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Subject: Vance the Vapid
Date: 07/16/26 8:30 PM
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You could dismiss the thrust of this report as Iranian propaganda, but, this is not the first time someone has suggested that the US' negotiations with Iran were nothing but a kabuki dance, being leveraged for personal profit. Vance could not see that, from his front row seat?

Iran Sent Message to JD Vance Warning that Kushner and Witkoff Were “Abusing” Their Inside Access to Negotiations

During the U.S.-Iran talks in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland in late June, Iranian negotiators sent a private message to Vice President JD Vance through an intermediary. The Iranians warned Vance that the continued presence of President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner would undermine the chance of turning the June 17 framework into an enduring deal, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site.

... according to the official, Iran conveyed to Vance that the pair were more interested in exploiting insider knowledge of the negotiations to profit in financial markets than they were in reaching a deal. Iranian negotiators also expressed concern about repeated leaks from Kushner to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (A U.S. official told Axios that since the negotiations began, Witkoff and Kushner “talk almost every day to Netanyahu” and the head of Mossad.)


dropsitenews.com - Iran jd vance kushner witkoff exploiting negotiations

But wait! There's more! Trump knows what he posts to social media moves the markets. What a profit opportunity!

Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts

Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​and trading firms “the fastest” access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts, such as President Donald Trump’s, whose posts often move global markets.

The product, called ‘Truth API’, will deliver posts from the 10 most influential accounts to customers at a significantly ​faster pace than a regular push notification on the Truth Social ​platform, a spokesperson said.


nbcnews.com - Trump media early access truth social posts

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