It is not a matter of how much trust Republicans have in the Ayatollah, there is none. It is the Current Occupant whom the Republicans distrust, as he seems somehow unable to comprehend the danger of arm-wrestling a boa constrictor.
The first mistake is to even think the boa constrictor HAS arms, or that the rules are even understood, as the task of “negotiations” is undertaken.
When the boa constrictor has crushed the life out of its prey, then it swallows and digests the mangled remains. Keeps the boa going for months until it has to feed again.