Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“I’m embarrassed for them. For them to address a letter to the Ayatollah, who they claim is our mortal enemy, and their basic argument is ‘don’t deal with our president because you can’t trust him to follow through on an agreement’, that’s close to unprecedented.”
— President Obama, in an interview with Vice, on the letter GOP senators sent to Iranian leaders.
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