Greg Myre

He's given himself some wiggle room saying I haven't sent troops anywhere.

But if I was, I wouldn't tell you.

So he's left himself a little wiggle room.

And one could certainly see him choosing that option if it's a specific operation.

I mean, I think there's both, you know, if the U.S.

troops were to seize an island to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, he might fudge that and say, well, that's not really troops on the ground.

That's just part of an operation in the Gulf or to take a small island.

Again, I don't think there's just enough of a U.S.

presence to do a major ground operation, what we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past.

But there wouldn't be a surprise if they were to carry out a small specific operation.

Not entirely clear.

We should certainly be looking towards the two people who've been involved in the past, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

However, both of those times, last June, when they were involved in negotiations, the U.S.

joined Israel in bombing Iran.

And in February, they were involved in these efforts, and then the U.S.

launched this war in Iran.

So the Iranians are feeling maybe a little skittish about dealing with these two and that this doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be a peace deal coming out of that.

So there is talk, and I would stress talk or speculation at this point, that the Iranians may want to deal with somebody else.

J.D.

Vance, the vice president's name, has been raised.