Vance’s Iran Trump Card
6/23/202625 min
Julia Ioffe and Peter untangle the framework peace deal between the United States and Iran, which seems to shift by the hour as Israel, Tehran, and Washington trade competing details. They also explain why J.D. Vance has emerged as the deal’s most visible champion, using the moment to cement his standing with Trump.
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First 90 secondsJulia Ioffe· Guest0:00
[upbeat music] It's incredible. This is, like, worse- this is worse than the deal Trump could have gotten without going to war against Iran.
Peter Hamby· Host0:11
Welcome to the Powers That Be Daily, Puck's podcast focused on the intersection of Wall Street, Washington, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood, and the players who run it all. I'm Peter Hamby. It's Tuesday, June 23rd. Today, I'm joined by Julia Ioffe with a state of play on the framework peace deal between the United States and Iran, which seems like it's changing by the day, as Israel, Tehran, and the US throw out new details by the hour and new disagreements. At the center of all of it is Vice President JD Vance, who is owning the memorandum of understanding with Iran as he demonstrates his unflinching loyalty to President Trump. We'll discuss all that and much more on today's episode of The Powers That Be.
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