00:00:41.000So, if I can take more pain than you, I win.
00:00:45.000Even if you win on an absolute level, like you inflict more pain on me on an absolute level than I inflict on you, that doesn't matter.
00:00:53.000You don't actually win until the other side has experienced pain beyond what they are willing to bear.
00:00:58.000If the other side is willing to undergo the pain of having all of his limbs lopped off, and you're only willing to undergo the pain of a hangnail, The other side must only inflict minor pain in order to win.
00:01:11.000And this was always the imbalance between the United States and Iran.0.64
00:01:15.000In this whole deal, the United States had to lop off all the arms, all the legs, eviscerate the leadership, make it so that Iran could not rise again in order to achieve what we want in a deal.
00:01:26.000Iran, in order to exert pressure on us, basically had to fire some drones and missiles at shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and at some oil fields.0.69
00:01:35.000What would a good long term deal look like?
00:01:36.000First of all, let's point out nothing that's going on right now is just the news.
00:01:40.000Nothing that is going on right now is a long term deal.
00:01:42.000What we have right now is what is called a memorandum of understanding, supposedly.
00:01:46.000It is a 60 day memorandum of understanding, which is basically kicking the can down the road because none of the major issues get solved in this memorandum of understanding.
00:01:55.000But let's talk about what a great deal would look like for the United States.0.81
00:02:00.000And again, I am skeptical that the Iranians would give this up absent some sort of major regime change or the belief that they were on the verge of it.0.83
00:02:07.000So, what would a great deal, long term deal, look like with Iran?0.55
00:02:11.000This is not my list, this is the administration's list.
00:02:14.000No nuclear weapons or development or facilities.
00:02:19.000No funding of terror apparatus abroad.
00:02:22.000Opening the Strait of Hormuz permanently without tolls.
00:02:25.000And then, theoretically, when all of those have been verified, we could talk about opening up the economy.
00:02:30.000That's what a good deal would look like for the United States.0.54
00:02:32.000So, what would a bad deal look like, meaning a good deal for Iran?0.75
00:02:36.000First, continuation of nuclear development.
00:02:39.000Even if it's pushed off, even if it's slower, maintenance of nuclear facilities, capacity to keep nuclear material in the country.
00:02:46.000Second, ballistic missile development revitalized.
00:02:49.000No sanctions on ballistic missile development.
00:02:51.000Money flowing into the country that could be used for additional ballistic missile development, which would create that umbrella of defense and offense that would prevent action to get rid of their nukes.0.68
00:03:02.000Third, continued funding of terrorism abroad, a rebuilding of the terror apparatus that Iran had prior to October 7th.
00:03:09.000Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, terrorist groups in Iraq.0.93
00:03:18.000If they got more money coming in and they could continue to fund terrorism, that would be a win for them.0.97
00:03:22.000Continued Iran control over the Strait, the Strait of Hormuz basically being told by Iran, and the tacit threat that anytime things went wrong, Iran could shut down the world economy again.0.99
00:03:32.000And again, the biggest one lots more funding going into Iran.0.81
00:03:36.000Because remember, the situation before this war is that Iran was basically on its last economic legs.
00:03:42.000The Iranian rial had spiked from 42,000 per American dollar to 1 million per American dollar.
00:03:51.000That's why you had these gigantic riots in the streets, these gigantic protests in the streets, which ended with the Iranians shooting some 42,000 people in a weekend.1.00
00:03:59.000So, if a bunch more money goes into Iran, that is a win for Iran.0.99
00:04:02.000Okay, so that's the long term standard.0.98
00:04:04.000And again, I'm setting the standards up front so we know what we're talking about, because one of the things that I don't like when we talk about good deal, bad deal is being vague about what we are saying.
00:04:12.000Again, just to reiterate the five conditions for a good deal for the United States no nukes, no ballistic missile development, no funding of terrorism abroad, opening the strait permanently without tolling, and then theoretically opening up the economy.0.98
00:04:25.000The best deal for the Iranians would look like continued nuclear development, even covert nuclear development, which would mean maintenance of their nuclear facilities in country, all supposed watering of nuclear material to be done in Iran, them continuing to cheat and hide.0.92
00:05:03.000All right, coming up, we'll ask what a good temporary agreement, what a good memo of understanding would look like here versus a bad one versus a mediocre one.
00:05:11.000First, 100 years ago, if you wanted to sell something, you needed a storefront.
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00:06:27.000Well, it would look like anything that facilitated a good permanent agreement.
00:06:32.000Okay, so whatever got us toward the goal of no nukes, no ballistics, no funding of terrorism, and opening the strait permanently.
00:06:39.000That would be a good temporary deal.0.93
00:06:42.000A mediocre temporary deal would ensure that Iran doesn't get any of the things that it wants long term, but it wouldn't achieve all the good stuff.0.75
00:06:51.000So it wouldn't disarm them of nuclear weapons, for example, or ballistic missiles, but it would not release a bunch of money to them.0.74
00:06:57.000It might temporarily open up the strait a little bit.
00:07:00.000It might release a small amount of money to them, and then we would go home, but we would leave the sanctions on, which is the most important thing not opening the Iranian economy, not allowing them to, in name or otherwise, tie their activity to terrorist groups in the region.0.78
00:07:14.000Not allowing them to rebuild their ballistic missile facilities with our money.0.74
00:08:31.000Because here's my deal I'm happy to analyze a deal once I know what's in it.
00:08:35.000I cannot analyze a deal for or against until I know what the hell is in the deal.
00:08:40.000You don't know what a good deal looks like just because one side is saying good and the other side is saying bad.
00:08:45.000Right now, we have two sides telling two very, very different stories.
00:08:49.000You have President Trump saying he got a good temporary agreement, and JD Vance saying it's a brilliant temporary agreement.
00:08:54.000You have Iran saying it's a very, very bad temporary agreement.
00:08:58.000My hunch is that basically the temporary agreement doesn't do much at all.
00:09:02.000That basically the temporary agreement is the mediocre scenario that we leave, that they get a little bit of cash to open up the Strait of Hormuz, not enough to really revitalize their economy.
00:09:46.000On Sunday afternoon, the Pakistani Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif put out a statement.
00:09:53.000Now, again, I should point out here I'm highly, highly, highly suspicious of a deal where Pakistan, Qatar, and Iran are happy.
00:10:01.000I'm very suspicious of such a deal.0.91
00:10:03.000Pakistan is a Chinese cutout and an open ally with Iran.0.97
00:10:08.000So, treating them as though they are an American ally is foolhardy.
00:10:11.000In any case, Shabazz Sharif says, Following intensive talks, we are pleased to announce that the peace deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been reached.
00:10:19.000Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
00:10:34.000Well, because Hezbollah is a terrorist group that is operating within the purview of the Lebanese government.
00:10:44.000Meanwhile, Israel is going to have to respond to terrorism across its border.
00:10:48.000As we'll see, if the United States is going to suddenly become an advocate for the idea that Israel can't defend itself, then this is a giant L for the United States and for our allies.
00:10:58.000In any case, Sharif says the official signing ceremony will be on Friday, 19th of June, in Switzerland.
00:11:03.000And what we are learning right now is that that would, in fact, include the Iranian parliamentary leader, Mohammed Khalib, of an IRGC.
00:11:10.000Stand in and the vice president JD Vance.
00:11:14.000If you want to sign some sort of temporary ceasefire, do it via docu sign and be done.
00:11:18.000The idea of a gigantic photo op with the leader of the Iranian parliament, who is a stand in for the IRGC, is in fact a visual slap in the face to the tens of thousands of Iranians who died at the hands of Khalibaf's friends.
00:11:34.000And not only that, it ties the Trump administration to whatever is the future of the Iranian regime.
00:11:40.000We didn't even do this with Delcy Rodriguez.
00:11:58.000But the idea of a full scale celebratory photo op, all that does is re enshrine in the minds of the administration that they now have to pretend that the Iranians are reasonable and good and that anything they do is not a betrayal of the deal, which of course the Iranians will violate any deal.0.95
00:12:14.000There's not a deal the Iranians have ever signed they've not violated.
00:12:17.000Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, says, We would like to thank the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their commitment to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
00:12:25.000We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our brothers in this mediation effort, the great leadership of the state of Qatar.
00:12:36.000Well, the visionary leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which has played both sides, and the Republic of Turkey, which is, in fact, a gigantic terror support network, for their immense contributions in this regard.
00:12:46.000With the agreement now in place, mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week.
00:12:50.000These pre implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony.
00:12:55.000So, again, we are still very, very far from a quote unquote complete deal.
00:12:59.000But the president seems to be treating it like a deal is complete, which, again, is not the case.
00:13:04.000The president put out his own statement.
00:13:07.000And here's what he said The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete.
00:13:32.000The president then said the strait will open upon the signing.
00:13:34.000He said this great deal will bring peace and security to the whole region.
00:13:37.000Many presidents have tried to make peace with Iran and all have failed before me.
00:13:40.000The leaders of the region have, for the first time, found a president who can help them achieve real peace.
00:13:43.000With the opening of the strait upon the signing of the deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the region and the world.
00:14:13.000And I'm a big fan of such transparency.
00:14:15.000You know, when we are attempting to sign an agreement with the world's largest sponsor of state terrorism, responsible for the death of thousands of American troops across the region and the world.0.87
00:14:23.000All right, coming up, President Trump outlines the deal, but then the Iranians also outline the deal.0.89
00:14:29.000And let's just say they don't seem to agree on much.0.97
00:14:32.000First, we live in a world where getting enough fruits and veggies into your daily diet still feels like a major logistical challenge.
00:16:18.000Pallets of cash, sanctions being lifted, same thing, doesn't matter.
00:16:22.000If the money flows into Iran, that is a bad deal.0.76
00:16:25.000And remember the elements of a bad deal money flowing into Iran as they continue to covertly pursue nukes and build up their ballistic missile facilities and fund terrorism, that would be a bad deal.0.62
00:16:33.000Now, the president is saying that all of that is contingent on how they behave.0.87
00:16:51.000Hey, we should not be characterizing our opponents.
00:16:54.000Either they will be rational or they will not be rational.
00:16:56.000We do not have to characterize them as rational.0.98
00:16:58.000The reason I say this is because once you have invested in the lie that a bunch of millenarian psychotics who believe that they are going to take over the world on behalf of Shia Islam are a rational negotiating partner, you are already operating in the wrong frame of mind.0.95
00:17:14.000You have now invested yourself in whatever they say being true, which it almost certainly is not.0.94
00:17:24.000The agreement paves the way for a 60 day period of negotiations over their nuclear program.
00:17:29.000In exchange for curbs on the program, Iran expects access to billions of dollars of cash blocked abroad and an end to sanctions that have stifled its economy.
00:17:37.000Okay, so President Trump immediately went on the PR defensive with the New York Times.
00:17:44.000He said in an interview on Sunday afternoon the agreement he reached with Iran would ultimately assure that the Strait of Hormuz is permanently toll free.
00:17:50.000That's not what the Iranians are saying, again.0.62
00:17:52.000I don't know whether he's saying what he thinks is true or whether they're saying what they think is true.
00:18:00.000He says that he saved Israel from nuclear obliteration.
00:18:02.000Well, again, that is far from clear at this point in time, obviously.
00:18:06.000Trump also insisted that if Iran failed to reach a final nuclear accord with the United States, he would restart military attacks on Tehran or make the United States the guardian of the Middle East in return for 20% of the region's revenues.
00:18:16.000The problem is you can't keep threatening this without doing it.
00:18:18.000That is the really, really biggest problem in the Middle East.
00:18:21.000You cannot issue empty threats and your bluff gets called over and over and over again.0.98
00:18:26.000And then you just keep saying it's not a big deal.
00:18:27.000Ceasefires get violated and you say it's not a big deal.
00:18:30.000If you blow your credibility, you have a problem in the Middle East.0.55
00:18:33.000And again, I'm not accusing the president of doing that, but if he keeps issuing threats and the Iranians keep violating the rules, and then he encourages our allies not to actually punish them for violations, that puts them in the catbird seat with these negotiations.
00:18:49.000So Trump, while characterizing the Iranians as very reasonable, says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a very difficult guy.
00:18:58.000One of these countries has been flying sorties next to the United States.
00:19:02.000And putting the lives of its own soldiers at risk next to the United States.
00:19:06.000One of these countries has been trying to kill American soldiers.
00:19:10.000So, probably we should, you know, be a little bit more measured in our critiques of our allies and a little bit more measured in our praise of our enemies.
00:19:22.000According to the New York Times, Trump seems to be describing Iranian concessions the country has not yet made or that have been kicked to the follow up negotiations.
00:19:28.000The Memorandum of Understanding, for example, only suspends tolls in the strait for 60 days and then promises a regional dialogue about the future.
00:19:35.000Iran had never charged tolls before the war.
00:19:37.000So basically, Trump is celebrating a return to the pre war status quo.
00:19:41.000So, this is Trump's version of the deal.
00:19:43.000His version of the deal is we're moving toward nuclear disarmament.
00:19:46.000The Iranians are wonderful partners, that eventually we'll get a permanently toll free Strait of Formos, all the rest.
00:19:56.000And this is one of the reasons I suspect that actually there's not very much in this memo of understanding, because when you have two sides to essentially a term sheet, and the term sheet says nothing, Both sides can then construe that they got everything from the term sheet.
00:20:10.000So, according to Trump, he got everything.
00:20:12.000According to Iran, they didn't just get everything.
00:20:14.000They're basically the new global hegemon.0.81
00:20:17.000According to Iran, here is what's in the deal one, an immediate and permanent cessation of war on all fronts, including Lebanon.0.89
00:20:23.000Again, the idea here would be that Iran has forced the United States to tell Israel it can't defend itself.
00:20:28.000Two, a U.S. commitment not to interfere in Iran's internal affairs and to respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
00:20:34.000So we would have to basically swear that forever we'll never do anything that threatens the regime.
00:20:41.000Three, the complete lifting of the maritime blockade within 30 days.
00:20:43.000Four, A commitment of the United States to withdraw its forces from Iran's surrounding areas.
00:20:48.000Well, I mean, Iran's surrounding areas include Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi.
00:20:57.000Five, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under arrangements determined by Iran.
00:21:03.000They get to determine how it goes according to Iran.
00:21:07.000Six, the suspension of sanctions on the sale of oil, petrochemical products, and their derivatives, as well as full Iranian access to the resulting financial revenues.
00:21:17.000Again, if Iran's characterization of this deal is correct, it is in fact a horrific deal.0.98
00:21:22.000If Trump's characterization of the deal is correct, it's a good deal.
00:21:25.000The reality, there's probably nothing in the deal.
00:21:27.000Number seven, a requirement for the United States and its allies to present reconstruction plans for Iran worth at least $300 billion.
00:21:34.000They want us to rebuild everything that got blown up.
00:21:37.000Eight, 60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement focused on nuclear issues and the complete removal of all U.S. primary and secondary sanctions.
00:21:46.000Nine, Iran's reaffirmation of its commitment under the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty not to produce nukes.0.83
00:21:52.000Oh, so they'll give us their word, is what they say.0.83
00:21:54.000In return for us relieving all sanctions on them and them having billions, hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into their coffers to spread terrorism, to build ballistic missiles, and to covertly build a nuclear program, they will give their very, very durable word that they will not produce nuclear weapons.
00:22:09.000Point of fact, they have been a party to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty since 1970, and they've been violating it since about that same time.
00:22:17.000During the negotiation period, the United States would commit not to increase its military forces in the region and not to impose any new sanctions.
00:22:32.000I will point out that Barack Obama gave them $12 billion.0.97
00:22:35.000So if the Iranians had this right, it would be twice the amount that Obama gave them in the Palace of Cash.0.80
00:22:41.000Half of the amount, according to the Iranians, would be made available to Iran before the negotiations even begin.
00:22:48.00012, the establishment of a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreement.
00:22:51.000And 13, the final agreement would be endorsed by the UN Security Council, which would mean that now we would have to wait for the Russians and the Chinese to agree with us.
00:23:00.000And as they say again, final negotiations would not begin before the release of half of Iran's frozen funds, the suspension of Iran's oil sanctions, and the lifting of the maritime blockade.
00:23:10.000Discussions regarding Iran's missile program and its support for resistance groups would be definitively excluded from the agenda.
00:23:16.000So that means that we would not negotiate over the missiles or over their support for terrorism.
00:23:21.000All righty, coming up, we'll get into how this deal went down.0.72
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00:25:08.000So here's the reason why there's a lot of confusion.
00:25:10.000Trump and fans are saying everything is hunky dory.0.97
00:25:15.000The Iranians are saying for them, everything is hunky dory.0.99
00:25:18.000The reality we have no clue at all, zero clue at all.0.99
00:25:24.000And again, the Iranians are, they basically spent the weekend mocking Trump.0.67
00:25:30.000According to CNN, Iran's military force denied that Iran would sign an agreement with the United States on Sunday and criticized President Trump's unusual insistence on signing the agreement that day.
00:25:41.000In a post on Telegram, the group suggested that Trump wanted to schedule the signing to coincide with his birthday.
00:25:47.000So, JD Vance spent the weekend chastising critics of a deal that no one has seen.
00:25:52.000Which, again, if the deal is great, I understand JD's invested in it.
00:25:59.000So, he says, I'm seeing a lot of fake information about a potential deal to reopen the strait and end Iran's nuclear weapons program.
00:26:05.000First, the Iranians are not receiving any cash and no funds are being released for simply signing a deal or attending a meeting.
00:26:11.000Okay, that is not what the Iranians are saying.
00:26:14.000The deal is structured to ensure that the United States and its allies are prioritized, and that if the Islamic Republic of Iran meets its obligations, economic benefits will flow to them in the entire region.
00:26:26.000This deal has the potential to remake the region and lead to lasting peace.0.60
00:26:31.000Then he says I've noticed a couple of bizarre things in the reporting over the last few hours.
00:26:34.000First, people who rightly said Trump was a historic president a month ago now criticizing a deal based on unconfirmed media reports.
00:26:40.000Well, I mean, you know, it's a great way to rebut unconfirmed media reports, releasing the text of the deal.
00:26:48.000Turns out it's an amazing way to rebut those questions, actually.
00:26:53.000And again, I do think that President Trump doing what he has done over the past several months was an act of political heroism.
00:26:59.000I've said it dozens of times at this point.
00:27:01.000I've also said that you don't know the end of a war until you know the end of a war.
00:27:07.000A war can start off heroic and it can end ignominiously.
00:27:09.000It can end horribly if you end a war badly.
00:27:14.000I'm very proud of the president and what the military have achieved.0.99
00:27:19.000In destroying so much of Iran's forward capacity, it's amazing.0.96
00:27:23.000If you blow that in negotiation, that is bad.
00:27:27.000He says, Second, people who say you can't trust a word said by the IRGC will apparently believe anonymously sourced social media posts.
00:27:33.000The president is going to get us a good outcome one way or the other.
00:27:35.000Well, I mean, we'll see if the outcome is good when we see if the outcome is good, just like anything else.
00:27:40.000And as far as this idea, he says, People who say you can't trust a word said by the IRGC apparently believe anonymously sourced social media.
00:27:46.000Here's my question Why do you trust the IRGC?
00:27:49.000You are the one negotiating with the IRGC.
00:27:51.000What makes you think they are going to keep their word?
00:29:00.000Now, again, according to Reuters, E4 nations, including the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, said on Sunday the countries were prepared to lift sanctions on Iran.
00:29:07.000In response to steps on its nuclear program after the US and Iran reached a deal to end their war.
00:29:12.000Okay, so all of this came to a head a little bit over the weekend.0.93
00:29:18.000The reason it came to a head is because when you show the Iranians that you are more invested in a deal than they are, they will put the screws to you.0.99
00:29:25.000So here is what happened on Sunday.0.95
00:29:28.000So Iran realized that the president really wanted a deal.
00:29:32.000And so what they did is they decided to use that desire for a deal in order to try to drive a wedge between the president and Israel.
00:29:40.000That's what they were trying to do.0.52
00:29:41.000So they activated their terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon to attack into Israel.0.53
00:29:45.000Now, Israel had made clear over and over and over if there were drones that flew into Israeli territory, then Zakhia, which is an area of Beirut, which is where all the Hezbollah leadership lives, was going to get hit.
00:30:13.000That Israel should basically hold back, that Israel shouldn't go, that it was just, you know, a ceasefire with a little less firing than usual, which is not how a ceasefire works.
00:30:22.000What Iran was attempting to do with that whole game was to link its own action with its forward terrorist groups, to use Hezbollah as its forward army.
00:30:31.000And the idea was that if you hit Hezbollah, then you are hitting Iran, and Iran can then respond to you.
00:30:36.000And what Israel is saying is, we are not going to be held accountable for some deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz that doesn't allow us to protect ourselves, right?0.55
00:30:46.000So, the goal for Iran was to get Trump so invested in the deal that Trump would get angry at Israel for defending itself.
00:30:54.000And they basically came to the verge of that over the weekend.
00:30:57.000So, Hezbollah targeted northern Israel, and Israel then struck a Hezbollah target in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday.
00:31:03.000This particular Hezbollah target, by the way, was a Hezbollah commander who was responsible for the death of multiple Americans.0.93
00:31:10.000Okay, so the Iranians immediately set it up, right?0.79
00:31:13.000The Iranians initiated this because their goal, again, was to reestablish the idea that America would deter Israel.0.85
00:31:20.000From defending itself out of a desire for a deal with Iran.
00:31:22.000So, Mohammed Khalaba, the person who is supposed to co sign an agreement with the vice presidents of the United States, put out a tweet.
00:31:29.000And his tweet said, again, this is before the announcement of the deal.
00:31:35.000He said, the Zionist incursion shows that America lacks the will to fulfill its commitments.
00:31:41.000Okay, then the president put out a statement himself saying, This morning's attack on Beirut should not have happened.0.85
00:31:47.000So, again, the idea is that Israel is just supposed to accept rockets incoming over its border, targeting its citizens as well as drones, because Iran says so.
00:31:55.000And the president says this morning's attack on Beirut should not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a peace deal with Iran.0.58
00:32:01.000Well, I will note that on that very special day, Hezbollah, which is an Iranian backed terror group, fired drones into Israeli sovereign territory.
00:32:09.000He said Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless.
00:32:13.000Nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process.
00:32:18.000I really don't think the president would see it that way if, say, Mexico had fired a bunch of drones into American soil and blown them up, and no one got killed.
00:32:33.000We shouldn't spoil this very important day just because you fired a rocket at my house and you happened to hit my front lawn and not kill anybody.
00:32:41.000He said, We are very close to a deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon.
00:33:06.000Thank you for your attention to this matter.
00:33:07.000I'm sorry, these are not kids fighting here.
00:33:09.000You have a terrorist group that has expressed its desire to wipe Israel from the map, and you have an American ally flying sorties alongside American pilots, sharing technology and military largesse both ways.
00:33:21.000And the idea is that that state is supposed to just go silent when it is attacked.
00:34:27.000That suddenly there's no difference between Israel defending itself and Hezbollah firing missiles and rockets at Israelis in Israeli territory?
00:35:05.000And that basically there is no second step because I think a second step would be quite bad.
00:35:10.000But we're not going to know until we see the text.
00:35:12.000The one thing I will say with regard to the president and the vice president and the signals they are sending if you keep sending the signal to a terror backing regime that chants death to America, that you want to deal with them so badly that you're going to tell our allies in the region to stand down, you are giving them an enormous amount of forward momentum.
00:35:32.000And that is a huge mistake that should not be done.
00:35:35.000And I hope that the president does not do that.
00:35:38.000Again, that signing ceremony in Switzerland should be canceled.
00:35:41.000A picture of the vice president standing next to an IRGC cutout like Mohamed Khalibaf is not something the United States should be celebrating.
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