Trump’s Iran Agreement Draws Rare Reproach From Powerful Republicans
The preliminary deal would lift sanctions, free frozen Iranian assets and open a 60-day negotiation period, alarming Republicans over a proposed $300 billion reconstruction plan.
- President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, establishing plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide Iran access to $300 billion in private reconstruction funds.
- Trump pursued the agreement to avoid 'economic catastrophe,' seeking to shift focus from the costly conflict five months before midterm elections as energy prices remained elevated.
- Republican lawmakers expressed alarm over the $300 billion fund and lifting of sanctions, with Senator Roger Wicker saying the deal is 'completely out of step with the president's goals.'
- Senator Lindsey Graham suggested the agreement 'will be beneficial to the United States,' while Senator Bill Cassidy called it 'the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.'
- A 60-day negotiation period now begins to finalize details, though Senator John Cornyn warned the deal leaves Iran with capability to 'rebuild its arsenal and continue enriching uranium.
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Donald Trump's interim agreement to end the war with Iran is being harshly criticized by some of his Republican colleagues after copies of the document signed yesterday by the American President begin to circulate through the Capitol this Thursday. One Republican senator classified the preliminary agreement as the "worst foreign policy error in decades." Another said that some of the provisions released seemed to result from "bad advice." Commen…
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