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197. Vance Vs Hegseth: Who Takes the Fall for Trump’s Iran Deal?

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Trump's Reflecting Pool Playbook: Announce, Ignore, Fail, Repeat

197. Vance Vs Hegseth: Who Takes the Fall for Trump’s Iran … · Jun 18, 2026 News

Trump's reflecting pool turned green with algae six days after its ceremonial reopening — and that's not a trivial detail. It's the operating system. Announce you'll solve a problem no one else could, ignore why predecessors failed, grab the quickest solution available, fail spectacularly, and never admit it. He's done it with the pool, with Iran, and with the country.

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