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spanone

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:54 PM Yesterday

***Looks like the peace talks are over*** [View all]

I’m shocked since we sent our best negotiators.

Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-04-12T01:47:32.239Z


Vance: But we just could not get to a situation where the Iranians were willing to accept our terms.
We weren't able to make any headway.


AP: US Vice President JD Vance says talks with Iran ended after 21 hours without reaching agreement

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said negotiations ended early Sunday between the United States and Iran without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon.

The high-stakes talks ended after 21 hours, Vance said, with the vice president in constant communication with U.S. President Donald Trump and others in the administration.

“But the simple fact is that we need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon, and they will not seek the tools that would enable them to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon,” Vance told reporters. “That is the core goal of the president of the United States. And that’s what we’ve tried to achieve through these negotiations.”

The vice president said he spoke with Trump “a half dozen times, a dozen times, over the past 21 hours” and also spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Adm. Brad Cooper, head of the United States Central Command.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-11-2026-2be904aee3f804892336730279e054b9
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They opened a big ol' can of worms! True Dough Yesterday #1
why isn't the great dealmaker drumpf personally handling this???????????? Takket Yesterday #2
Brain Spurs. Maru Kitteh Yesterday #6
He is handling it, by phone, that is WHY they can not get a deal. Bev54 23 hrs ago #40
Da fuck you talkin'? He's a great deal maker. 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #46
Vance was probably his usual condescending dickish self and treated the Iranians Ocelot II Yesterday #3
It sounds like our way or the highway....so one meeting, eh? spanone Yesterday #5
They negotiated for a whole 21 hours. Red Mountain 16 hrs ago #52
+1 dalton99a 23 hrs ago #35
That's quite a visual and probably very accurate. chicoescuela 23 hrs ago #43
PREACH IT OCELOT II Skittles 23 hrs ago #44
Yep BeneteauBum 22 hrs ago #48
I think Jared and Witkoff were just there for the cameras underpants 15 hrs ago #54
Of the 21 hours, I wonder how many were Vance critiquing their outfits. Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #55
country is in the middle of a war, and the president is at a UFC event, while the VP announced peace talks have failed Takket Yesterday #4
Does he go in the dressing room and grab em leftstreet Yesterday #11
ADVICE FOR YOU TAKKET Skittles 23 hrs ago #45
Being a diplomat is not a cosplay event. yellow dahlia Yesterday #7
DOGE saw to it that those experts with the displacedvermoter Yesterday #8
So much talent, experience, and institutional memory lost. yellow dahlia Yesterday #14
Nothing efficient about what they did. It was destruction - plain and simple. yellow dahlia Yesterday #31
" Send in the experts and someone with the skill sets. " AverageOldGuy Yesterday #20
Yup. So much dismantling and destruction. yellow dahlia Yesterday #32
Bluster Diplomacy thought crime Yesterday #9
The US bombed Iran, but the US has "terms?" leftstreet Yesterday #10
Has anyone asked Trump why the US, as the "winner" newdeal2 Yesterday #22
The man can't place an order at a donut shop, SamuelTheThird Yesterday #12
Meanwhile MSNOW is showing Rachel reruns & CNN Bill Maher reruns spanone Yesterday #13
Is it polite to say: AverageOldGuy Yesterday #19
looks like more war starting very soon rollin74 Yesterday #15
Gotta empty the armories so Uncle Sam is forced to buy more from Trump's Donor Class Attilatheblond Yesterday #33
Possibly, but we were losing aircraft at an unsustainable rate and, hopefully, don't want more of that. /nt artemisia1 21 hrs ago #50
Probably should have sent Tim Walz, much more likable guy. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #16
Gosh! Being such a natural diplomat, JD usually seems so lovable and is so good at getting folk on his side! struggle4progress Yesterday #17
But he wrote a book about stupid people doing stupid things for stupid reasons! What's not to love? Scrivener7 15 hrs ago #56
Am I ever shocked and surprised AverageOldGuy Yesterday #18
Damn does donald have him on zoom? Lifeafter70 Yesterday #21
I heard trmp say today 'i don't care if we have a deal' spanone Yesterday #28
He doesn't Lifeafter70 Yesterday #30
So dweller Yesterday #23
The couch at the head of the table was probably a bad idea. hay rick Yesterday #24
The guyliner didnt help,either. BattleRow Yesterday #27
Given the way he talked to Zelensky I'm not surprised they told him to FRO. BannonsLiver Yesterday #25
JD Vance is about as undeserving as Jay Leno with regards to prominent positions. Crowman2009 Yesterday #26
Like we expected anything else from this group. Figarosmom Yesterday #29
Well that was quick! orangecrush 23 hrs ago #34
I remember the old time 'shuttle diplomacy' where envoys would fly back & forth spanone 23 hrs ago #36
When you have no cards - no deal blue blues 23 hrs ago #37
Jesus Christ spanone 23 hrs ago #38
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone 23 hrs ago #39
Wow, after listening to the local news kacekwl 23 hrs ago #41
Trump surrendered Tuesday, and usually Johonny 23 hrs ago #42
The guy can't make plausible small talk in a doughnut shop. Aristus 22 hrs ago #47
I'm sure there were no good faith negotiations...only an ultimatum BeneteauBum 22 hrs ago #49
So Trump wants the Obama deal that he trashed. C_U_L8R 19 hrs ago #51
Traitors. spanone 15 hrs ago #53
Yep malaise 15 hrs ago #57
Toothpaste back into the tube Ruby the Liberal 13 hrs ago #58
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