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Sour grapes: Obama has no room to talk about Trump’s Iran deal

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In reality, former President Obama’s deal was not working, and Obama knew it. 

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JUST IN: Trump to Spend Weekend at Camp David After Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Iran

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JUST IN: Trump to Spend Weekend at Camp David After Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Iran

President Trump will travel to the President's Camp David retreat in Northern Maryland today after signing the memorandum of understanding to end the war in Iran on Wednesday. The memorandum declared a 60-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as talks continue for a final deal to end the war. The post JUST IN: Trump to Spend Weekend at Camp David After Signing Memorandum of Understanding with Iran appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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The DC swamp is now drowning Trump

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Trump privately confirms GOP's greatest midterms fear: report

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Trump privately confirms GOP's greatest midterms fear: report

President Donald Trump has reportedly told associates and at least one foreign leader that he isn't worried about the political cost of his decisions ahead of November's midterms.The 80-year-old president's comments confirm what many Republicans have feared for months — that Trump is willing to let the party absorb the fallout from his choices, regardless of the consequences, reported the Wall Street Journal."Seventeen months into his second term, Trump is increasingly relying on his own gut instincts, dismissing the counsel of aides, conservative lawmakers and longtime associates," the newspaper reported. "The result has been a series of decisions that have confounded and frustrated Republicans — heightening fears that voters will punish the GOP in the November elections and testing Trump’s iron grip on the party."According to people familiar with the conversations, Trump privately told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he didn't care about the midterms, a remark meant to signal his commitment to the Iran campaign no matter the political cost.He's made similar comments publicly. Asked last month how much Americans' financial strain factored into his push to end the war, Trump said, "Not even a little bit," adding, "I don't think about anybody. I think about one thing — we cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon."The comments have rattled Republicans already anxious about holding Congress in November. Trump has also downplayed the political damage from inflation, saying at one point, "I love the inflation," and has increasingly brushed off allies offering strategic advice with a blunt response: "I'm the president and you're not."That posture has frustrated lawmakers who say Trump's recent decisions — including a preliminary Iran deal that drew sharp criticism from Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), and a standoff over FISA reauthorization tied to an unrelated voter-ID bill — are complicating the GOP's path to keeping its majority. Cassidy called the Iran agreement "the worst foreign policy blunder in decades."Former GOP leadership spokesman Ron Bonjean said Trump's dismissiveness toward midterm concerns has already strained his relationship with congressional Republicans: "The total control that Trump once had over Congress just isn't there anymore."White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales defended the president's record, saying "no President has worked harder or delivered more than President Trump," and pointed to his work on immigration, the economy and national security as evidence.

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'How stupid': Trump hits back as he's shamed over Iran peace deal

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'How stupid': Trump hits back as he's shamed over Iran peace deal

President Donald Trump fired off a social media attack Friday morning as he was buried under an onslaught of criticism hurled his direction regarding the tentative peace deal he reached with Iran.According to the 14-point memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran, the United States would help Iran gain access to a $300 billion redevelopment fund, lift all sanctions, and unfreeze billions of dollars of restricted Iranian funds. The tentative deal has received criticism – particularly from hawkish conservatives – that Iran would be better positioned from the deal than they were prior to the war.Trump fiercely refuted critics’ assessments.“The War has diminished Iran! It doesn’t, any longer, have an Air Force, a Navy, Antiaircraft Equipment, Radar, or practically anything else, and yet the Dumocrats say that Iran is better off now than it was four months ago,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “Can you imagine getting away with that??? How stupid can some people be???”In a subsequent social media post made just minutes later, Trump insisted that his administration did not fold to Iran’s demands, and that, in actuality, the inverse had happened.“We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED!” Trump wrote. “We’ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!”

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Iran Deal Puts Vance in the Hot Seat

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann discuss the political fallout from Trump's 14-point MOU to end the war with Iran: does it represent a diplomatic opening or a capitulation? They also cover the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, the stakes for JD Vance as he defends the Iran deal, Vance's fraud task force targeting unemployment benefits, and the World Cup/patriotism debate.

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Trump declares Iran is ‘FINISHED’ amid reports Strait of Hormuz has been closed again

Washington Examiner

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Trump declares Iran is ‘FINISHED’ amid reports Strait of Hormuz has been closed again

President Donald Trump declared that Iran is “FINISHED” in his first statement since Israel launched massive strikes against Lebanon, triggering reports that Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again. Amid the chaos, Israel and Hezbollah reportedly agreed to a renewed ceasefire that goes into effect right after the strikes. The ceasefire, reported by Reuters, was […]

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Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed again after US lifts blockade

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Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed again after US lifts blockade

Iran re-closed the Strait of Hormuz Friday, citing Israel's refusal to leave Lebanon and US forces' ongoing presence in the region.

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Live updates: Trump rails against Iran deal opponents, as talks are delayed

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Live updates: Trump rails against Iran deal opponents, as talks are delayed

Talks between the U.S. and Iran are on hold, on Day 2 of a 60-day window for negotiations, as Israel launched new strikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah. President Trump, facing opposition from many in his own party over the memorandum of understanding signed with Tehran, railed against those opposing his deal on Friday morning in…

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