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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Vice President J.D. Vance has delayed a U.S.-led delegation to Switzerland for talks with Iran.
Vance has emerged as the public face of the Trump administration's effort
to reach a lasting deal with Tehran, as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
President Trump made a telling joke about this at a press conference this week.
A reporter asked him essentially if Vance is the fall guy if things don't work out and Trump answered with this.
This way if it works out I'm going to take the credit.
If it doesn't work out I'm blaming JD.
You better be careful JD.
Now, it got laughs, and Vance said yesterday that, yeah, it was a joke.
But even so, there's a reason it got a laugh.
Trump does not like to lose, and Vance is the face of these negotiations.
He's been doing these many press appearances this week, talking up his new book.
And in those, he also talked a lot about Iran.