Wayne

NEW: Congressional Republicans are already placing the blame on Vice President JD Vance for a "terrible" deal with Iran. One congressional Republican tells me: “Conservatives on the Hill are stunned that Vance would erase all of Trump’s military victories in such a terrible deal. Trump effectively won the war and at the 11th hour Vance is negotiating his way to a loss.” Earlier today President Trump with a smile said, "if it works out, I'm going to take the credit, if it doesn't work out, I'm blaming JD." Trump praised the deal reached with Iran during his visit to the G7 in France and signed a copy of the MOU tonight at Versailles. Trump selected Vance to lead the Iran talks over Rubio. Vance and Rubio both have reported 2028 ambitions.

Yglesias is a true master of sounding like a reasonable centrist while spewing mendacious vileness, to cover for malignant shitbags. It was not, in fact, pro-Israel groups who turned Israel into a polarized issue, but Prog allies. And they did it long before the war with Iran.

Reagan is rolling over in his grave. Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future. Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal. Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.

After last night’s US strikes on Iran’s regime, President Trump declared: “The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!” Citing failed deal negotiations, he warned the regime will “have to pay the price!!!” Trump’s fighting spirit is back and roaring, hallelujah! Free Iran!

Reporter: If Iran comes back after the signing of this and say they want to continue to have a civilian nuclear program, is that acceptable to you? Trump: It is a little hard though when you say that somebody wants to other people have it, other adjoining states have it and you're not letting them have it for purposes of electricity and things like that, it's always a little tough. You have to use a little common sense.

Congratulations, President Trump! You finally beat out Obama.

Trump: "You know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama and they said he's a stupid son of a bitch."

Trump covering up what's embarrassing to him.

Vance: What's interesting about President Trump is that he doesn't wear it on his sleeve, but he is a person of faith. He thinks about these very deep questions: where did we come from? Where are we going?

I am 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 am 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.

Literally all of the objectives of this war were not met — thanks to Steve Witkoff and JD Vance. None of these have been achieved: - No (‼️) nuclear enrichment - Removal of all enriched materials - Destruction of the nuclear facilities - Disarming Hamas - Disarming Hezbollah - Ending proxy terror funding - Ballistic missile program reduction - Assistance for the Iranian people And of course, no commitments on human rights and no repercussions for the slaughter of over 40k Iranians in January by the regime. Even with the military successes, this is an embarrassment for the United States and sets a terrible precedent. The iranian economy is in free fall due to the blockade — but Steve Witkoff and JD Vance intervened to save the regime and Donald Trump went with it.