Former CIA director says he trusts Iran more than he trusts Trump

Former CIA director John Brennan has told MS Now that he trusts the Iranians more than US president Donald Trump, because Trump wouldn’t recognise the truth even if “slapped in the face with it repeatedly”.

Brennan was talking about Trump’s claims that Iran is discussing a peace deal. The Iranians have responded that they have no intention of agreeing an end to the war started illegally by the US and Israel until their own military aims are achieved:

Former CIA Director John Brennan: “I tend to believe Iran more than I do Donald Trump because he could not acknowledge the truth even when he’s slapped in the face with it repeatedly.” pic.twitter.com/2GVqF2ZVfg

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Ex-CIA boss Brennan is right. Iran would be foolish to trust Trump or Israel to agree a deal that wouldn’t be used just to re-arm ready to attack Iran again, as Trump and Netanyahu did when Israel took a pounding in the June 2025 ’12-day war’. With Israel reportedly running out of defensive missiles and the US allegedly hiding troops in civilian hotels as its Gulf bases take hit after hit, it would make no sense for Iran to let them off the ropes until both imperialist regimes have learned a lesson.

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