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Shapiro accuses negotiators of either naivety or deliberately misleading Trump on Iran

Ben Shapiro Show · Trump Just Did The Right Thing On Iran · July 8, 2026
Shapiro accuses negotiators of either naivety or deliberately misleading Trump on Iran
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Trump Just Did The Right Thing On Iran
"Either J.D. Vance is really, really naive and he thought that the Iranians were good, solid people, and the Pakistanis— he loves the Pakistanis, he loves Pakistan. Doesn't matter that Pakistan and Iran are hand in glove. Or, or all these negotiators basically knew that the Iranians were never going to agree that the Strait of Hormuz was open, and they were fibbing to the president to try to get President Trump to buy into letting the Iranians off the hook."
Shapiro directly accuses Vice President J.D. Vance and other administration negotiators including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner of either being dangerously naive about Iranian intentions or deliberately misleading President Trump about the terms of the memorandum. He suggests they either misunderstood that Iran would never cede control of the Strait of Hormuz or knowingly misrepresented this to Trump hoping he would lose interest over time.
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