Facing bipartisan criticism of Iran deal, Trump lashes out at "fools"

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President Trump slammed the "fools" who reason presumption of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of knowing arsenic "either jealous, atrocious people, oregon stupid" aft respective Republican lawmakers spoke retired powerfully against the deal.

"These fools, who deliberation I haven't been pugnacious capable connected Iran, erstwhile the Stock Market Just Hit A RECORD HIGH, and Oil prices are 'tumbling' down, are either jealous, atrocious people, oregon stupid," Mr. Trump wrote connected Truth Social aboriginal Thursday arsenic helium returned from the G7 summit.

Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy came retired astir powerfully against the Iran deal, saying Ronald Reagan is "rolling implicit successful his grave."

"Iran's atomic ambitions were not curbed, and they person learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and volition undoubtedly leverage it successful the future," Cassidy wrote connected X. "Now, Iran gets to physique brand-new infrastructure nether this deal. Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 work members were inactive alive."

"Now, 13 Americans are dead, families person paid billions astatine the pump, sanctions volition beryllium lifted, and the bombing has stopped," helium continued. "This is the worst overseas argumentation blunder successful decades."

Cassidy has stepped up his disapproval of Mr. Trump aft losing his superior race to Trump-endorsed candidates Julia Letlow and John Fleming, who present look a runoff. The president repeatedly slammed Cassidy, who was 1 of conscionable seven Republicans to ballot to impeach Mr. Trump implicit the Jan. 6 attack.

Trump state Sen. Ted Cruz is besides among the critics of the Iran deal. Cruz told the Daily Wire he thinks the president is getting "very mediocre proposal erstwhile it comes to this deal."

"History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who privation to execution america is simply a atrocious idea," the Texas Republican said. "Under the presumption of what's been released, determination betwixt $10 cardinal and $30 cardinal volition travel to the Ayatollah instantly earlier they marque adjacent a azygous atomic concession."

"I deliberation that's ill-advised," Cruz continued. "That money, if it goes to the ayatollah, volition spell to money terrorists trying to termination Americans and weapons that volition beryllium utilized to effort to termination Americans. And it besides appears to formalize a imperishable relation for the Islamic authorities controlling the Strait of Hormuz. It is hard to spot what imaginable payment to America could travel from that."

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump state who has antecedently advocated not making immoderate woody and restarting subject enactment against Iran, gave tepid endorsement of the woody aft helium said helium spoke to Trump peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff.

"After this discussion, it is my sentiment that signing the MOU volition beryllium beneficial to the United States, successful arsenic overmuch arsenic the Strait of Hormuz volition statesman to open, and the hostilities with Iran volition stop," Graham wrote connected X. "Whether oregon not the United States tin scope an acceptable, verifiable woody with Iran regarding its atomic programme and different issues is yet to beryllium determined, but I spot small downside to trying.

"The economical stableness that comes from opening up the Strait and the cessation of hostilities could make a pathway to bid good beyond the Iranian conflict."

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said he's hoping for much details than conscionable the brief 14-point plan released connected Wednesday, calling it "inadequate."

"If I'm yet asked by the medication to justice it connected the ground of the 14 points that we know, past it volition not beryllium a bully assessment," Tillis said during an Atlantic Council lawsuit connected the upcoming NATO summit.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters astatine the Capitol connected Thursday helium anticipates the medication volition little senators connected the Iran statement aboriginal adjacent week.

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"My knowing is the punctuation 'official language' is coming retired today, but yeah, we person a petition in," Thune said. "I presume erstwhile they bash the archetypal briefing connected it that we'll person folks up here. We've asked them to bash that. I would expect astir apt aboriginal adjacent week."

Thune called the woody "good for Americans," citing the imaginable economical alleviation if the strait reopens. He besides noted the "long-term" issues stay "unresolved."

Democratic senators, similar Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, person been agreed successful their disdain for the deal.

"When you look astatine the 14 points that the medication has agreed to, it looks similar Iran has won connected conscionable astir each 1 of them," Schumer told reporters connected Capitol Hill. "Trump has done a precise mediocre occupation of negotiating. We are worse disconnected than we were erstwhile the warfare started. The Strait of Hormuz nether greater Iranian power present than then. The enactment of Iran much militant present than then. ... This volition beryllium regarded arsenic 1 of the biggest American disasters."

Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal called it a "seemingly disgraceful deal" and said it looks "like an unconditional surrender, not for Iran, but for the U.S."

"Contrary to the president's promises, this capitulation is not by Iran, seemingly, it is by the United States successful lifting sanctions, providing hundreds of billions of dollars that tin beryllium utilized to enactment proxies. The lack of immoderate benignant of authorities change, and an economical windfall for this regime, strengthening it," said Blumenthal, who added helium believes the statement indispensable beryllium approved by the Senate arsenic the Constitution outlines for planetary treaties.

"Anybody advocating for it is going to request flame-resistant assemblage armor, due to the fact that it volition conscionable with bipartisan condemnation erstwhile it reaches Congress, arsenic it indispensable do, due to the fact that it has each the appearances of a treaty," helium said.

Eleanor Watson and Kaia Hubbard contributed to this report.

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