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Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts) Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:46 PM Apr 11

Sen. KELLY: "Can't send 'two real estate developers' to negotiate peace."

When it comes to assigning blame, I like Democrats who make things clear.

Kelly rips Witkoff, Kushner role in Iran talks: Can’t send ‘two real estate developers’ to negotiate peace

Story by Sophie Brams
The Hill, April 11, 2026

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Saturday criticized the involvement of special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Middle East diplomacy, as the two sit down with Iranian officials for trilateral talks on bringing the six-week conflict with Iran to an end.

“You can’t send the two real estate developers to negotiate a peace with another region,” Kelly said during the National Action Network Convention in New York City.

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Kelly suggested on Saturday that Trump had committed “strategic” blunders in the conflict, arguing that Trump went into it “without a plan, without a timeline, without an exit strategy.”

He faulted Trump for the prolonged Iranian blockade of the strait, a vital shipping channel that transports about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.

“There is one person responsible for closing the Strait of Hormuz. It’s Donald Trump,” he said. “What Donald Trump taught the Iranians is they now have a strategic asset that they can exploit for decades to our detriment.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kelly-rips-witkoff-kushner-role-in-iran-talks-can-t-send-two-real-estate-developers-to-negotiate-peace/ar-AA20F2TO

Yet, USG calls Jared.

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Sen. KELLY: "Can't send 'two real estate developers' to negotiate peace." (Original Post) Kid Berwyn Apr 11 OP

But ... but ... but ... bucolic_frolic Apr 11 #1

That's why the bunker. Kid Berwyn Apr 11 #2

lol, and you're right! /nft bucolic_frolic Apr 11 #3

They're going in with a money making plan. It will be a trump MerryBlooms Apr 11 #4

Trump wants a piece of the Hormuz action. Kid Berwyn Apr 11 #8

Explains why official Sec of State is not invited or involved MerryBlooms Apr 11 #9

This is how the "shadow government" operates FakeNoose Apr 11 #13

btw, diesel over $6 a gallon here in southern Oregon, where all the trucker protesters? MerryBlooms Apr 11 #5

Billionaires can't drink diesel. Kid Berwyn Apr 11 #10

Their "exit plan" is to ensure the next president takes all the blame DBoon Apr 11 #6

Tradition! Kid Berwyn Apr 11 #11

why are we paying little marco the florsheim guy? nt msongs Apr 11 #7

Little did he know he wasn't going dancing. Kid Berwyn Apr 11 #12

bucolic_frolic

(55,431 posts)

1. But ... but ... but ...

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:48 PM

Apr 11

Blitzkrieg always worked so well!

Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts)

2. That's why the bunker.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:51 PM

Apr 11

Super-duper guaranteed to withstand Godzilla.

bucolic_frolic

(55,431 posts)

3. lol, and you're right! /nft

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:53 PM

Apr 11

MerryBlooms

(12,327 posts)

4. They're going in with a money making plan. It will be a trump

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 05:56 PM

Apr 11

Money making miracle. Let the oil flow. Nothing happens unless it benefits trump or his family.

Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts)

8. Trump wants a piece of the Hormuz action.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:09 PM

Apr 11

Trump says he’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Iran for Strait of Hormuz tolls

Excerpt…

“We’re thinking of doing it as a joint venture,” the president told Karl, who shared Trump’s response on the social platform X. “It’s a way of securing it — also securing it from lots of other people. It’s a beautiful thing.”

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5821343-trump-us-iran-ceasefire-deal-joint-venture-strait-of-hormuz/

MerryBlooms

(12,327 posts)

9. Explains why official Sec of State is not invited or involved

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:16 PM

Apr 11

One money making scheme after another. Probably be "Hormuz Strait ", coins available soon. Bigliest, bloodiest, most expensive coins, ever!

FakeNoose

(41,952 posts)

13. This is how the "shadow government" operates

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:17 PM

Apr 11

It's all about what goes into Chump's (or Chump's family's) pocketbook. He's just doing business like this is all normal. Jared gets a cut of course, so does Witkoff. That's WHY they are there.

WTF??? People have been jailed for less than this. Just ask Oliver North.

MerryBlooms

(12,327 posts)

5. btw, diesel over $6 a gallon here in southern Oregon, where all the trucker protesters?

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:02 PM

Apr 11

Ope, can't block Dem busses over nonsense... Too busy losing their businesses to tariffs and fuel costs. Still got trump's back! Ugh.

Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts)

10. Billionaires can't drink diesel.

Reply to MerryBlooms (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:20 PM

Apr 11

They’ll be surprised a few weeks after the trucks stop running and Security doesn’t answer the phone.

DBoon

(25,057 posts)

6. Their "exit plan" is to ensure the next president takes all the blame

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:02 PM

Apr 11

They've already done that with Afghanistan

Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts)

11. Tradition!

Reply to DBoon (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:02 PM

Apr 11

Nixon keeps Vietnam War boiling and corrupts government.
Jimmy Carter cleans house, starts USSR’s Vietnam in Afghanistan, and gets booted.
KKK Reagan corrupts government and foists 46 years of Trickle Down 4EVER.
Papa Doc Bush further corrupts government, loots the S&Ls and creates illegal war on Iraq.
William J. Clinton cleans house and balances the budget by tossing safety net for poor.
Baby Doc Bush corrupts government, misses approaching 9-11, and makes illegal war on Iraq, after first being forced into Afghanistan, loots the banks.
Barack Obama cleans house, restores the banks, bonuses the banksters, and moves forward.
Traitor Trump gets a boost from Vladimir Putin and corrupts government, refuses to leave office, claims election stolen, leads Insurrection, steals Pentagon Top Secrets.
Joseph R. Biden cleans house, follows the law and begins prosecution of a former president for myriad high crimes and treasons; meanwhile Trump hogs the airwaves courtesy of the oligarchs who own them and escapes justice, forced to step down after a disastrous debate his professional “consultants” demanded, withdraws from re-election.
Now comes the worst part, as the re-selected Trump, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka dial in Vlad Putin and Bibi Netanyahu bring NAZI mayhem mainstream.

msongs

(73,890 posts)

7. why are we paying little marco the florsheim guy? nt

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:05 PM

Apr 11

Kid Berwyn

(24,701 posts)

12. Little did he know he wasn't going dancing.

Reply to msongs (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 08:06 PM

Apr 11

One’s Rep has to be at the bottom of the tank for the Iranians and Pakistanis to think Couchhumper McThiel an upgrade.

ETA: Marco still is smarter than Ted Cruz.

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