Nate Swanson

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685 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Sep

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ABC News Daily · Will Trump 'blink first' and end the war? · 21 Apr 2026 podcast

Vance is uniquely positioned within the administration to want this to end.

I think Iran recognizes that, and I think it's also a reflection that they just don't trust Wyckoff anymore.

Yeah, I mean, my baseline assessment is that it is in the interest of both parties to end this war.

And so I think they should be able to figure it out.

There are a couple options for that.

You know, I think Iran's perspective, I think they care about three things.

I think they care about not getting attacked every six months or so.

And I think by establishing the Strait of Hormuz as a, you know, a deterrent, a security guarantee, I think they've actually ensured that outcome.

So I think that was really important.

I think second, Iran wants to monetize the Strait of Hormuz.

And I think the third thing that they just kind of in the last few weeks decided they care about is Lebanon.

So they've basically made those their three key demands.

In the U.S., I think our primary goal, which is to open up the Strait of Hormuz.

And so, you know, of course, the Strait was open at the beginning of the war.

So that's, you know, kind of makes you question what the objectives were.

But I do think that is our top objective now.

Now, that is a political problem for the president if the only thing you achieve out of a war for 50 days that's caused a major crisis from the global economy is to say, hey, we ended the war in basically the same spot we started.

So I think as a result of that, he wants something different that can help him create this narrative that he's accomplished something.

Part of that is degrading Iran's military, but now I think he's trying to achieve something on the nuclear front.

He wants a suspension of Iran's enrichment program, and he wants to deal with the highly enriched uranium that's in Iran.

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