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Swede

(40,466 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:09 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump sent his buddy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to negotiate with Iran. Again.

Two useless tits to negotiate what may be Trump's coup de grace, transforming him into a lame duck.
Interesting thread.

Wait. So Trumpâ€™s Iran deal is now being negotiated by his buddy Steve Witkoff, a billionaire real estate developer, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner?

Not a seasoned career diplomat or nuclear expert in sight.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-06-20T13:04:59.872Z

Trump is desperately making a bad deal because of oil. At the G7, he admitted weâ€™d â€œrun out of reserves in about four weeks.â€
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-06-20T13:04:59.873Z

Trump makes a desperate deal with Iran for oil while spending tax dollars to pay companies not to build wind farms and solar arrays. Waste, fraud, and abuse.
— (@jjones2231.bsky.social) 2026-06-20T15:28:21.644Z

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Trump sent his buddy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to negotiate with Iran. Again. (Original Post) Swede 3 hrs ago OP

Iran sends experts with PHDs and years of experience and we send clowns. dem4decades 3 hrs ago #1

That we keep sending real estate developers to these negotiations displacedvermoter 3 hrs ago #2

Could be. Negotiations used to end in a truce, not a deal. Swede 3 hrs ago #4

So Trump is sending (Epstein files) Witkoff, a corrupt incompetent self-dealing billionaire agingdem 3 hrs ago #3

dem4decades

(14,623 posts)

1. Iran sends experts with PHDs and years of experience and we send clowns.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:11 PM

3 hrs ago

There's a reason we get a bad deal.

displacedvermoter

(5,209 posts)

2. That we keep sending real estate developers to these negotiations

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:28 PM

3 hrs ago

is kind of a tell, don't you think. These aren't diplomatic negotiations, they are business transactions...

Swede

(40,466 posts)

4. Could be. Negotiations used to end in a truce, not a deal.

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:39 PM

3 hrs ago

agingdem

(9,032 posts)

3. So Trump is sending (Epstein files) Witkoff, a corrupt incompetent self-dealing billionaire

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 12:29 PM

3 hrs ago

and Jared, a corrupt incompetent self-dealing Saudi bribe recipient, to negotiate a deal with the Iranians..Deja vu all over again!

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