Ten days ago, Vance was everywhere selling the MOU as peace, progress, and a performance-based deal.
Now the follow-through is tit-for-tat strikes across the Gulf, Iran is skipping technical talks, and Vance’s defense has shrunk to: they can “pick up the phone.”
And then the reframe.
The man who sold the deal now says America wins “deal or no deal.”
That is what happens when the salesman starts distancing himself from the product — good luck with that.