They are there to negotiate for Trump on a personal level.
Cash, land, oil.

Which is the real kicker. His monumental mistake. Humiliation is the way out.

But, Roy Cohn taught him well. Back down? Hell NO! Double-down!!! (link)

Early on as this war was kicking off, I recall hearing on "American Prestige" that one of the demands that Witkoff et al were making was the Iran completely shut down a particular reactor which is the sole source of medical isotopes in the country, and then were incredulous and offended by the refusal on those grounds -- and interpreted the refusal as a persistent intent to make weapons. Witkoff was demanding an entire nation of 90M people be deprived of modern nuclear medicine diagnostics and treatments in perpetuity -- which is insane and monstrous -- to avoid being attacked.

Witkoff and company are so ignorant of the subject matter in question that their placement as envoys/negotiators is frankly immoral. It is fucking morally wrong to empower such people thusly.

Absolutely!!

No trumpublican has ANY place in a legitimate American government. And we need to push our electeds and candidates to commit to purge every last one of them.

See this post for the definition of trumpublican (my definition anyway) as distinct from "MAGA" or "Republican":

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221221890

and they ran Op-Eds and Editorials calling Witkoff & Kushner out as incompetents.

That's the "MSM", but you have actually read the articles.

We may not be seeing the level of public outrage across the political spectrum that you would expect, but I think the general public is "getting it" more and more-- and does not like it.

Or started with a "Needless to say."

It took a team of nuclear experts and true diplomats to negotiate the JCPOA (Iran Nuclear Deal), that was torn up by the grifter.

These people are dangerous!

We must draw red lines. We must clearly define the intolerable attributes. And I think we need a label -- a shorthand -- for referring to people who have one or more of the intolerable attributes. I think the label must be narrower than "MAGA" or "Republican."

The label I use is trumpublicans. I define the intolerable attributes that define a trumpublican in this post.

However they do it, our electeds and candidates must effectively demonize and delegitimize and pledge to purge these intolerable people and forces from our government.

It should not become normalized.

A couple bits on the relationship between intelligence (or lack thereof) and metacognition (or lack thereof):

Metacognition, is defined as the ability to monitor, evaluate, and regulate one’s own cognitive processes. Often referred to as "thinking about thinking," this skill enables faster learning, better decision-making, improved emotional regulation, and higher adaptability, effectively acting as a "meta-intelligence" that optimizes cognitive resources.

Lack of intelligence is often functionally linked to an absence of metacognition, creating a cycle where individuals cannot recognize, monitor, or correct their own errors in reasoning. Poor metacognition—the inability to "think about thinking"—manifests as an inability to update beliefs based on evidence, lack of awareness regarding knowledge limits, and the Dunning-Kruger Effect, where low-competence individuals overestimate their abilities

Nate White, in answer to “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

https://thehobbledehoy.com/tag/nate-white/

It's a blizzard of lies, backed up by complete ignorance, in a solid foundation of mental incompetence.

They'll be lucky to overcome this overwhelming power!

USA is rapidly falling into the clutches of pseudo religiosity, also. (The Better to Control You, Dearie).

As noted, I wouldn't normally give statements from the Iranian regime much credence. But the statements cited align with what we know about the felon's gang.

And in re: "pseudo religiosity." If our electeds and candidates don't get CRYSTAL CLEAR about denouncing, demonizing, and delegitimizing Christian Nationalism, we are in deep shit.

It is pretty f-ing simple. Christian Nationalists are hellbent on passing laws, or otherwise twisting and abusing the apparatus of our courts, our executive agencies, and our executive offices, to impose their personal religious beliefs on people who do not share those beliefs. This not just deeply Un-American, it is an intolerable violation of constitutional moral principles. Where these intolerable attempts have been successful, the affected legislative, executive, or judicial bodies are no longer legitimate parts of the American constitutional system.

In the United States, you can believe whatever religious doctrine floats your boat. You can reject all religious doctrine. You can preach your personal beliefs at people in the public square. Whatever. But passing laws that IMPOSE those personal beliefs as a matter of law? That is intolerable. It is not a matter of "policy difference" or "political debate." There is no debate. Passing laws that impose a matter of religious doctrine on those who do not subscribe to that doctrine crosses a red line. People who advocate such laws, or who seek to twist existing law to achieve such illegitimate ends, must be purged from our courts, purged from our legislatures, and purged from our executive agencies and offices.

The American ideal is respect all faiths, but the failure of individuals to have such respect can, and actually must be, tolerated. People can carry their own religious biases and animosities in their hearts, however abhorrent those bias and animosities may be to others. They can promote their "faith-based" bigoted beliefs all they want. Those who disdain the ideas can make their cases against them, but ultimately, it is not our business. Where the line is crossed, and where it becomes the business of every American who believes in constitutional moral principles, is when there is ANY attempt to use the apparatus of any branch of our government to discriminate based on religious bias or force people to comply with religious doctrine they reject.

And, a little message to all Christian Nationalists: abusing the apparatus of government for these sorts of illegitimate ends doesn't just violate fundamental American values. It violates Christian values. Christianity is deeply grounded in the power of FAITH -- faith that by living and embodying Christian values in your own life you are making the world a better place. The opposite of faith is not doubt. The opposite of faith is CONTROL. The minute your try to CONTROL -- to FORCE compliance with the religious doctrine you subscribe to on others, you prove your lack of faith.

Competence and truth are never associated with kakistocracies.
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... added an " (obviously )" or prefaced with a "Needless to say."

He said that it makes him feel better about himself. And then you have to consider that there are certain people that don’t want peace with Iran.

Where did the Iranians learn how to run an enrichment plant? Try Piketon Ohio.