Josh Hokit gave rambling post-fight interview veering from praising the president to religion and repeating false conspiracy claim about former first ladySign up for the Breaking News US emailJD Vance also dodged the question when he was asked by CNBC who would be at the signing of the agreement on Friday.Without addressing who would be present for the US side, he said they “expect the negotiating team from the Iranian side is going to be the Speaker of the House [Mohammad Bagher] Ghalibaf, and also the foreign minister [Abbas] Araghchi, along with a number of security officials and people who represent the different constituencies within their country.”I think it’s a great day for the American people … our expectation is that the strait is going to be opened in a toll-free way for the long term.That’s the sort of thing that we’re going to figure out in these technical negotiations. There are a lot of very important details to figure out that we’re actually going to sit at the table and discuss together and figure out a path forward on these details.And what we’ve said is, OK, let’s talk about how exactly we’re going to do that.They want access to an unsanctioned economy.

We’ve talked about, ‘OK, we’re open to that,’ but that would require a long-term commitment to the inspection and verification regime. Continue reading...