The Iranian Foreign Minister makes Vance wait, then when he arrives he refuses to shake Vance's hand or greet him. The U

[riversedge]

The last post reminds me that Trump DID say he would blame Vance if the Iran deal failed.



Ron Filipkowski
‪@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social‬

The Iranian Foreign Minister makes Vance wait, then when he arrives he refuses to shake Vance’s hand or greet him. The US has never looked smaller or weaker on the world stage.

The Iranian Foreign Minister makes Vance wait, then when he arrives he refuses to shake Vance’s hand or greet him. The US has never looked smaller or weaker on the world stage.

— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2026-06-21T16:04:11.998Z

[wcmagumba]

1. Good, we (the US) attacked them...

[agingdem]

12. Absolutely...Trump started an unprovoked war (nuclear weapons blah blah blah)

with zero intelligence having fired most of the career intelligence officers whose actual jobs were to monitor Iran’s nuclear program ..he then bombed a girls school, killing 168 children having used coordinates from something akin to a video game.. and when Iran retaliated and shut down the Strait of Hormuz (something everyone knew was going to happen), Trump, caught with his diaper down, threatened to erase Iran from the face of the earth …then, having learned nothing the first time, sent Witkoff, an incompetent pay-to-play corrupt billionaire, Kushner, his incompetent corrupt bribe-taking billionaire son in law , and Vance, an incompetent blithering idiot (and Trump’s fall guy), to get him out of a winless war with a win…and the Iranian negotiator refused to shake Vance’s hand?…I’m shocked

[spanone]

2. K&R

Vance couldn't sell used cars.

[AZJonnie]

3. This is why yesterday I said the bleeding heart in me almost feels bad for JD

It was plain as day the dude was being set up to fail, but has no choice but to walk right into it, fail, and take all the blame.

After what Trump said publicly before the trip, the Iranians had every reason to fuck with the guy, and they are seemingly taking advantage of the opportunity.

I ain't crying for JD's plight, don't get me wrong, fuck that guy. But I'm also empathetic by nature, I kinda can't help that, and IQ47 is clearly doing him dirty

[RockRaven]

4. They have correctly understood how weak this US admin is, and where the soft points are.

And there is no end in sight. Those flaws are baked in, due to the peculiar psychological state of the god-king-president, and there is no prospect of changing them.

[stopdiggin]

7. and a world that is, jointly - fast coming to regard the U.S. as crudely broken ...

incoherent, unreliable, indefensible - and pariah ...

Time for the stickers "Trump did this .. "

[Shellback Squid]

5. is JD eating a gobstopper?

[SWBTATTReg]

6. All things tRUMP touches, dies. Why is anyone else expecting otherwise? tRUMP is not a negotiator, like he claims in

his fake book, the 'Art of the Deal'. We're seeing it live, every day, w/ his temper spats when things don't go his way. He's a liar, and has lied repeatedly, and numerous times (probably every time he speaks).

The only good I'm seeing happening now is that the GOP surrounding tRUMP is slowly starting to realize the massive mistake that they have made in making tRUMP their idol, de-facto-leader.

Maybe they'll grow a pair and finally move, w/ others to remove tRUMP sooner than later.

[tanyev]

13. +1. He threatens and extorts and when that works, he calls it making a deal.

When it doesn’t work he blames everybody except himself.

[struggle4progress]

8. No doubt JD's smooth negotiating tactics -- as seen with Ukraine, Greenland, and the Vatican --

will swiftly encourage the Iranians to come to an agreement wuh him

[malaise]

9. A handshake has meaning

A handshake typically symbolizes trust, respect, camaraderie, and equality. Its history traces back to ancient Greece as a gesture of peace to prove neither person was holding a weapon

That is all

[Tbear]

11. Yeah exactly

Why would the Iranians want to show any civility to the US?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. The Iranian delegation refused to take part in a planned handshake and joint photo-op with the U.S. delegation.

Link to tweet

[Kid Berwyn]

14. If someone murdered my family, friends and countrymen...

…not shaking hands with those responsible wouldn’t enter my mind until the moment, and then only in passing.

[malaise]

15. including 168 little girls

Take your effin handshake and shove it

[-misanthroptimist]

16. Given what Vance does to defenseless sofas...

...I wouldn't want to shake his hand, either. Lord knows where that's been.

Oh, yeah. There's also the rather important matter of the unprovoked destruction of a fair amount of Iran.

[malaise]

17. No country has the right to behave like barbarians and

then expect respect from anyone.
Donvict has the manners of gutter rats and the diplomatic skills of hungry feral cats