# Trade Trump for Iranian Concessions **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 12, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622 "2026-07-12T16:48:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yosh99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/1 "2026-07-12T16:48:17Z")
The Iranians have put a bounty on Donald Trump and I suppose from their point of view consider him a war criminal responsible for the assassination of their leaders. I wonder if they’d consider a guarantee to keep Hormuz open and a promise of no nuclear weapons if we were to give them Donald Trump. Better yet, Trump could offer himself up as a selfless and honorable act. It would save many lives and certainly secure his memorable place in history. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/2 "2026-07-12T19:15:35Z")
The Iranians could hold him hostage. “If you do not agree to our demands, we will send him back.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/3 "2026-07-12T20:23:01Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > Better yet, Trump could offer himself up as a selfless and honorable act. Then he could shoot magic rays out of his nose and turn bombs into strawberry eclairs…which is just as likely to happen. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/4 "2026-07-12T21:23:47Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > Better yet, Trump could offer himself up as a selfless and honorable act. Doesn’t this belong in the jokes thread? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/5 "2026-07-13T13:02:21Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > Doesn’t this belong in the jokes thread? Better plan is to have the Iranians offer to build a giant golden statue of Trump in Tehran, dedicated to the Great Conqueror and Peacemaker\*, but only on the condition that he travel to Iran himself to sit for the sculptor. Then we ignore it when they clap him in irons. \*As in, “I cherish peace with all of my heart. I don’t care how many men, women and children I need to kill to get it.” ---
**Author:** ![Yosh99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/6 "2026-07-13T14:15:13Z")
It’s not a joke. I’m hard pressed to think of any historical conflict where simply turning over the leader of one of the antagonists would mollify the other and gain concessions. Our soldiers put their lives on the line in these conflicts and I’m sure that throughout the history of war individual solders have purposely sacrificed their lives to save others. Trump is an old man with little life left to lose. It would be a great good for him to offer himself in return for the concessions he’s seeking from Iran. The problem, of course, is would Iran keep their word? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/7 "2026-07-13T14:21:13Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > The problem, of course, is would Iran keep their word? Even if they don’t, it’s still a win for us. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/8 "2026-07-13T15:27:37Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > It’s not a joke. I’m just saying, we’re talking about asking Donald Trump to do something completely selfless. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/9 "2026-07-13T23:04:21Z")
> [@Yosh99](#): > > The problem, of course, is would Iran keep their word? > [@Chronos](#): > > Even if they don’t, it’s still a win for us. This evaluation is spot on, the problem being would the Iranians consider that gaining possession of 45/47 be a win for them? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trade-trump-for-iranian-concessions/1031622/10 "2026-07-18T18:50:42Z")
Saw this on bluesky today: Pete Hegseth: “We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset” U.S. Military: (suffers crushing defeat to the Persians)