Rhetoric vs. Reality #8: "Peace Through Whatever"

For eleven years, Tom Emmer has had a lot to say about Iran. What he says depends entirely on one thing: who is in the White House.

Last Tuesday, on the Scott Jennings podcast, Rep. Tom Emmer called Donald Trump “the ultimate negotiator and the ultimate peacemaker.”

That same week, Sen. Mark Warner walked out of a Gang of Eight intelligence briefing and told reporters the stated objectives of the Iran war had shifted, by his count, four or five times in four days.

Those two things exi…