The Iran talks expose the collapse of US diplomacy

• The purpose of a professional diplomatic corps is to ensure that a nation has negotiators acting on its behalf whose only stake in the outcome of their work is the welfare of their nation.
• As the United States continues what may be the most critical negotiations of the second Trump administration – those with Iran – its negotiating team is led by the vice president of the US, and by two real estate investors with a side hustle in cryptocurrency.
• Jared Kushner and Steven Witkoff are not the natural fit for a high-stakes matter of international diplomacy.