The speaker of Tehran’s parliament jabbed the U.S. vice president for his 614-word missive on X.

A senior Iranian official mocked JD Vance on Thursday for a lengthy social media post in which the U.S. vice president conceded that the American-Israeli war on Iran caused the Republican Party’s midterm election meltdown this week.

“Losing gambler energy, can’t walk away from the table. Boss is prepping the next war phase while America teeters on an Israel-First cliff. Skip the TED talk. Why not say this to your boss?” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, shot back at Vance.

In his screed on X, published less than 24 hours after the Republicans suffered an election wipeout, Vance pointed to four things that needed to happen for voters to return to the party in future ballots.

“1) End the war. 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation. 3) Put America First. 4) Change our relationship to Israel,” Vance argued, in a missive that he personally drafted and which marked his first post-election attempt to distance himself from a war that Donald Trump has repeatedly defended.

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    If only those things could have been a viable platform BEFORE you fucked everything up with Techbros First, Christofascism For All, and Israel Tells Us What to Do.

    Oh wait, did you just appropriate the platforms that curbstomped your pathetic army of ghouls this week? How ingenious of you.

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    2 days ago

    i love that his third point is “Put America First!” A poor start on that 4 point list couch baby.

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      1 day ago

      I saw that too. And, like, wasn’t that the policy they ran on starting in 2016? Isn’t that the entire justification for the trade war they started with Canada? Sounds like he’s saying they haven’t ACTUALLY been putting America first this whole time shocked pikachu face