Vice President JD Vance floated the possibility Sunday that the US and Iran could “transform” their relationship through the negotiations in Switzerland— but officials in Tehran made clear they were not there to make friends, and instead were trying to use the negotiations to pry billions out of the US and its allies.
Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic will not give up its right to enriched uranium as part of the peace deal with the US — while noting that a deal could save the country’s economy by unlocking sanctioned cash.
And this wasn’t a good look:
US-Iran Peace Talks Fail.
The US delegation, led by JD Vance, entered the meeting arena first. This was strange, because the party that claims to be the upper hand typically arrives last.
Shortly after, the Iranian delegation arrived. They greeted the mediator, Pakistani PM… pic.twitter.com/9BZ8zOJYrR
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Vance has a great personal story, but he seems in over his head with this stuff.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): My own opinion is that it’s all choreographed. This is the “nice doggie” part before the stick. We’ll see if I’m right.