Hey, everybody. It's Monday, April 13th, 2026. I'm Alison Gill. And I'm Dana Goldberg, and this is Beanstalk.

You can't take J.D. Vance anywhere.

Nope, nor would I want to. Let's just be honest.

Nor would you want to. After he cursed Victor Orban, he went to Islamabad where talks with Iran completely imploded.

Peace talks totally broke down.

And now Trump is claiming, we're going to close the strait of Hormuz. I didn't get that wrong.

That is correct.

He is claiming we are going to close the straight of Hormuz as these peace talks collapse.

This is the headline from NPR.

And NPR has the story saying, quote, the United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after a day of highly anticipated face-to-face peace talks, Washington's lead negotiator, Vice President J.D. Vance announced on Sunday.

Quote, the bad news is, is we haven't reached an agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran, much more than it's bad news for the U.S.

They've chosen not to accept our terms.

That's what Vance said at a press conference in Islamabad, before boarding Air Force 2

to leave the country.

So basically, I guess the sticking point is that Iran's not going to be promising to not have nuclear weapons,

which is what Obama got them to promise.

So, you know, because, I think it's been proven that Obama, you know, Obama is just a better negotiator.

I think if any of this has proven anything, it's that one of those things is true. Obama is a

better negotiator. Trump actually responded to all this nonsense. He said, effective immediately

the United States Navy, the finest in the world, will begin the process of blockading any and all

ships trying to enter or leave the straight of her moose. Now, isn't that already happening? I feel like he really is being

like, look what we did. I'm like, that was already done. This is, by the way, over the weekend,

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