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3Hotdogs

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46. Da fuck you talkin'? He's a great deal maker.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 12:04 AM
Yesterday

He even wrote a book about how to do it.

Why just last week, a message came from Iran headquarters through diplomatic channels. "Sir, we don't want to negotiate with you. We know we will lose out with any attempt to reach a deal. You're too good at it. Please send your son, Fredo to negotiate Or maybe Tommy Tuberville and we will happily begin negotiations. But Sir, you are too good at negotiating,."

"It was like when I negotiated the end of the conflict with Nicar ---or maybe it was Venezuela. Nobody had ever seen anything like it."

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They opened a big ol' can of worms! True Dough Saturday #1
why isn't the great dealmaker drumpf personally handling this???????????? Takket Saturday #2
Brain Spurs. Maru Kitteh Saturday #6
He is handling it, by phone, that is WHY they can not get a deal. Bev54 Saturday #40
Da fuck you talkin'? He's a great deal maker. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #46
Vance was probably his usual condescending dickish self and treated the Iranians Ocelot II Saturday #3
It sounds like our way or the highway....so one meeting, eh? spanone Saturday #5
They negotiated for a whole 21 hours. Red Mountain Yesterday #52
+1 dalton99a Saturday #35
That's quite a visual and probably very accurate. chicoescuela Saturday #43
PREACH IT OCELOT II Skittles Saturday #44
Yep BeneteauBum Yesterday #48
I think Jared and Witkoff were just there for the cameras underpants Yesterday #54
Of the 21 hours, I wonder how many were Vance critiquing their outfits. Scrivener7 Yesterday #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 Saturday #4
Does he go in the dressing room and grab em leftstreet Saturday #11
ADVICE FOR YOU TAKKET Skittles Saturday #45
Being a diplomat is not a cosplay event. yellow dahlia Saturday #7
DOGE saw to it that those experts with the displacedvermoter Saturday #8
So much talent, experience, and institutional memory lost. yellow dahlia Saturday #14
Nothing efficient about what they did. It was destruction - plain and simple. yellow dahlia Saturday #31
" Send in the experts and someone with the skill sets. " AverageOldGuy Saturday #20
Yup. So much dismantling and destruction. yellow dahlia Saturday #32
Bluster Diplomacy thought crime Saturday #9
The US bombed Iran, but the US has "terms?" leftstreet Saturday #10
Has anyone asked Trump why the US, as the "winner" newdeal2 Saturday #22
The man can't place an order at a donut shop, SamuelTheThird Saturday #12
Meanwhile MSNOW is showing Rachel reruns & CNN Bill Maher reruns spanone Saturday #13
Is it polite to say: AverageOldGuy Saturday #19
looks like more war starting very soon rollin74 Saturday #15
Gotta empty the armories so Uncle Sam is forced to buy more from Trump's Donor Class Attilatheblond Saturday #33
Possibly, but we were losing aircraft at an unsustainable rate and, hopefully, don't want more of that. /nt artemisia1 Yesterday #50
Probably should have sent Tim Walz, much more likable guy. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Saturday #16
Gosh! Being such a natural diplomat, JD usually seems so lovable and is so good at getting folk on his side! struggle4progress Saturday #17
But he wrote a book about stupid people doing stupid things for stupid reasons! What's not to love? Scrivener7 Yesterday #56
Am I ever shocked and surprised AverageOldGuy Saturday #18
Damn does donald have him on zoom? Lifeafter70 Saturday #21
I heard trmp say today 'i don't care if we have a deal' spanone Saturday #28
He doesn't Lifeafter70 Saturday #30
So dweller Saturday #23
The couch at the head of the table was probably a bad idea. hay rick Saturday #24
The guyliner didnt help,either. BattleRow Saturday #27
Given the way he talked to Zelensky I'm not surprised they told him to FRO. BannonsLiver Saturday #25
JD Vance is about as undeserving as Jay Leno with regards to prominent positions. Crowman2009 Saturday #26
Like we expected anything else from this group. Figarosmom Saturday #29
Well that was quick! orangecrush Saturday #34
I remember the old time 'shuttle diplomacy' where envoys would fly back & forth spanone Saturday #36
When you have no cards - no deal blue blues Saturday #37
Jesus Christ spanone Saturday #38
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Saturday #39
Wow, after listening to the local news kacekwl Saturday #41
Trump surrendered Tuesday, and usually Johonny Saturday #42
The guy can't make plausible small talk in a doughnut shop. Aristus Yesterday #47
I'm sure there were no good faith negotiations...only an ultimatum BeneteauBum Yesterday #49
So Trump wants the Obama deal that he trashed. C_U_L8R Yesterday #51
Traitors. spanone Yesterday #53
Yep malaise Yesterday #57
Toothpaste back into the tube Ruby the Liberal 22 hrs ago #58
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