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'Wow': MS NOW hosts cut in to blast JD Vance's 'preposterous' defense of Trump threats
Threats Are Not NegotiationWhat HappenedVice President JD Vance, speaking from Switzerland during talks with Iranian officials, defended Donald Trump’s threat to kill those negotiators if the Strait of Hormuz stayed closed. Vance brushed off the threat as ordinary “trash talk,” said the Iranians had only threatened to walk out, and claimed the talks continued through the night with “great progress.” He was still offering cover for the president when MSNBC cut in to call out the performance in real time.Who Holds PowerThe institutional power sits with Trump, not with the Iranian delegates, not…
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