Posted on 03/30/2026 11:35:33 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
On Monday’s CNN This Morning, the network cast President Trump less as the Commander-in-Chief than as a common street criminal.
Global affairs analyst Kim Dozier -- who was a longtime overseas reporter for CBS News -- likened Trump’s negotiating posture toward Iran to an armed robbery, suggesting the U.S. was telling Tehran: agree to Washington’s demands, “or else this is a stick-up.”
Discussing the gap between competing U.S. and Iranian proposals, Dozier brushed aside diplomacy as little more than window dressing.
“The fact of the matter is the 15-point plan that the U.S. has put forward versus Iran's five-point plan are so far apart that it would take weeks, if not months, to bring them together. It feels more like the U.S. is saying, agree to these 15 points or else this is a stick-up.”
In Dozier’s telling, Trump isn’t engaging in hard-nosed negotiation; he’s cast as an armed thug.
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Its so cute seeing CNN being the spokes turds for the Iranian regime..gee jackass, how about when Iran tells different countries you cant pass through the Strait unless you pay them 2 MILLION BUCKS PER SHIP, isnt that a holdup you twit
All “international diplomacy” is mutually consensual extortion.
That is exactly the definition of a war. It’s a stick up with the thread of mass death behind it. CNN is leftist AND retarded.
It’s a war.
Arm-twisting will occur.
Economic pressure will be applied.
Demands will be made.
241 murdered US Marines and sailors.
I don’t give a rip.
It's Iran that has been the armed thug since the Mullahs came into power. Trump is negotiating the way the Godfather would negotiate. You guys are dead. But, we can save your wives, kids and lessor mobsters - on our terms, cuz I'm a nice guy.
Because iran are the good guys.
Wow. I agree with you. War is the use of force to achieve what we want.
Iran should pay. If they stop the weapons systems and threats against us, they can prosper on half the oil revenue.
She probably thinks Iran is winning.
What a maroon.
For people like this there’s no winning for President Trump.
During his 1st term I said he could cure cancer and they would have a problem with it.
He has said the very same thing
No! According to these “experts” what you do is send your team to Geneva for some nice wine, nice food, nice atmosphere, nice scenery, and spend a couple of hours a day in hardnosed negotiations before you break off to consult with your government. This can go on for years while the opposition gets to violate the cease fire as much as they want because they aren’t civilized, but you can’t do anything because you are.
Great point!
It’s a war. We’ve got them at our mercy.
It’s up to the mullahs to surrender or die. It’s not really a giant mystery.
CNN’s hypocrisy is world-class.
Oh, how cute! What is she, a second grader?
“Send your team to Geneva for some nice wine, nice food, nice atmosphere, nice scenery.”
I suggest sending John Kerry. He has the most refined understanding of the wine lists there.
President Trump, and myself, have had enough of these “cleric” gangsters.
To borrow a cartel offer: plata o plomo
According to the libtards.
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