A Paratrooper And A Yogi Walk Into A Bar... Andrew Fox & Shana Meyerson Talk Israel
Jun 22, 2026 ¡ 56 min ¡ 11 segments
Iran negotiations have begun in Switzerland and no one rolled out a welcome mat for JD Vance. The Iran delegation and Qatari negotiators have been publicly snubbing him even as he tries to smoothâŚ
Andrew FoxHostAnd I guess that that's going to be sort of the new theme, at least for a while.
But I'll just I guess I'll just start off by saying that, like, I'm watching him and he seems to be in, quite honestly, a total tailspin right now.
As you mentioned last week, that Trump is basically dumping this disastrous MOU on his head.
The Pakistanis were like, they looked like their eyes were going to pop out of their heads as they tried to like smooth things over with the vice president and things did not get any better.
When the Qataris snubbed him two days in a row, as if he was completely persona non grata, making it clear, at least to me, that his presence is not welcome there and publicly humiliating him at the same time.
I guess they just prefer Witkoff and Kushner, whose strategy seems to be just throw more money their way and they'll see the light.

think it's just that they're not in cahoots with the Iranians, but they're certainly Iranian-leaning here.

And, of course, Qatar has come out since and paid quite a lot of money to the Iranians to stop them doing it again.

So you're going to be quite pissed off with the USA, especially when you invested all that money in a new jet and and lobbying for washington so you get your own way you then end up with russell afan getting smashed up so yeah i'd imagine they're kind of pissed with the u.s on this one

no definitely not definitely not a bribe trump's definitely not in cattle's pocket that'd be outrageous to suggest
And I guess that that's going to be sort of the new theme, at least for a while.
But I'll just I guess I'll just start off by saying that, like, I'm watching him and he seems to be in, quite honestly, a total tailspin right now.
As you mentioned last week, that Trump is basically dumping this disastrous MOU on his head.
The Pakistanis were like, they looked like their eyes were going to pop out of their heads as they tried to like smooth things over with the vice president and things did not get any better.
When the Qataris snubbed him two days in a row, as if he was completely persona non grata, making it clear, at least to me, that his presence is not welcome there and publicly humiliating him at the same time.
I guess they just prefer Witkoff and Kushner, whose strategy seems to be just throw more money their way and they'll see the light.

think it's just that they're not in cahoots with the Iranians, but they're certainly Iranian-leaning here.

And, of course, Qatar has come out since and paid quite a lot of money to the Iranians to stop them doing it again.

So you're going to be quite pissed off with the USA, especially when you invested all that money in a new jet and and lobbying for washington so you get your own way you then end up with russell afan getting smashed up so yeah i'd imagine they're kind of pissed with the u.s on this one

no definitely not definitely not a bribe trump's definitely not in cattle's pocket that'd be outrageous to suggest
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