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Many Republicans across<\/span> the right are bashing interim deal between the US-Iran as an unnecessary surrender.\u00a0<\/p>

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\u201cThis is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades,\u201d Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana wrote in a Wednesday post on X. \u201cIran\u2019s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal,\u201d he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other Republicans, like Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, have balked at the amount of resources the US is giving to Iran\u2014including sourcingat least $300 billion to fund reconstruction in Iran. The Trump administration has repeatedly said this week that the money would come from other Gulf countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration read the agreement to journalists on Wednesday and both countries are expected to sign it in a formal ceremony on Friday. While extremely vague in how it will be achieved, the \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d provides financial and political concessions to Iran for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and reaffirm that it will not develop nuclear weapons: immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil and terminating all sanctions against Iran, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But as I wrote on Wednesday, Trump seems to be aware of the dissatisfaction from his own party, stating that the deal isn\u2019t \u201cfinal,\u201d he may resume bombing if Iran doesn\u2019t \u201cbehave,\u201d and that Vice President JD Vance\u2014and definitely not the president\u2014is responsible for the negotiated deal.<\/p>\n

While Sen. Cassidy lost last month\u2019s primary election to two Republicans, including Trump\u2019s choice, Julia Letlow, even the president\u2019s allies voiced opposition (although in a less direct way).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president is getting, I think, very poor advice when it comes to this deal,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz told the Daily Wire <\/em>on Wednesday. \u201cHistory teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea.\u201d<\/p>

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Likewise, on Wednesday, far right political commentator Ben Shapiro said on Fox News that the agreement looks like a disaster and \u201cdoes not achieve any of the signal goals that were set by the administration at the beginning,\u201d including ending all nuclear enrichment, ballistic missiles, and support of terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, the Vice President of the United States, the chief negotiator on this particular project, has not well served the president,\u201d Shapiro concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, the US military announced that it had officially lifted its blockade on ships entering and exiting Iranian ports. The Trump administration stated that the blockade, which started in April, was designed to stop Iran from profiting off its closure of the Strait of Hormuz and put further pressure on the country to reopen the passageway.<\/p>\n

Just after the deal was announced on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the president\u2019s most devoted loyalists, wrote on X that he was \u201csomewhat concerned that Iran\u2019s view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming.\u201d The senator didn\u2019t elaborate on what specific worries he had but said on Wednesday that it was worth seeing whether Iran would follow through on its word, as the agreement would significantly help his and Trump\u2019s \u201cultimate goal\u201d of normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab countries.<\/p>\n

But JD Vance, who has seemingly become the fall guy if the deal with Iran fails, has, at least publicly, chosen to stand by the negotiations, saying in a White House press conference on Thursday that critics should, \u201cnumber one, have a little bit of faith in the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Trump, who notably didn\u2019t name anyone specific, wrote on Truth Social on Thursday that any opponents to how his administration has handled Iran are \u201cfools\u201d given that \u201cthe Stock Market Just Hit A RECORD HIGH, and Oil prices are \u201ctumbling\u201d down.\u201d <\/p>\n

For the record, the rising stock market is largely down to the most wealthy investors who avoid the struggles of everyday costs and the average oil price in the US is still 34 percent more expensive than when the US and Israel started bombing Iran again in February. <\/p>

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