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Striking a major deal on the global stage usually requires a president to project total confidence.
Yet, when a controversial agreement triggers intense backlash at home, the political battle lines are quickly redrawn, reports CBS News.
Bipartisan fury
President Donald Trump has lashed out at critics opposing his new pact with Iran. Writing on Truth Social, the president attacked his detractors directly.
“These fools, who think I haven’t been tough enough on Iran, when the Stock Market Just Hit A RECORD HIGH, and Oil prices are ‘tumbling’ down, are either jealous, bad people, or stupid,” Trump wrote.
But the criticism spans across both major parties. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy led the charge against the deal, saying Ronald Reagan is “rolling over in his grave.”
Cassidy called the agreement a massive failure. “This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades,” Cassidy continued on X.
Funding terror
Other Republicans are zeroing in on a $300 billion reconstruction fund. Texas Senator Ted Cruz argued that the private investor money will find its way to dangerous groups.
“If we give billions of dollars to Iran, that money will be used to murder Americans, and so I don’t believe we should do that,” Cruz told reporters.
Meanwhile, Senator Tom Cotton warned on Fox News that lifting oil sanctions will provide Iran with billions of dollars each month.
“We know that this terrorist revolutionary regime is not going to spend that money on daycares or in hospitals, they will use it to rebuild their drone stockpiles, their missiles, to fund Hamas and Hezbollah,” Cotton warned.
Disastrous surrender
Democrats are equally furious over the 14 point memorandum of understanding. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the situation as an American disaster.
“When you look at the 14 points that the administration has agreed to, it looks like Iran has won on just about every one of them,” Schumer said.
Senator Richard Blumenthal called it “like an unconditional surrender, not for Iran, but for the U.S.”
Still, Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered a rare note of optimism, calling the potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz good for Americans.
Sources: Truth Social, X, Fox News
