David Graham, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

David Graham writes about politics over at the Atlantic.

Can I read you a truth social post from President Donald J. Trump from like 102 a.m. I have been reading this all morning,

so please read it to me again. Okay, it goes like this. Iran really wants to make a deal,

and it will be a good one for the USA and those that are with us.

But don't the Democrats and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans understand it is much

tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate when political hacks keep negatively

chirping at levels never seen before over and over again.

Talk to me about this message.

Where to start?

I mean, as we sit here taping, first of all, I am just seeing headlines that Iran has called off negotiations.

So the idea that Iran wants to make a deal, I think is very questionable.

Yeah.

I mean, it's fascinating to me that Trump's conduct of this war has been so much like,

I don't need to ask, I don't need to gather public support.

I don't need to get permission from Congress.

And now here it's going poorly.

And he's like, why is everyone paying attention to this thing that I didn't bother to get them behind?

If you've been following along as the Trump administration tries to wrap up its Iran war,

I'd forgive you for being a little confused at the moment. For the last couple of

weeks, there have been breathless reports of imminent deals to bring the conflict to a close,

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