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Jen Psaki in disbelief over JD Vance's bizarre Iran comparison: 'What on earth?'
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Jen Psaki in disbelief over JD Vance's bizarre Iran comparison: 'What on earth?'
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-04-09T10:50:22Z
https://www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-2676683244
MS NOW's Jen Psaki broke down many of Vice President JD Vance's answers to reporters concerned about the details of the Trump administration's "ceasefire" with Iran — and was taken aback by many of his answers, particularly his explanation why the United States was okay with considering a "right to enrichment" of nuclear materials to Iran on some level, something Trump insists isn't actually on the table even as Iran treats it like a done deal.....
"Let me just say this," said Vance. "I actually wonder how good he is at understanding English, because there are things that he said that, frankly, didn't make sense in some in the context of negotiations that we've had."
"Okay, so just to unroll unpack that one, the speaker of Iran's parliament said that the U.S. violated the deal, and JD Vance's answer was, well, he just needs to brush up on his English, maybe it was a translation issue," said Psaki. "Again, JD Vance is the official who is supposed to sit across from the Iranians in these negotiations in just a few days. Now, if you thought that was a reach, just listen to how JD Vance tried to explain away the differences between Iran and the U.S. on the question of nuclear enrichment."
"The second thing Ghalibaf said, which again, I found fascinating, is he said, we refuse to give up the right to enrichment," said Vance. "And I thought to myself, you know what? My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement that she's not going to do that, because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane."
"I have so many questions, like, what on earth are you talking about?" said Psaki. "Also, are you saying that you trust the Iranians won't enrich uranium even if they have access? Just like you trust your wife won't jump out of a plane? I still don't think it clears anything up. I don't know where that came from."
"Let me just say this," said Vance. "I actually wonder how good he is at understanding English, because there are things that he said that, frankly, didn't make sense in some in the context of negotiations that we've had."
"Okay, so just to unroll unpack that one, the speaker of Iran's parliament said that the U.S. violated the deal, and JD Vance's answer was, well, he just needs to brush up on his English, maybe it was a translation issue," said Psaki. "Again, JD Vance is the official who is supposed to sit across from the Iranians in these negotiations in just a few days. Now, if you thought that was a reach, just listen to how JD Vance tried to explain away the differences between Iran and the U.S. on the question of nuclear enrichment."
"The second thing Ghalibaf said, which again, I found fascinating, is he said, we refuse to give up the right to enrichment," said Vance. "And I thought to myself, you know what? My wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn't jump out of an airplane because she and I have an agreement that she's not going to do that, because I don't want my wife jumping out of an airplane."
"I have so many questions, like, what on earth are you talking about?" said Psaki. "Also, are you saying that you trust the Iranians won't enrich uranium even if they have access? Just like you trust your wife won't jump out of a plane? I still don't think it clears anything up. I don't know where that came from."
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