Ben Meiselas

including the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, efforts to secure full and free safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, and the importance of peace and stability in the region.

In Bahrain, the Secretary will also meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council to discuss shared priorities across the region.

Now we know from reporting from MSNOW, New York Times, Washington Post, and others,

that Rubio refused to show up and have any association with the Memorandum of Understanding and the technical talks.

Here's how it's being described in this article from MSNOW.

The choice of Vance, an anti-interventionist with limited high-level foreign policy experience, as the lead negotiator and defender of the 14-point interim Memorandum of Understanding,

surprised some inside the White House in its orbit.

One White House official who was granted anonymity to speak openly about internal dynamics said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, avoided becoming the face of the deal because he understood how unlikely it was to succeed.

Vance, by contrast, believes a triumphant deal with Iran is not out of reach, the official told MSNOW.

I think that goes and tells you what low character Marco Rubio it is.

I'm not trying to defend J.D.

Vance here, but as the Secretary of State, you're supposed to be in talks like this.

Instead, he went to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

And here he is as he lands in Abu Dhabi and Rubio basically starts saying that the MOU and the subsequent technical discussions that Rubio didn't show up at are meaningless because there are super secret agreements that he says Iran agreed to that aren't in writing, but he says they, being Iran, know what they agreed to and so they better deal with it or else

Donald Trump will have an important decision to make in the next 60 days.

So Rubio saying the MOU and the subsequent joint statement that came out of Switzerland, don't look at the writing, look at the secret deal that Rubio knows about.

And again, this is provocative language intended to incite Iran that previously said,

We're going to go by what's in writing and do not listen to these provocateurs who are trying to sabotage the deal.

Watch what Rubio said as he was landing in Abu Dhabi.

Let's play it.