Iran Enlisted “Senior Psychologists” to Help Craft Messages to Trump Ahead of Agreement
An Iranian official told Drop Site that Trump’s “reactions improved noticeably" after the psychiatric professionals joined the negotiating effort.
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In an effort to navigate President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior during the indirect negotiations aimed at ending the war, Iran’s negotiating team enlisted the help of psychiatric professionals to develop an assessment of the U.S. president’s mental condition and to assist Iranian negotiators in crafting messages passed to Trump by regional mediators.
“We added two senior psychologists to the negotiations’ advisory circle so that we can shape messages intended for President Trump from the perspective of managing what we regard as psychopathic behavior pattern,” an Iranian official told Drop Site. He said the psychologists began assisting Iranian negotiators following the initial round of bilateral talks in Islamabad in April as the two sides began exchanging proposed terms for a potential Memorandum of Understanding.
“[Trump’s] reactions have improved noticeably since we began incorporating the recommendations of these advisers into our messages and written communications,” said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly.
“Because the exchanged texts will ultimately become part of the historical record, we conduct our negotiations in a manner that ensures the relative weight and sophistication of each party’s negotiating techniques will be evident should these communications be made public in the years ahead,” the official added.
The Washington Post recently reported that 22 medical specialists examined Trump as part of his latest checkup, saying it was “nearly double the number of specialists who assessed Trump for his past medical checkups as president.” The report added that this “represents the most medical specialists to assess a president for a single visit.”
On Sunday night, Trump and Iran announced that they had reached a preliminary agreement for a Memorandum of Understanding, to be signed in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19.
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Doesn't matter one whit. The US never keeps its word, not once in 250 years.
US still voted him in. There's the real problem.