Joe Hunter

Public Affairs guy, adventure-lover, skier, proudly grizzled mountain dweller. Weld 2020, Johnson-Weld 2016. Reagan, Bush, and a bunch of other politics.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Every single one of these folks knows this is not even remotely true.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Watters: We whipped Iran. We basically did it with 12 casualties. The United States is the world's leading exporter of energy. We did it in three months. You look at that and you tell any Democrat president over the last 47 years, would you take those results? All of them would say yes.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

This. All of this. We have skipped all the way ahead to reparations.

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

Reagan is rolling over in his grave. Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future. Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal.

Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

I don't know...that green stripe in the reflecting pool is kind of cool.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

OMFG!

So Trump had people dump a bunch of peroxide in along the edges of the reflecting pool.

Do you see what I see?

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

It is well past time for Republicans in the Senate to tell the Emperor he is without clothes.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Here’s something for Republicans in Washington to wake up to: In a lengthy post attacking both Democrats and Republicans, Trump says they’re canceling Jay Clayton’s scheduled hearing today and that Bill Pulte will remain acting Director of National Intelligence for now.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Granted, a light moment. But, I fear there is some truth here.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

KENNEDY: Trump wants to turn the entire Middle East into a massive Trumpworld resort, which I celebrate because I'm hoping by being on the same show with VP Vance that I get a discount code

JD VANCE: The discount code is "Trump 2028"

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

This is an administration, I fear, trying to inoculate itself from an agreement that is either meaningless or not likely to be well-received.

[Alayna Treene @alaynatreene]

“People shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one US official told me, describing the agreement as a “political document.”

“What’s more important than the actual document is the understandings we have with each other... We came up with language that allows (Iran) to say what they need to say for their domestic politics.”

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

I actually feel for these guys. Anyone who has dealt with algae knows, once it "turns", it's really hard to eradicate.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

They're literally dumping hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning... 😳

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

I have long had a nagging belief that this administration views the Mideast as just one huge investment opportunity, including Iran.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

In retrospect, probably suboptimal that Trump administration's chief negotiators were in the pay of foreign governments

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

You ask too much.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Journalists traveling with Trump, could you please ask him to explain why his 2 page MOU is better than the JCPOA? Ask him to make explicit comparisons? Thank you.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Call me a Grinch, but I'm not thrilled about having tax dollar used to host the "most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all".

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Absolutely this.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

I think the compromise consensus position for pretty much everybody of good faith should be that the full text of the agreement be released. There’s no reason to take Trump’s word or Iran’s or random leakers’ word for it. Release the text, period.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

It appears our president has mandated that, if his name won't appear, no one's will.

[Michael Schaffer @michaelschaffer]

This looks pretty permanent. Built around the doors.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

@VanessaP34284 At those sporting events, the honor guard is for the presentation of the colors, not a couple of dudes walking down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Nice try.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

An honor guard on the hallowed steps of the Lincoln Memorial for ... UFC folks?

Embarrassing disrespect.

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

What time is the tractor pull?

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

This morning at the White House...

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

This is bringing me much more pleasure than it probably should.

[Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports]

A 14-member crew just started offloading scaffolding after taking an extended break, presumably due to thunderstorms. When the workers started moving, the crowd of about 150 immediately broke out into chants of “Take it down! Take it down!”

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

3/1: "four to five weeks"
3/9: "very soon"
3/16: "won't be long"
3/23: "very good and productive conversations"
3/26: talks to end the war are “going very well"
3/29: "I think we'll make a deal with them, pretty sure"
4/1: “very shortly”
4/6: "They’ve made a proposal, and it’s a significant proposal."
4/8: ""A big day for World Peace!"
5/18: "we’ve had very big discussions with Iran"
5/23: "will be announced shortly."
6/1: "rapid pace"
6/11: "next few days"

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Sad, but true.

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

American credibility has deteriorated to the point where the president can announce a diplomatic agreement and the near-universal reaction is "let's wait for confirmation from Tasnim"

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

Someone should probably tell the 1500+ ships waiting to go through the strait.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "The strait is open. But the straits have been open for a number of months already and you just didn't know about it."

[Joe Hunter @MrJoeHunter]

@TomMoyerUT Decades ago, in the midst of a California drought, none other than Dick Cheney observed: Conservation must be treated as a supply...and paid for accordingly.