Republicans scorch Iran peace deal; don't listen to losers, says Donald Trump

US President Donald Trumps peace deal with Iran has run afoul of fellow Republicans who have voiced deep concerns over the move contending that it would amount to recognising Tehran as a dominant force that required a diplomatic solutionThe Republican sceptics included Senator Roger Wicker the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senators Thom Tillis Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz who all questioned trusting Iran to stick to its commitments to the peace deal to end the nearly threemonth warSurprisingly Trump critic Senator Rand Paul counselled patience and urged critics to give the President space to find an America First solutionDemocrat senators also joined the critics of the peace deal claiming that the president was being played as a fool and the emerging framework would merely amount to returning to the prewar status quoTrump hit back at the critics describing them as losers who were commenting on an issue they knew nothing about He claimed that the deal under discussion was the exact opposite of the one agreed to under the leadership of thenPresident Barack Obama in 2015If I make a deal with Iran it will be a good and proper one not like the one made by Obama which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon Trump said in a post on Truth Social on SundayOur deal is the exact opposite but nobody has seen it or knows what it is It isnt even fully negotiated yet So dont listen to the losers who are critical about something they know nothing about Trump saidSenator Ted Cruz said he was deeply concerned about the prospective deal He said any outcome in which Iran retained control of the Strait of Hormuz and the ability to enrich uranium will be a disastrous mistakeIf the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime still run by Islamists who chant death to America now receiving billions of dollars being able to enrich uranium amp develop nuclear weapons and having effective control over the Strait ofHormuz then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake Cruz wrote Saturday on the social media platform XFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who served during the first Trump administration too said the deal under discussion was much on the lines of the one negotiated during the Obama administrationThe deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy ShermanRobert MalleyBen Rhodes playbook Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world Pompeo wrote on XNot remotely America First Its straightforward Open the damned strait Deny Iran access to money Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region Overdue Lets go Pompeo saidTrumps close adviser Steven Cheung hit out at Pompeo for his criticism of the peace deal saying that Pompeo had no idea what he was talking aboutHe should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals Hes not read into anything thats happening so how would he know Cheung the White House Communications Director said in a post on XSenator Lindsey Graham who is close to Trump said that any deal that is perceived to allow Iran to survive and possess the ability to control the Strait in the future will put Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Shia militias in Iraq on steroidsSenator Wicker questioned the merit of a proposed 60day ceasefire saying it would be a disasterEverything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for nought said WickerSenator Rand Paul defended the White Houses approachWar virtually always ends with negotiations Critics of President Trumps peace negotiations should give President Trump the space to find an American First solution Paul saidHouse Speaker Mike Johnson also voiced support for a deal and cautioned against making a quick judgment before its official terms were releasedCongressman Johnson said Sunday on Fox amp Friends Weekend that he was confident that the deal would take care of the nuclear dust and praised the president for his resolute will to curb Irans nuclear ambitionsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever