197. Vance Vs Hegseth: Who Takes the Fall for Trump’s Iran Deal?
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What are the details of the US-Iran deal signed by Trump?
Hello and welcome to The Rest Is Politics US with me, Katty Kay.
And welcome to the bizarre history of the United States, Versailles, and Donald Trump with me, Anthony Scaramucci. Okay, Katty, what the hell is going on? Let's start talking like Trump. What the hell is going on, Katty? What is going on?
What is going on? We know there was a lot of gold, which the president likes. We'll get to that in just a minute. Okay. Today, guys, we are going to talk about the details that we've learned from the US-Iran deal that Trump has just signed in Versailles. Yes. Should anyone, question for you all, ever sign a historical treaty in Versailles again, ever?
Why is signing a historical treaty in Versailles controversial?
Maybe not. We've clearly got a situation where America is offering political and financial concessions to Tehran. The bloody conflict has ended up, I would argue, with a deal that is significantly worse than the one that Barack Obama got over a decade ago. We're going to go through all of that. This exercise in hubris In the first half of the show and in the second half of the show, we're going to talk about the launch of J.D. Vance's new book, Communion, Finding My Way Back to Faith. We'll get into what Vance is trying to achieve with the release of this book and all of the slew of interviews that he has done, remaking himself into a softer, cuddlier J.D. Vance. But let's start with... with Iran. Okay, Anthony, I bought a prop.
What criticisms are being made about the US-Iran deal?
I bought, for those of you watching, a time machine. I know it looks like a Kleenex box, but it's not. It's a time machine. And you, Anthony Scaramucci, are going to enter this time machine, and you are going to go back to your days as White House communications director. Oh, my God. I thought you would enjoy a little bit of role playing. Somewhere in the bottle of this box of Kleenex, which is actually now your White House communications director office, I'm going to ask you to explain how this deal that President Trump signed last night in Versailles very proudly with his signature showed up the paper to everybody. There is Emmanuel Macron sitting next to him. Marco Rubio standing looking like, oh my God, he wanted to be anywhere else right behind him.
Mr. Communications Director, how is this a good deal for the United States of America? Please explain.
Hold on a second. Sarah, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, pass me the bottle of Ativan. Bring it over here. Let me chug a few of those.
How is JD Vance positioning himself with his new book?
Okay, I'm ready now, Katty, I'm ready. Okay, okay. So the first thing is you have a blithering idiot And that would be Howard Lutnick. And I would just ask you, please, if you like theater and kabuki theater and stupidity, watch the facial expressions and the gesticulations of Howard Lutnick as the orange buffoon is talking nonsense, like saying the kids at Hamas are born with machine guns in their hand. And Rubio's like this. Shoot me now, Rubio. And Lutnick is like this. I mean, ha, ha, ha, ha. I mean, you got to be kidding. I mean, I don't even understand how you could be standing there and actually acting like that. I mean, I don't even get that. We'll study that forever. There'll be a new book called The Emperor Really Does Have No Clothes, and he lives in Versailles.
But I'm just going to say a couple of things. Okay, number one. It's a terrible deal.
By the way, you have now just been fired again as communications director, just putting it out there. You didn't actually last 11 seconds, let alone 11 days.
Of course, because as I have said on this program, Lincoln had a team of rivals. Trump has a hall of mirrors, which is appropriate for Versailles. He's standing there and they just want to reflect back to him who they think he is and what they think he wants. But I literally watched Fox News all morning because I wanted to see what the right-wing propagandists were going to say about the deal. They don't like the deal. They're even citing the Wall Street Journal on Fox News about how absolutely horrific the deal is. And so, Katty, the real question is, will this deal last three days of Trump watching cable television? in the study off the Oval Office where he has that big flat screen and he's fumbling around with the remote.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What are the details of the US-Iran deal signed by Trump?
0:08–0:53
2
Why is signing a historical treaty in Versailles controversial?
0:53–1:36
3
What criticisms are being made about the US-Iran deal?
1:36–2:38
4
How is JD Vance positioning himself with his new book?
2:38–5:09
5
What themes does JD Vance explore in 'Finding My Way Back to Faith'?
5:09–6:31
6
How is JD Vance's political ambition reflected in his book?
6:31–7:44
7
What are the implications of Vance's comments on the political landscape?
7:44–8:35
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How do Vance's views on authenticity impact his political image?
8:35–42:39
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