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This insane JD Vance admission has Republicans — and Fox News — paralyzed with fear
When Bluster Becomes Foreign PolicyThe SetupThe source story centers on JD Vance being placed in the lead role on the Iran talks, alongside Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, restart inspections, and release frozen Iranian funds under a 60-day framework. That is the context. The larger problem is not merely that the choice looks unserious. It is that the United States is treating a high-stakes diplomatic crisis as a stage for loyalty, ego, and improvisation.Power Sits With TrumpActual institutional power still sits with Donald Trump. He ordered…
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