The NYT reported 55 minutes ago.
15 hours ago, Trump posted this at Truth Social:
I am in the Oval Office at the White House where we just had a very good call with President Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, of The United Arab Emirates, Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Minister Ali al-Thawadi, of Qatar, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, of Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of Türkiye, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of Egypt, King Abdullah II, of Jordan, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, of Bahrain, concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE. An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed. Separately, I had a call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, which, likewise, went very well. Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly. In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Victory is ours!
Now the Iranian people need to rise up and overthrow the tyrants.
Prepare to be underwhelmed. Unless the nukes are gone this whole episode will be for naught.
Victory is ours!
Don't jump the gun. Remember your prediction of victory by April 1.
Unless the nukes are gone this whole episode will be for naught.
If that is the goal of the war, it was always for naught. There are no nukes to be gone. At worst, Iran has enough enriched uranium, that still is bomb grade, which it could enrich further to make a few nukes.
God bless. I hope we get rid of the material.
I know it's off-mission, but I personally would love it if we had regime-change in Iran. It would be nice if we could free up all of their money that is frozen. Over $100 billion. It would be nice if we could re-establish diplomatic relations. And the terrorists and war criminals are captured or killed.
The arrest of IRGC head, Ahmad Vahidi, would be a big step. The people of Iran have suffered for a long time. I hope that we can help them overthrow the regime. I am sure they would prefer to be a free state and part of the international community.
I'm also hoping many of the surrounding states in the region will sign the Abraham Accords. Recognizing Israel's right to exist is the key step to peace. The urge to wipe out the Jewish state has caused a lot of death and unhappiness.
I'll trust Trump and Netanyahu know what's afoot inside Iran and likely to follow any deal, and whether that option is preferable to direct military options.
Obama killed Osama bin Laden.
I don't think Democrats will fight Islamic terrorism anymore.
Osama went to Israel and kissed the wailing wall.
I don't think Democrats will visit Jerusalem or say nice things about Israel anymore. They are all promising to cut financial ties to AIPAC.
What's next, a call to boycott Israel and cut them off from banking and other sources? When will the Democrats call for Israeli assets to be seized?
Democrats reject the idea that we ought to blame Islamic terrorism for all the deaths in the Middle East. Instead they blame one country, Israel, and heap scorn and hatred on it. More and more, they are a party who is mad at the Jews.
No matter what is announced nothing will change in the news or on this blog. Trump is bad and orange. Democrats are just retards.
Nobody actually seems to care about what is actually happening in the world.
Nobody will understand why the price of oil is so low in September.
Nobody will understand why there is so much capital already flowing into the US to build manufacturing capacity.
People like Freder don't even address surface level reality. He reads the media and says stupid shit.
Boring.
Well those who were blind will continue to be trapped in the cave with wet torches
But freder has always been wrong theres a great confort in that
I’m cautiously optimistic, but the test is simple; watch the Strait for traffic. The war is over when ships sail through it with AIS (for botfly, AIS is how we track ships for decades just like airplanes) as normal.
Remember man caused disasters meanwhile tucker seems to gone on the crazy path of paul finlay a road to oblivion
They'll give up their uranium.
Until Trump publishes the details, don’t believe what anyone else reports wrt the deal.
Reparations for the families of the dead schoolgirls killed on day one... shameful war since the start.
Israel loses in the long run...
You bloodthirsty boomers just don't see it.
Dave Begley said...
Now the Iranian people need to rise up and overthrow the tyrants.
Many of us believe the Israeli people should do likewise.
Despots in the Middle East will always want nuclear capability. Until their social philosophy (sic) changes to be civilized, the west will continue to perform these actions to deny them and set back that ability.
The fact that oil speculators forced the price of gas up against all rules of supply and demand is a red herring - and actually quite a good one if the above objective is achieved.
Atoms for piece seeded the deal the french and germans were the sowers of both iraq and iran programs the pakistanis stole from the dutch
Is this Trump celebrating before the ink is dry again?
People talk about the Jewish state, like they've never heard of an Islamic state.
There are multiple Islamic states around the world. You can tell by their flags.
People say the leadership is secular. Maybe so. Not in Iran, and not in other places. But Pakistan (who does have nukes), yes, they are secular. And the Jews who run Israel are secular.
So now the question is, for all those people who are opposed to the Jewish state -- why? Why is this one state the one that you hate and despise?
People try to defend themselves by saying they are anti-Zionist. They don't hate the Jews. Just the Jewish state. Why is that the one state that you hate? What is the difference that you see there, and nowhere else?
Iran has two friends in the world now, Putin and Xi. Putin because Iran is Putin’s only friend, and Xi because they could get cheap oil from Iran because they could ignore sanctions. After shooting missiles at all the other Middle East nations Iran will become the Little Rocket Mullah of South Asia.
All Iran has left is the oil plant, which was not destroyed. Oil and the privilege of killing 30k civilians including teen age girls. Other countries want that oil, so the US should consider that over the desire to go in and clean out the rat infestation that is Iranian leadership.
I would be emotionally satisfied with the purging and total defeat of the perps in Iran, but it’s a big world with lots of partners and I’m willing to be pragmatic in this. Similar to the Cartels in Mexico or the mob gangs in big cities you can’t fixate on purity, you can reasonably only apply countermeasures that require periodic maintenance.
I would draw the line at getting the 40kg of 60% U235 they have, and having navigation in Hormuz free, and then let Iran live in the world they have created. Then we will see what happens next.
The green logos with swords are often the clue
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/05/terms_of_agreement.html
I keep forgetting that politicians always disappoint. Also, the lack of a barking dog - to date - bodes increasingly ill for unarmed populaces.
Hey man, we’re trusting you guys to execute the war not talk about it. Rather than war fatigue that the media sells, I have war news fatigue.
It will be more than a cease fire and less than a peace. Whatever it is, thoughtful people in Iran will find little to celebrate as they contemplate the years ahead under IRGC guidance. Perhaps they will be able to affect a change......Maybe the Shah got it right the first time. There's no percentage in an endless war with the USA and Israel......At the end of the Napoleonic Wars after all that talk of liberty and fraternity, a Bourbon ruled in Paris and thirty percent of the male population of France was dead or disabled.
There is no military solution here—a reality some Americans still struggle to accept.
Meanwhile, Trump still is trying figure out what he’s actually doing in the Middle East, beyond keeping Netanyahu and his influential American supporters happy. At this point, they seem to exert outsized control over U.S. politics.
The fantasist problem in Washington has reached epic proportions. Billionaires fund endless war scenarios pushed by aging ideological adolescents, while their political stooges carry them out. These aren’t serious strategies—they’re video game scripts.
This war, like most before it, has been enthusiastically cheered on by think-tank fantasists.
For the American people, restoring prosperity now requires a clear-eyed decision: leave the Middle East. The U.S. needs to execute another Afghanistan-style withdrawal, but on a much larger scale. Remaking the region has proven to be a fool’s errand.The other inescapable conclusion is this: America will never restore its international credibility and leadership until it disengages from the Middle East. That reckoning is finally coming home to roost.
Netanyahu and Trump went looking for a war that served their careers. Both lost. The bill went to everyone else.
When this started I commented on an Althouse post that unconditional surrender should be the required response from Iran, and it should be accepted after about a week of begging while destruction of their regime continued. Let me say it again. That regime needs to be eliminated more thoroughly than the Nazis were destroyed, and without leftovers like when the Soviet Communists were disempowered. Convince the Iranian government that their behavior for the past five decades should never be repeated. Ropes and steet lamps would be the best way for the Iranian people to handle the post war remnants of the Iranian regime.
Mike(MJB Wolf), this memorial weekend I'm grateful that under President Trump the war talk and fake war news last a lot longer than the wars do . And with a lot fewer of our military men and women dying to win these wars. Venezuela. Iran. I'll take more asserted defeats like these any day.
He may be an unwell dictator/king to our plucky band of lefties, but he sure seems to have gotten the hang of how to fight wars to win.
And IEE, there is indeed a military option to end the power and behavior and the existence of the Iranian regime. Trump should be hailed as among the most blessed of peacemakers for not using it.
As Indefinitely Extended notes, there are some problems with our endless struggles in the Middle East. I can see that we have problems. What I don't understand is how the people of Iran are profiting from these struggles, many of which they initiated or supported.......I don't think the women of Afghanistan especially rejoiced in our departure. The millions of Vietnamese people forced into exile or re-education camps after the Communist victory were less enthusiastic about the Communist victory there than Bill Ayers.......I think the record shows that those countries in the Middle East that have worked out a living arrangement with the USA and Israel fare better than those who don't.
@Mikee: So the list of demands from both sides, which have been tossed back and forth over the last many weeks is broadly summarized below.
Even a casual glance over the list shows the maximalist nature of the demands being made by both sides, along with a steadfast refusal to tone them down even to a minor extent.
Given this situation, and the vital necessity for both sides to show their respective domestic constituencies that they have "won a great victory" and completely vanquished their enemy, it seems difficult that a via-media solution is feasible.
The Trump administration appears to have mostly lost the appetite for further military confrontation, given the proclivity of Iran to hit-out at the key energy infrastructure of all its neighbors in the region, again and again.
One genuinely wonders what precisely are the Pakistani negotiators actually negotiating, with all this back-and-forth, when both sides are so deeply entrenched.
So the US first halted imminent further strikes because Pakistan requested them to do so, then they halted imminent further strikes because Saudi, UAE and Qatar requested them to do so, then they will halt imminent further strikes because Afghanistan, Egypt and Somalia requested them to do so, then they will halt imminent further strikes because the Cayman Islands, Granada and Tonga requested them to do so and so on.
And the Iranians will continue to choke the flow of all shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and continue with their promises to rain fire and brimstone on all their neighbors and even on those who are not their neighbors, unless all their demands are promptly fulfilled and the world bows to them and to their delusions of power.
All the while, the rest of the world continues to suffer, with shortages of fuel, fertilizers, chemicals and other material that transits through the Strait.
Who will break this malevolent gridlock, despite the periodic rose-tinted prognostications emerging from the Trump administration?
Main Demands:
Iran:
Control of Strait of Hormuz and recognition of Iran's sovereign authority over Strait
End of US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
End of all conflicts including Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen
Binding international guarantees backed by UNSC to ensure Iran is not attacked again
Withdrawal of US forces from the region
Reparations to Iran for war damages
Lifting of all sanctions on Iran
Release of all frozen funds of Iran
Iran to retain its right to enrich Uranium as NPT signatory
US:
Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz fully to ensure free flow of shipping
Complete repudiation of all Iranian attempts at tolls, tariffs, fees on shipping
Dismantling of key Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow
Commitment from Iran to not enrich Uranium for at least 20 years
Iran to surrender its entire stockpile of enriched Uranium
Iran to end support to all its proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Syria
Strict and verifiable caps on number and range of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones
Permanent ban on Iran attacking regional energy infrastructures in Gulf
IMO the best that can be said is that both sides appear to believe that the costs of renewed escalation are extraordinarily high, that there does not appear to be a major risk that diplomacy is about to break down but that there remains a huge gap between the two sides demands that suggests no deal is currently in the offing.
It depends on what you think good news is.
Trump promised the war in Iran would end with unconditional surrender. But he never said which country would do the surrendering.
FWIW, there's no way the deal Al Jazeera described is what will happen. Trump will get a shitty deal but not *that* shitty.
Logically, he would have taken this deal 50 days ago. Really, nothing has changed since then. The problem now (and it is a very serious one) is that anything he does now (walk away, shitty deal, bomb away) will make him look like a loser.
And that's when narcissistic sociopaths start to go crazy.
Obama Lite coming at you. Pallets full of cash to Iran and make believe "no uranium enrichment" Had to get the markets to jump up so lets say the WAR is over AGAIN! Keep chasing the Lure....BORING S%#$ or get off the pot.
Announcing victory before securing victory provides an opportunity for the Iranians to fold their arms at the signing ceremony. This causes a loss of face for the party that announced victory prematurely, which provides an advantage for the party of folded arms.
We'll see.
I have a feeling this will not turn out as most people in Iran had hoped. Also, regime Islamists are believers in taqiyya and can’t be trusted.
One week after Trump started his war, he stated his objectives on Truth Social.
There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).” Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116182551337254643
The Art of the Deal
Iran says the now fully leaked “Memorandum of Understanding” does not include any obligation for Tehran to surrender nuclear stockpiles, dismantle equipment, close nuclear facilities, or formally agree not to pursue a nuclear weapon, contradicting U.S. claims, per Fars News.
According to the report, all nuclear-related matters would instead be postponed to a 60-day negotiation period following the agreement’s signing.
Iranian officials reportedly say the U.S. would first need to accept zero upfront nuclear concessions from Iran, unfreeze $100 billion in Iranian assets, end the naval blockade, suspend all oil and petrochemical sanctions during negotiations, pay $270 billion in war reparations, and recognize the Strait of Hormuz under full Iranian sovereignty and control with no U.S. presence and pre-war shipping traffic restored.
“No bridges are closed to retreating armies,” as the saying goes. I hope Trump makes this deal, and let him claim victory, I don’t care. I might even just stay home in November if he does, rather than vote for the Democrats, who are delusional in a different way, maybe more so.
If it comes from Trumo take it with a grain of salt. He is the most unreliable reporter on what is going on in his administration.
As long as Trump is in office, Iran will not provoke a replay of Epic Fury. After he leaves, who knows.
There are rumors that portions of the Iranian army are battling the IRGC. I hope those rumors are true.
Hard to tell whether he's reacting to the deafening TACO backlash or the fact that the Iranians aren't budging on nukes or the Strait.
One of the worst deals ever made by our Country was the Iran Nuclear Deal, put forth and signed into existence by Barack Hussein Obama and the rank amateurs of the Obama Administration. It was a direct path to Iran developing a Nuclear Weapon. Not so with the transaction currently being negotiated with Iran by the Trump Administration - THE EXACT OPPOSITE, in fact! The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side. The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes! Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one. They must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
The is a shitload of bad info on X right now. Best I can tell is the straight reopens, Iranian oil gets sold on the open market, sanctions gradually lifted and Iranian assets unfrozen, and the 60 days is to work out the details of how the US will take possession of Iran's enriched uranium.
Trump President Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, of The United Arab Emirates, Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Minister Ali al-Thawadi, of Qatar, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, of Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of Türkiye, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of Egypt, King Abdullah II, of Jordan, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, of Bahrain, concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE
That's quite a coalition Trump lists, without any mention of Europe or Israel. Neither will dictate what Trump will or will not accept.
All the anti-Semites on the Woke Right and the left who claim Trump is Israel's bitch are going to be dissapointed. Does Europe even matter anymore?
If you went all in on the US economy tanking because of high crude, might I suggest covering your position
This is the 5th or 6th time Trump has announced he almost has a deal with Iran.
"The is a shitload of bad info on X right now."
All the bloviators like Rich have to get their horse shit out before reality renders their vomit irrelevant.
Josephbleau said...
Iran has two friends in the world now, Putin and Xi. Putin because Iran is Putin’s only friend, and Xi because they could get cheap oil from Iran because they could ignore sanctions. After shooting missiles at all the other Middle East nations Iran will become the Little Rocket Mullah of South Asia.
This is actually not the case anymore. This was 3 months ago.
China already surrendered on Iran. So has Russia. Russia could ship anything it wants to Iran through the Caspian Sea but they aren't.
If you step back and look at the picture without preconception you will see that the US, China, and Russia are aligning against the globalist agenda.
The only allies Iran has right now are democrats and their eurotrash globalist patrons.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
There is no military solution here—a reality some Americans still struggle to accept.
There is stupidity.
Then there is Chuck.
LOL
“Not rushing into a deal” ~ Donald Trump
First signs of backtracking again, why can’t he keep his mouth shut until something happens.
There will be no deal
Trump is full of hot air.
Once again, the Althouse lefties are desperately hoping for defeat.
Sad and predictable.
Jaq said...
“No bridges are closed to retreating armies,” as the saying goes. I hope Trump makes this deal, and let him claim victory, I don’t care. I might even just stay home in November if he does, rather than vote for the Democrats, who are delusional in a different way, maybe more so.
You are taking yourself way too seriously.
Nobody cares about your emotional navel gazing. You don't shit strawberry ice cream. you aren't morally superior.
You want different people to be killed is all.
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...
“Not rushing into a deal” ~ Donald Trump
First signs of backtracking again, why can’t he keep his mouth shut until something happens.
There will be no deal
Trump is full of hot air.
Just because you are too stupid to understand what is happening doesn't mean we are or Trump is.
Trump is in no hurry because the straight of Hormuz being closed doesn't hurt the US like it hurts the rest of the world. We just got everything we wanted from China because the strait is closed.
The longer the strait is closed the more oil the US pumps and the more our economy produces. Oil will continue to descend to 70$ a barrel whether the strait is opened up or not.
All of the sturm and drang is Lloyd's of London losing their monopoly on world shipping and globalist oligarchs having to compete on an even playing field with American manufacturing again.
“Meanwhile, Trump still is trying figure out what he’s actually doing in the Middle East, beyond keeping Netanyahu and his influential American supporters happy.”
Mind reading, which this guy seems to consider “factual.”
Plus, amateur psychoanalysis:
“And that’s when narcissists psychopaths start to go crazy.”
A perfect example of the worst of the worst social media idiot tactics.
This guy is simultaneously incredibly verbose and outrageously stupid. Quite a combination.
Well, let's hope it's over this time. Was it worth it?
Much of what some perceive as "hating Israel" is revulsion at the propaganda that pretends that Israel's conduct has been better than it is and reproachless over the years. It's not because Israel is expected to be perfect, but because critics are tired of supporters pretending Israel is perfect and blameless in all its conflicts.
“It's not because Israel is expected to be perfect, but because critics are tired of supporters pretending Israel is perfect and blameless in all its conflicts.”
Apparently, you missed the October 7th rape, murder and torture of Israeli kids.
Osama went to Israel and kissed the wailing wall.
Close.
Apparently, you missed the October 7th rape, murder and torture of Israeli kids.
I didn't miss anything over the last 80 or 100 years.
Israel has had to survive against those that wanted to murder then at least four different times 48 56 67 and 73 82 waa an extension of that
We just got everything we wanted from China because the strait is closed.
What did we get from China? As far as I can tell, Trump's visit accomplished exactly nothing (which I guess is better than throwing Taiwan under the bus, which was a distinct possibility).
"why can’t he keep his mouth shut until something happens."
Ahem…
Once again, the Althouse lefties are desperately hoping for defeat.
If that is what it takes to make a bunch of you realize how badly Trump has fucked up the country and the world, so be it.
If you step back and look at the picture without preconception you will see that the US, China, and Russia are aligning against the globalist agenda.
What an oxymoronic statement!
You cant tell nothin so
Freder Frederson said...
We just got everything we wanted from China because the strait is closed.
What did we get from China? As far as I can tell, Trump's visit accomplished exactly nothing (which I guess is better than throwing Taiwan under the bus, which was a distinct possibility).
Just because you don't know what happened doesn't mean it didn't happen.
If just makes you stupid.
Freder Frederson said...
If you step back and look at the picture without preconception you will see that the US, China, and Russia are aligning against the globalist agenda.
What an oxymoronic statement!
It is quite possible that Freder is as stupid as he pretends to be.
Just because you don't know what happened doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Why don't you explain what happened to this stupid person.
Freder Frederson said...
Just because you don't know what happened doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Why don't you explain what happened to this stupid person.
China agreed to buy oil with dollars instead of cheap military equipment.
Freder
How is the country any worse now than under Biden?
Left Bank of the Charles said...
"This is the 5th or 6th time Trump has announced he almost has a deal with Iran."
Stop and consider that maybe this information isn't meant for you.
Freder Frederson said...
What did we get from China?
Among other things we got a committment from China that NoKo will give up it's nuclear weapons.
NoKo is surrounded by and very dependent on China so there is some leverage there.
Obviously we need to see if China follows throught but something is something.
John Henry
It is quite possible that Freder is as stupid as he pretends to be.
I disagree. I do not think it is possible.
John Henry
Rose seeds! China gave Trump rose seeds 😂
Netanyahu did not trick America. He found, in the MAGA movement, a partner that wanted to be used. A president with no strategic compass of his own, vain, bored by detail, surrounded by men chosen for loyalty over competence. And a movement that had turned fealty to Netanyahu’s government into a test of ideological purity, so total that AIPAC and the Republican Jewish Coalition spent millions to purge Thomas Massie, the one Republican who called this war unconstitutional. MAGA was not dragged to the war. It cleared its own party of anyone who objected to it.
And what did MAGA get for its loyalty. Gas at 4.56 a gallon. Six American soldiers killed at a makeshift command post near Shuaiba. An Iranian F-5, an aircraft older than most of the pilots who fear it, penetrating the layered defenses of Camp Buehring and completing a bombing run on an American base.
A war launched in March to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that three months later still had not reopened it, so that “reopening Hormuz” sits in Trump’s weekend peace announcement as a thing still to be achieved.
Netanyahu found the perfect instrument for his doctrine. The instrument was the most incompetent man in world politics,
and it broke in his hands, and it took the prestige of American power down with it. Two men went looking for a war that served their careers. Both lost. The bill went to everyone else.
Netanyahu, this time can hardly be considered the lesser fool.
Among other things we got a committment from China that NoKo will give up it's nuclear weapons.
Can you provide a link for this assertion?
Freder,
I'm usually ignore your nonsense, but occasionally there is something that calls for a response:
> better than throwing Taiwan under the bus,
Taiwan has been in that position ever since its seat at the UN with taken away and presented to the People's Republic of China instead.
Both Trump and Putin are learning that the only way to have a quick war is to lose one.
Osama went to Israel and kissed the wailing wall.
Close.
Oof. Good catch. Sorry about that.
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