GOP senator: Trump Iran deal ‘tremendous foreign policy blunder’
Cassidy said the agreement gives Iran major economic relief while leaving uranium enrichment intact and setting up $300 billion in reconstruction aid.
- President Donald Trump is framing a tentative peace deal with Iran as a victory, yet fractures in the Republican Party suggest the agreement faces significant resistance ahead of midterm elections.
- The 14-point memorandum promises a tentative end to hostilities and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, though the White House has not shared the finer points with Congress or the public.
- Former Vice President Mike Pence told CNN the agreement 'smacks of' appeasement, while former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley wrote there 'should be zero sanctions relief' immediately.
- Administration officials argue the deal will lower prices for gas and goods, yet critics describe cutting the agreement without ensuring uranium removal or regime change as a 'low-grade humiliation' for the president.
- Trump maintains it is a 'very strong deal,' despite the mixed early response from Republican leaders and the conservative commentariat regarding the potential impact on midterm candidates.
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POLITICS: Iran deal tosses a tremendous cash lifeline to terrorist regime
The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran hands the terrorist regime the one victory it could never have achieved on the battlefield. Financial reprieve. What is so disconcerting is that the Iranian regime has never been as weak in its 47 years of existence as it is now. American and Israeli strikes severely degraded Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and gutted Iran’s military. A naval blockade choked its por…
InsideNoVA.com
'Policy blunder' or 'pathway to peace': Republicans divided over Iran deal
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed the temporary peace deal with Iran ahead of schedule Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in France, kicking off negotiations over a final nuclear deal.
Military Times
Republicans blast Iran agreement as details emerge
One Republican senator called the framework pact announced this week the “worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”
A rare moment of rebellion, Republican elected officials did not come after Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran, which they considered advantageous for Tehran and far from the overwhelming victory promised by the American president.
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