Jonathan Karl

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent. Author of "RETRIBUTION: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America" - Order here:

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

"An exceptionally brilliant portrait of how politics pulled America, kicking and screaming, into 2025 by one of the best, toughest and non-partisan reporters the United States is so very fortunate to have." 

- Bob Woodward on “Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign that Changed America”

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

@VP says “economic benefits will flow” to the Iranians but only if “Iran meets its obligations”

[JD Vance @JDVance]

I'm seeing a lot of fake information about a potential deal to reopen the Strait and end Iran's nuclear weapons program. First, the Iranians are not receiving any cash, and no funds are being released for simply signing a deal or attending a meeting. The deal is structured to ensure that the US and its allies concerns are prioritized, and that if the Islamic Republic of Iran meets its obligations, then economic benefits will flow to them and to the entire region. This deal has the potential to remake the region and lead to lasting peace.

I've noticed a couple of bizarre things in the reporting over the last few hours. First, people who (rightly) said Donald Trump was a historic president a month ago now criticizing a deal based on unconfirmed media reports. Second, people who say you can't trust a word said by the IRGC who apparently believe anonymously sourced social media posts.

The president is going to get us a good outcome, one way or the other.

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

The WH has a starkly different description of the preliminary Iran deal than the Iranians.

This is what a senior administration official tells @rachelvscott the deal includes:

1. Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed
2. Nuclear program will be dismantled
3. None of their money released until they perform
4. Strait of Hormuz will be open
5. No Iran funding of terrorist groups

“This is what they agreed to. This is a performance- based deal real.”

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

"Let them impeach and be damned." - Andrew Johnson

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[Annie Karni @anniekarni]

Something that appears clear from the outside but appears to hit different when you experience it.

“If he would do that to me, he would do that to anybody,” Cornyn said. “There’s never going to be good enough for him.”

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[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln

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[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln

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[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

One for the ages

[NBA @NBA]

AN ALL-TIME ANGLE OF AN ALL-TIME MOMENT.

OG Anunoby’s unreal putback gave the Knicks a 3-1 series lead!

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

EXCERPT from Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, by @jonathanvswan and me, in NYT Magazine today. How the Epstein files crisis paralyzed the Trump White House for the better part of a year https://t.co/QF4Lp3oC65

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

Holy! Holy! What a comeback!!!!!

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[Mark Zuckerman @MarkZuckerman]

The Washington Nationals are currently tied for a wild card berth.

[World News Tonight @ABCWorldNews]

ABC News' @JonKarl spoke with Pres. Trump shortly after the U.S. launched counterstrikes against Iran following the downing of an Apache helicopter.

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

I was on the phone with Trump as CENTCOM announced US retaliatory strikes against Iran. Here's what he said:

"I think it's very important to respond. They shot down a helicopter, and we are responding as we speak."

He added: "This is a response to what they did they did with our helicopter last night, and I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is."

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

Trump also told me its an open question whether Netanyahu will run for re-election, wondering, “If Bibi even wants to continue."

"I don't know, he's had an amazing career. Does he want to continue? Because, you know he's a wartime prime minister. We will very shortly win the war one way or the other, and you know he's a wartime prime minister."

He continued: "That's okay, just like I'm a wartime president.”

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

He said the Israeli counterattack Sunday was "unnecessary" but that he understood why Israel did it.

"They wanted to show retribution," he said. "When you get attacked, there really has to be retribution."

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

When I spoke to Trump last night (before the Knicks game), he offered a slightly different version of his call with Netanyahu, saying he did directly ask him to hold of on attacking Iran. This is how he described what he said Netanyahu:

“I don't want to do anything that's going to hurt the deal, but I said, ‘You have to use your own judgment.’ Just go out and use your own judgment, but I don't want the deal to be hurt.”

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

"I like the noise of democracy." - James Buchanan

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"Of all knaves, the religious knave is the worst."
- Franklin Pierce

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[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

Poor dog

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Kyle Clark asked Colorado GOP candidate for governor Victor Marx whether voters should believe he’s lived "one of the most extraordinary lives in human history," or whether he’s "a liar and a fraud."

John Oliver: “That might be the first event in history won by the moderator.”

[Jonathan Karl @jonkarl]

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