrassingly trying to pretend like Trump’s Great American State Fair is a huge success
Albania’s protests against a Kushner-linked island project are now in their 28th straight day
Bernie Sanders delivered a fiery speech on military spending, housing, and inequality
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Let’s get into the details.
Trump Disappears While His Own Deal Falls Apart
Donald Trump hid from the press all morning today as the memorandum of understanding with Iran continues to collapse around him. His own administration keeps violating the ceasefire it claims to have secured, and instead of addressing any of it publicly, he spent his Sunday morning over at East Potomac Golf Links reviewing blueprints for renovations with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. That’s right. While missiles are flying in the Middle East and an international waterway is on the verge of closing again, the leader of the free world is picking out new bunkers for a golf course.
His one social media post last night as all this was going on was an attack on journalist Maggie Haberman where he called her “Magot Hagerman (sic).” The post before that touted his Iran deal as some kind of economic miracle for American truckers, claiming the supposed energy boom would be a boon to the trucking industry. He’s also been telling farmers that Iran is going to buy up all our corn and soybeans. None of that is actually in the agreement. It’s just another con to dupe people who are suffering into thinking help is on the way and this Iran deal will make them rich.
And here’s where it gets worse.
