policy. >> right. and also trying to change the narrative of the intention of the crossing of the border involving so many children by this blanket statement of, you know, child smuggling. all right. jim acosta, thank you so much. >> that's right. all right. with me now is vali nassar, a professor at the school for advanced international studies at johns hopkins university, also an expert on iran and the middle east. good to see you. i want to talk to you mostly about this surprise visit of iran's foreign minister at the invitation of france. so catching so many of the other leaders, particularly the u.s., by surprise, the u.s., in fact, calling it a curve ball. so in your view, you know, how clever or, perhaps, cunning was this invitation? >> it might be a curve ball for officials in the administration like john bolton or secretary pompeo, but i'm not sure it was a curve ball for president trump. i think the perception has been

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