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Former Security Adviser: John Kerry Undermined Trump in Unapproved Iran Talks
The Epoch Times ^ | ay 2, 2021 | IVAN PENTCHOUKOV

Posted on 05/02/2021 7:24:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Former Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly undercut President Donald Trump’s foreign policy towards Iran during unauthorized talks with senior Iranian officials, according to Keith Kellogg, the former chief of staff for the National Security Council under President Donald Trump.

“He did it all the time,” Kellogg told Just the News when asked if Kerry sent a conflicting message to Iran. “By just the very fact that he went over there, and the fact that he talked to [Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad] Zarif, sent a very, very strong counter-message to what we were trying to do out there.”

“We read cables and we understand what’s going on,” Kellogg added. “We talked about it in the Oval Office several times. It was not helpful what he was doing, because he was basically countering every message we were putting out there and trying to push them into some type of negotiation.”

Trump reimposed tough sanctions on Iran after exiting the multilateral nuclear deal with the Islamist regime. The measures crippled the oil-rich nation in a bid to force Iran to commit to denuclearization.

“I was in there many times when the president would reach out to people like Macron of France, he would reach out to Boris Johnson in U.K., and trying to get them to be an intermediary to talk to the Iranians to get us into some type of discussions. And we always had a pushback,” Kellogg said. “Because we had people like Kerry out there talking to Zarif and others.”

It appears the Trump administration did nothing to hold Kerry back, causing a headache to Kellogg and others.

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1 posted on 05/02/2021 7:24:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I cannot say what should happen to that SOB.


2 posted on 05/02/2021 7:26:15 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All

Kerry is on my ‘P*ss On their Graves’ list, right behind Hillary! and Fonda.

WHY aren’t these TRAITORS stamped out like the roaches they are? Come ON, America!


3 posted on 05/02/2021 7:29:48 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Amen.


4 posted on 05/02/2021 7:30:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Who wants to bet that the term “Logan Act” will cease to be bandied about by the beltway swamp creatures?


5 posted on 05/02/2021 7:33:21 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well then Trump, or Trump’s people, should have, you know, actually done something about it.


6 posted on 05/02/2021 7:38:46 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

GITMO


7 posted on 05/02/2021 7:38:53 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: frank ballenger

Throwing Juan McLame in there and his awful wife, too!


8 posted on 05/02/2021 7:39:32 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It is time to charge and prosecute Swiftboat Rear Admiral John F’ing Kerry.


9 posted on 05/02/2021 7:42:14 PM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: chopperk

JF’nK


10 posted on 05/02/2021 7:43:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Again...We knew this as he was doing it, and Trump didn't have the KILLER INSTINCT NEEDED to grab Kerry's gangly ass and throw him in jail. Hell, I would have someone shoot down his plane on his way back.

So many things wrong with the last administration. 80% of what the country needed was NOT enough. Tim Scott is NOT the answer. Maybe DeSantis. But NOT Trump, if Mushner and Daddy's Girl and the ass kissers and the backstabbers and morons he had surround him.

11 posted on 05/02/2021 7:47:05 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The money for the steal came from what Obama skimmed from the money returned to Iran, and Kerry was his SoS. This was all planned, and Kerry knew. He needs to get locked up at GITMO.


12 posted on 05/02/2021 7:48:49 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hoping Mossad will straighten him out, once and for all.


13 posted on 05/02/2021 7:49:25 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I guess some people are immune from the law. You know... The “logan act”.


14 posted on 05/02/2021 7:57:19 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Fonda is first on my list. I hope I live long enough to get the opportunity. Hey, buy the way, considering I’m an old fart, would you mind if I cut in line?


15 posted on 05/02/2021 8:00:05 PM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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16 posted on 05/02/2021 8:03:38 PM PDT by bitt (People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And he was NOT held accountable like is the case with most liberal elites.
It’s the modern American way.
Only lowly working stiffs can be judged guilty and be made to pay for their crimes.


17 posted on 05/02/2021 8:16:27 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: wetgundog

I am wif you on dat.


18 posted on 05/02/2021 8:20:32 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yep!


19 posted on 05/02/2021 8:29:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: rlmorel
I cannot say what should happen to that SOB.

Unfortunately, he will get away with it. Definitely on the piss on grave list.

20 posted on 05/02/2021 8:59:06 PM PDT by Mark17 (Father of US Air Force combat pilot )
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