THE NUCLEAR CLOWN SHOW: HOW IRAN AND RUSSIA ARE PLAYING TRUMP LIKE A CHEAP CASIO KEYBOARD IN 2025

Christian Baghai
5 min readApr 13, 2025

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Welcome to the geopolitical flea market, where dictators haggle with narcissists and nuclear diplomacy is just another overpriced item on the rack next to expired steak and signed red hats. The year is 2025, and the star of the show — if you can call it that — is a guy who thinks peace talks are something you yell over a plate of ketchup-covered steak.

This ain’t foreign policy. This is The Price Is Right, except the contestant is offering up territory, nuclear oversight, and U.S. credibility in exchange for a couple of handshake photos and a press release written in all caps.

ACT I: THE GREAT ORANGE PEACE COSPLAY

So here comes Donald Trump — our returning champion of confusion and chaos — walking back into the Oval Office like he owns it and the planet, convinced that the world is just one photo-op away from utopia.

He’s not negotiating. He’s acting. He wants to look presidential without ever being presidential. And Iran? Russia? They get it. They get it better than his own cabinet.

So what do they do?

They roll out the red carpet, feed him some vague promises, sprinkle in a couple of compliments like “strong man” or “historic leader,” and BAM! He’s theirs. Ready to sign whatever they slide across the table, just as long as he gets to announce something “yuge.”

ACT II: IRAN’S MAGIC SHOW OF NOTHING

Let’s start with Iran — the ayatollahs of ambiguity.

They show up (sort of) to “negotiations” in Oman. Not really, though. They send messages through a third party like they’re passing notes in middle school. And Trump? He calls it diplomacy. He’s thrilled! Because it means he can pretend to have made progress without actually having to understand anything more complex than a cheeseburger.

Meanwhile, Iran’s uranium enrichment program is glowing brighter than a MAGA rally in a coal mine. But the show must go on!

What do they give up?
Nothing.

What do they get?

  • A break from pressure.
  • Time to enrich more uranium.
  • And a bunch of dumb headlines calling them “constructive.”

They’re playing Monopoly. Trump’s playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.

ACT III: PUTIN’S UKRAINIAN FIRE SALE

Then there’s Putin. The silent partner in this three-ring circus.

In true gangster style, he sits back in St. Petersburg, sips vodka, and watches Trump negotiate away other people’s borders. Trump’s “peace plan” basically says: let Russia keep what they stole, and we’ll call it even. It’s like negotiating a bank robbery by letting the robber keep the money and the vault, as long as he promises not to shoot anyone on the way out.

Ukraine gets sold out. NATO gets the middle finger. And Trump gets to say, “Nobody’s ever done this before.”

No shit, Don. No one’s ever done this because it’s insane.

ACT IV: THE ILLUSIONISTS STRIKE AGAIN

Here’s the twist: Iran and Russia aren’t even working together.

They’re just playing the same instrument — Trump’s ego. And boy, does it hit all the notes: adoration, legacy, fake peace, a few photo ops, and just enough bullshit to make the Sunday shows nod along.

They don’t want peace.
They want delay, relief, and room to maneuver.

Trump thinks he’s solving world problems. What he’s really doing is helping two authoritarian regimes consolidate power while the American public eats it up like it’s season four of The Apprentice: World War Edition.

ACT V: AMERICA, THE DISCOUNTED SUPERPOWER

So what happens when the fog machine stops and the flags are put away?

The State Department looks like a burned-out office park.
The military’s been told to sit down and smile for the camera.
Our allies are wondering if they should start learning Mandarin.
And our enemies? They’re not scared — they’re emboldened. Because they’ve learned the magic trick: if you praise the clown, you get the crown.

Iran gets a nuclear edge.
Russia gets land and legitimacy.
And Trump gets to bask in the spotlight while the world rearranges itself behind his back.

FINALE: THE MASK ISN’T COMING OFF — IT IS THE FACE

Trump isn’t leading.
He isn’t even reacting.
He’s just performing.

And the scariest part? He doesn’t know it. He thinks he’s in control, when really, he’s the prop — a rubber stamp with bad hair and worse instincts.

This isn’t a presidency. It’s a product placement deal for authoritarianism, and America’s foreign policy is being written by people who think NATO is a brand of motor oil.

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