The failure of the weekend negotiations to produce a deal between the US and Iran was expected due to bad-faith involvement from Israeli-aligned figures.

“Now, uh the vice president failed to secure a deal with the Iranians over the weekend, which shouldn't really come as a surprise”

The US military leverage in the Iran conflict is being misused, as the economic leverage Iran holds over oil markets is far more impactful.

“So our leverage the military can only take us so far but it apparently can't get us to enrich uranium and it can't get us regime change. Their leverage could bleed us dry. uh and it is bleeding us dry and we're super worried about it”