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yellow dahlia

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7. Being a diplomat is not a cosplay event.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:07 PM

14 hrs ago

Send in the experts and someone with the skill sets.

But no! They sent in the clowns.

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***Looks like the peace talks are over*** [View all] spanone 14 hrs ago OP

They opened a big ol' can of worms! True Dough 14 hrs ago #1

why isn't the great dealmaker drumpf personally handling this???????????? Takket 14 hrs ago #2

Brain Spurs. Maru Kitteh 14 hrs ago #6

He is handling it, by phone, that is WHY they can not get a deal. Bev54 12 hrs ago #40

Da fuck you talkin'? He's a great deal maker. 3Hotdogs 12 hrs ago #46

Vance was probably his usual condescending dickish self and treated the Iranians Ocelot II 14 hrs ago #3

It sounds like our way or the highway....so one meeting, eh? spanone 14 hrs ago #5

They negotiated for a whole 21 hours. Red Mountain 4 hrs ago #52

+1 dalton99a 12 hrs ago #35

That's quite a visual and probably very accurate. chicoescuela 12 hrs ago #43

PREACH IT OCELOT II Skittles 12 hrs ago #44

Yep BeneteauBum 11 hrs ago #48

I think Jared and Witkoff were just there for the cameras underpants 4 hrs ago #54

Of the 21 hours, I wonder how many were Vance critiquing their outfits. Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #55

country is in the middle of a war, and the president is at a UFC event, while the VP announced peace talks have failed Takket 14 hrs ago #4

Does he go in the dressing room and grab em leftstreet 13 hrs ago #11

ADVICE FOR YOU TAKKET Skittles 12 hrs ago #45

Being a diplomat is not a cosplay event. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #7

DOGE saw to it that those experts with the displacedvermoter 13 hrs ago #8

So much talent, experience, and institutional memory lost. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #14

Nothing efficient about what they did. It was destruction - plain and simple. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #31

" Send in the experts and someone with the skill sets. " AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #20

Yup. So much dismantling and destruction. yellow dahlia 13 hrs ago #32

Bluster Diplomacy thought crime 13 hrs ago #9

The US bombed Iran, but the US has "terms?" leftstreet 13 hrs ago #10

Has anyone asked Trump why the US, as the "winner" newdeal2 13 hrs ago #22

The man can't place an order at a donut shop, SamuelTheThird 13 hrs ago #12

Meanwhile MSNOW is showing Rachel reruns & CNN Bill Maher reruns spanone 13 hrs ago #13

Is it polite to say: AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #19

looks like more war starting very soon rollin74 13 hrs ago #15

Gotta empty the armories so Uncle Sam is forced to buy more from Trump's Donor Class Attilatheblond 13 hrs ago #33

Possibly, but we were losing aircraft at an unsustainable rate and, hopefully, don't want more of that. /nt artemisia1 10 hrs ago #50

Probably should have sent Tim Walz, much more likable guy. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 13 hrs ago #16

Gosh! Being such a natural diplomat, JD usually seems so lovable and is so good at getting folk on his side! struggle4progress 13 hrs ago #17

But he wrote a book about stupid people doing stupid things for stupid reasons! What's not to love? Scrivener7 4 hrs ago #56

Am I ever shocked and surprised AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #18

Damn does donald have him on zoom? Lifeafter70 13 hrs ago #21

I heard trmp say today 'i don't care if we have a deal' spanone 13 hrs ago #28

He doesn't Lifeafter70 13 hrs ago #30

So dweller 13 hrs ago #23

The couch at the head of the table was probably a bad idea. hay rick 13 hrs ago #24

The guyliner didnt help,either. BattleRow 13 hrs ago #27

Given the way he talked to Zelensky I'm not surprised they told him to FRO. BannonsLiver 13 hrs ago #25

JD Vance is about as undeserving as Jay Leno with regards to prominent positions. Crowman2009 13 hrs ago #26

Like we expected anything else from this group. Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #29

Well that was quick! orangecrush 12 hrs ago #34

I remember the old time 'shuttle diplomacy' where envoys would fly back & forth spanone 12 hrs ago #36

When you have no cards - no deal blue blues 12 hrs ago #37

Jesus Christ spanone 12 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author spanone 12 hrs ago #39

Wow, after listening to the local news kacekwl 12 hrs ago #41

Trump surrendered Tuesday, and usually Johonny 12 hrs ago #42

The guy can't make plausible small talk in a doughnut shop. Aristus 11 hrs ago #47

I'm sure there were no good faith negotiations...only an ultimatum BeneteauBum 10 hrs ago #49

So Trump wants the Obama deal that he trashed. C_U_L8R 8 hrs ago #51

Traitors. spanone 4 hrs ago #53

Yep malaise 4 hrs ago #57

Toothpaste back into the tube Ruby the Liberal 2 hrs ago #58