Trump Shifts Pressure to Vance as Iran Deal Faces Backlash
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Why is JD Vance being blamed for the Iran deal?
Donald Trump and others in his regime are already trying to throw J.D. Vance under the bus for the deal with Iran. You have leaks going out to various media outlets right now that Marco Rubio, Hegseth, and others were very much against the deal with Iran, but ultimately it was J.D. Vance and they also say Jared Kushner and Witkoff, but This was being led by J.D. Vance, they said, who ultimately decided to do this deal with Iran. And now J.D. Vance is going to be the person, apparently, going to Geneva on Friday to sign in person in Geneva with Iran's parliament leader, M.B. Ghalibaf. to do a media appearance, if you will. And now all you're hearing leak after leak from the Trump regime is that J.D. Vance was the architect of this.
Don't blame us for this deal. It's all on J.D. Vance.
What are the reactions from MAGA leaders regarding the Iran agreement?
You may recall, it was actually several weeks ago when Donald Trump was having a press conference in the Oval Office, and he specifically said, if this doesn't go the way I say it's going to go, if we don't do regime change, if we aren't able to completely, whatever Trump was saying, well, He actually said that. And now you have people like Lindsey Graham and other MAGA neocon war hawks saying, J.D. Vance is the architect. Let's just see what J.D. Vance is going to tell us. So here's what Lindsey Graham and other kind of MAGA Trumpers are now saying. I'm pleased to hear the memorandum of understanding with Iran to allow the Strait of Hormuz to open has been agreed to. I will be watching closely the ensuing negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program and other matters.
I'm somewhat concerned that Iran's view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming. Under our law, any nuclear deal with Iran will be sent to Congress for review and a vote. I look forward to reviewing the final product, and I believe it is imperative that the architect of the deal, Vice President Vance and his negotiating partners, be part of the process in presenting the final deal to Congress. Congratulations to all in getting us to this point. Time will tell.
How does Lindsey Graham view the Iran deal and JD Vance's role?
And let's be very clear, that is a threat right there, that Graham and these other neocons will be working with Netanyahu and others in Netanyahu's regime to try to undermine this deal. Now, I also find it fascinating that people like Lindsey Graham and other MAGA Republicans who refuse to pass a War Powers Resolution Act to actually assert Congress's authority over this war to begin with and to ensure that Donald Trump cannot continue engaging in this unlawful and catastrophic war are now saying, hey, JD, we're gonna make you testify in front of Congress and justify the deal that you did for peace. We'll give you unfettered permission structures to engage in genocidal warfare, but when it comes to the peace side, that's when the neocons are like, we want you to show up and speak to us.
We knew a lot of this was going on behind the scenes as well, in that Netanyahu was leaking to Israeli press, and we also learned about it from US press, that Israel blamed J.D. Vance for providing what Israel said was classified information to Turkey's leader, Erdogan, about the Israeli plan to work with the United States to arm the Kurds to invade Iran. And Netanyahu basically accused Vance of treason, leaking classified information early on in the war to Erdogan. Erdogan then called Donald Trump and said, you can't arm the Kurds because Turkey said we don't want them near our border. So we don't have them. We don't want you to arm them and allow them to invade Iran. And then we've also seen numerous leaks where it appeared that J.D.
Vance or J.D. Vance's chief of staff who, by the way, suddenly resigned at the end of last week, appeared to be the source of it.
What accusations are being made against JD Vance by Israeli officials?
A New York Times story that talked about how J.D. Vance was the only person in the cabinet room who was warning Donald Trump not to do this catastrophic war. There was an article in The Atlantic, which basically seemed like it was written by J.D. Vance saying that he doesn't support the war and that people like Hegseth and Rubio and others were giving Donald Trump incorrect and false information about this war from the outset.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is JD Vance being blamed for the Iran deal?
0:00–1:01
2
What are the reactions from MAGA leaders regarding the Iran agreement?
1:01–2:37
3
How does Lindsey Graham view the Iran deal and JD Vance's role?
2:37–4:45
4
What accusations are being made against JD Vance by Israeli officials?
4:45–5:49
5
What did JD Vance say about the negotiations with Iran?
5:49–6:44
6
How is JD Vance's position within Trump's cabinet changing?
6:44–7:37
7
What implications does the Iran deal have for JD Vance's political future?
7:37–9:21
8
How are the American people responding to the ongoing conflicts?
9:21–15:21