Members of Trump’s own party have lined up to condemn the deal, which pledges to help fund Iran and scrap sanctions

Members of Trump’s own party have lined up to condemn the deal, which pledges to help fund Iran and scrap sanctions

Republicans have turned on Donald Trump over his plan to end the war with Iran, accusing him of making the “worst foreign policy blunder in decades”.

The U.S. released the 14-point interim agreement on Wednesday as Trump signed the documents in Versailles, France. The terms included stopping the conflict and reopening the vital shipping route, the Strait of Hormuz, but also financing Iran’s recovery with a $300bn fund and scrapping sanctions.

“Reagan is rolling over in his grave,” said Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy on Wednesday, referring to the former president Trump admires.

  • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    No? Those warmongering psychos were perfectly fine with bombing schoolchildren, they’re just upset that he stopped bombing schoolchildren:

    Trump’s former vice president Mike Pence also issued a rare criticism of his former boss, arguing the Memorandum of Understanding “does smack of the kind of appeasement that our administration rejected in the Obama-Iran nuclear deal”.

    “I would urge the President to take a step back, continue the blockade and pursue a negotiated settlement that commits Iran to dismantling their nuclear program, dismantling this missile program, ends support for terrorist proxies and opens the strait.

    “Failing that, we should let our Armed Forces finish the job on our terms,” he wrote on social media.