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Ruby the Liberal

(26,677 posts)
58. Toothpaste back into the tube
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 09:26 AM
5 hrs ago

Guess what happens when you rip up an agreement, attack a sovereign nation - and lose.

Are we great again?

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