The president’s casual remark about US negotiators having the option to continue talking with the Iranians is more than just a diplomatic nicety; it’s a blatant red flag that mainstream media—particularly outlets like CNN and MSNBC—rush to overlook. They’re too busy framing the narrative under the convoluted veil of “engagement” to see the glaring implications of what this actually means.

Fox News, on the other hand, seizes this opportunity to paint the administration as weak and indecisive. They love a good fear-mongering headline that suggests a return to the appeasement policies of yesteryear while ignoring the cold hard facts: negotiating with a regime that has repeatedly proven itself untrustworthy is not a sign of strength. It’s a pink slip for American diplomacy.

What we should really be asking is: why are we still in this position? Where’s the accountability for generations of failed foreign policies? The oceans of propaganda churned out by places like CNN leave viewers with the hollow sense that dialogue alone is a win, while the real geopolitical chess game goes on behind the curtain—where America’s interests are often sacrificed at the altar of globalism.

Until we hold our leaders accountable and demand more than just “negotiation for negotiation’s sake,” we’ll continue to see this disturbing trend of politicized diplomacy, masked in the guise of peace talks. Buckle up; it looks like the “realignment” we desperately need isn’t coming anytime soon.