{"id":16443,"date":"2026-06-18T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16443"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:32:54","slug":"gop-senator-trump-iran-deal-tremendous-foreign-policy-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16443","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator: Trump Iran deal \u2018tremendous foreign policy blunder\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/97.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/97.png 450w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/97-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe details that I\u2019ve seen so far look \u2026 awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,\u201d Cassidy told Nexstar\u2019s Reshad Hudson on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump has said the involved parties will not release the text of the agreement until the two sides sign it in Switzerland on Friday. But multiple outlets, including Bloomberg and CNN, have released details of a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reported MOU calls for fighting to end on \u201call fronts,\u201d including with respect to the Israeli campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also says the U.S. and regional partners will finance at least $300 billion for a reconstruction fund for Iran. Trump, though, said Wednesday the U.S. will not contribute to the fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the reported agreement, the U.S. would also end all sanctions on Iran, including on Iranian oil exports, while Tehran would commit to not producing nuclear weapons. The deal does not bar Iran from enriching uranium, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassidy said if the deal is carried out, Iran \u201cends up stronger\u201d and U.S. allies in the region \u201cend up weaker.\u201d The MOU reportedly calls for the two sides to negotiate a final deal within 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Louisiana Republican added, \u201cIran has learned that if they\u2019re willing to grab that Strait of Hormuz and choke it off, they can get the Western world to dance to their tune. I think [the deal is] a deep mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said Tuesday he \u201cwouldn\u2019t mind\u201d sending the agreement to Congress for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassidy, who lost his primary last month to Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), argued the legislative branch must receive a full briefing from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s clear that they don\u2019t have a plan. Or if this is the plan, it\u2019s not a very good plan, and that\u2019s because it\u2019s now been five months,\u201d Cassidy said, referring to the president initially saying the Iran war would take four to five weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo that\u2019s why I think Congress needs the ability to be fully briefed and to weigh in,\u201d added the Louisiana senator, who voted Tuesday in favor of an unsuccessful resolution intended to force Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from combat against Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot to be told kind of top line what\u2019s going on, but to be fully briefed. And that\u2019s my \u2026 goal right now. Let the American people, by their elected representatives, have input into what we\u2019re doing, because it\u2019s not going as we were promised that it would go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it. \u201cThe details that I\u2019ve seen so far look \u2026 awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,\u201d Cassidy told Nexstar\u2019s Reshad Hudson on Capitol Hill. 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