President Donald Trump affirmed that a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated” after a call with several U.S. allies in the Middle East.
"Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly," Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened as part of the agreement.
President Trump said he had spoken with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain about “all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE” and Iran.
President Trump also affirmed that he spoke separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sharing that the call also went well.
Backlash From GOP Members
According to PBS News & The Associated Press, several fellow Republicans have criticized President Trump’s announcement of the deal to end the conflict in the Middle East.
"If 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 & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wrote on X, asserting that President Trump’s launch of “Operation Epic Fury” was the “most consequential” of his second term and that he should not fall back.
"Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!" Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, stated.
President Trump Claps Back At 'Losers'
“If 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.,” President Trump fired back.
“Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about. Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!”
Although details of the agreement have not been released, reports indicate that the U.S.-Iran deal will fall in line with previous reports, which include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the transfer of Iran’s nuclear stockpile to a separate country amid negotiations, a promise to never engage in conflict with the Islamic Republic again, and the removal of the U.S. blockade on the Gulf of Oman.
