Dave Lawler

So he was making calls back to Washington to check in, which suggests that this didn't go nowhere.

Right.

I mean, if nothing was moving in the talks, you wouldn't have to keep checking in with the stakeholders back in Washington or in Trump's case in Miami, I should say.

So, you know, Vance is still in charge of this operation.

It's not over.

Both sides have suggested that negotiations could resume at some future date.

We have no reason to expect it won't be Vance in the room.

And this is really by far the biggest assignment of his political career.

Making peace with Iran is a pretty big thing for the vice president to take on.

And somebody who clearly has ambitions beyond the vice presidency, this will be quite a big test for him.

So a couple different reasons for that.

One is that Steve Witkoff has had this file for a while.

He and Vance get along quite well.

We have some reporting that he suggested that Vance be the one to take over if it wasn't going to be him.

Again, Vance did tell Trump that he wanted to be involved in the diplomacy here.

And, you know, I think part of it is that the Iranians don't trust this administration at all, but they have more reason to distrust some other people other than J.D.

Vance, right?

Even Secretary Rubio.

It's interesting that the Secretary of State is not personally involved in these face to face talks, but he has a history as an Iran hawk.

Vance does not.