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Posted on 05/24/2026 7:22:50 AM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is pushing back on fellow Republicans who have criticized an emerging deal being negotiated by the Trump administration to end the war with Iran.
Paul, who has criticized the war while joining with Democrats to support War Powers Resolution votes to curb President Trump’s actions, said those criticizing Trump should give him room to operate.
“War virtually always ends with negotiations,” Paul wrote in a post on X. “Critics of President Trump’s peace negotiations should give President Trump the space to find an American First solution.”
Trump on Saturday said the U.S. was getting close to a deal with Iran that would end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.
“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.”
Even before Trump’s statement, however, a number of GOP lawmakers had criticized what they understood the deal to include.
“If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived as being a dominate force requiring a diplomatic solution,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a hawkish senator who is also a close ally of Trump’s, wrote Saturday in a post on X.
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Not world changing stuff.
This boring article was posted only because it has Rand Paul’s name.
Count me in on the pushnack crowd, because this is not strength, but is indeed weakness.
Hate being with Miss Lindsey on this one. Leaving the regime in tact is too dangerous. The regime will slaughter hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of people too. They’ll rebuild again knowing the next presidents will be too pussy to do anything.
I say the marines need to take Kharg Island and at least one of the Islands in the straight of Hormuz.
Leaving the regime in tact is too dangerous.
Especially once you attacked them. As the saying goes, “Whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.”
Massie will run as an independent in 2028. Therefore I expect him to try to win back some of the MAGA voters and be reasonable for the rest of his term. He wants to peel away just enough votes from the Republican nominee to give it to the Rats.
In case you’re not aware, this poster isn’t even an American.
Massie will run as an independent in 2028
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I think he won’t. Tom Woods asked Massie in an interview, I think last year, if he would run for President, and Massie explained why he wouldn’t, I think be said it was because people were far from agreeing with his proposals.
He won’t run to win, he’ll run because the Democrats will make him an offer he can’t refuse.
World War II didn’t end with “negotiations,” Rand.
It ended with victory.
AI Overview
In the 1988 U.S. presidential election, Ron Paul ran as the Libertarian Party nominee and finished in third place. He received 431,750 votes nationwide, capturing approximately 0.5% of the popular vote, far behind the winner George H.W. Bush
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Would another Presidential libertarian candidate get more votes than Ron Paul?
Massie could conceivably get Ross Perot-like numbers, especially amongst 20-something males.
If someone reluctant to go to war like Vance runs in the GOP, Massie would lose part of his appeal.
Vance has to walk a tightrope there.
Any deal that leaves the current Regime in charge is a “SURRENDER”!
This is the first time I've agreed with Rand Paul in a while.
He’s basically saying Graham, etc are America last. Don’t listen to them
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