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JD Vance Is the Fall Guy for Trump’s Terrible Iran Deal

Jun 18, 2026Left

It seems that Vice President JD Vance has been chosen to carry the can for Donald Trump’s nascent peace deal with Iran. What could go wrong? As the lead negotiator with Iran—who also happens to be running a rocky press tour for his new book—Vance has become the face for the controversial deal, which critics are already calling a complete…

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