Posted on 06/17/2026 3:46:15 PM PDT by Milagros
CBS News: When asked by CBS News' Nancy Cordes about the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding not including any enforcement measures if Iran doesn't comply, President Trump said “we're going to bomb the hell out of” Iran if they don’t adhere to the agreement. “I don't think they're going to veer from the agreement,” Trump said. “What else am I going to do? Am I going to say I'm going to take you to court? Let me take you to court. Let me sue you. No, we're going to bomb the hell out of them if they violate the agreement.”
She asked specifically about nuclear weapons. Because the MoU does not ‘enforce’ anything about it.
A humorous summary of the one faction of Trump voters disappointed, on the Alex Marlow Radio Show today:
“Unsatisfied if one bomb was left over without being dropped on Iran and one Iranian was left alive.” Breitbart humor.
When.
WHEN Iran doesn’t keep its taqiyya based promises.....
Yup. Taqiyya all the way
If they don’t comply then Trump will taunt them a second time.
This is a DELAY tactic..Trump can tear this crap the second after the midterms, make this “Deal” that will go NO WHERE and after the midterms, bomb the crap out of them, geez why doesnt anyone see this for what it is
Yeah
(WHEN Iran doesn’t keep its taqiyya based promises.....)
Also correct
It does have “promises” - not that I disagree with you; who would trust the promises from theocratic madmen who spent their entire life shouting DEATH TO AMERICA! DEATH TO ISRAEL! DEATH TO NONBELIEVERS!
But... it doesn’t even mention terrorism. It does mention Lebanon, but seems to read that the US is supposed to stop Israel from responding when Hezbollah launches mortars at Israeli civilians.
We should walk away. I do not claim to be foreign policy genius, I understand - and have said (it’s why I think this was a bad idea to start) - there’s a economic downside.
But let’s be real. The whole shebang of economic impact won’t resolve on a dime anyway. We’ll almost certainly see inflation impacts for the next 2-3 months regardless .
Spilled milk. Better NO DEAL than a bad deal. And this is just a bad deal.
With that contest his answer makes perfect sense. What is he going to write in a document? Is Iran going to sign something that says the world can bomb us if we don’t comply. No, what it would say is there would be a process and cycle. Not worth the paper. Those things don’t work anyways.
You are in favor of this idiotic war Bibi and Trump started?
Just shut up..
I don’t get it. Iran has not honored one agreement since 1979 so why all the fuss about this one? Regardless of what it says, they won’t honor it anyway.
Islam is an existential risk to the USA.
Always has been.
Currently we have both internal and centuries old external attacks from Islam.
What should we do?
It’s not about pro war or anti war. It’s about strengthening Iran. Which this give-away “deal” does
A terrible deal
Agreed,
Islam is an existential risk to the USA and ALL humanity.
What to do?
Attack Persia?
Hyper Islamic Pakistan is nuked up too..
In My Opinion Mutually Assured Destruction is the only thing some people will understand..
“What should we do ?”
Forcefully expel ALL Muslims ..
One can support the anti Iran operation or oppose it.
Nevertheless, there is a US consensus that the Pakistan/Qatar brokered to pass along JD Vance a MoU is only pro-Iran and anti US.
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‘Utterly Indefensible’: Almost No One Has Said The Iran Deal Is Good For The U.S.
Forbes.
‘The Worst Foreign Policy Blunder In Decades’: Trump’s Iran Deal Blasted By All Sides.
By Sara Dorn,Forbes Staff.
Jun 17, 2026
Topline.
The U.S. deal to end the war in Iran was widely panned across the political spectrum as details of the secret agreement unveiled so far suggest it would heavily favor Iran and leave the regime more powerful than it was before the war...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/06/17/trumps-iran-deal-blasted-by-all-sides-as-incredibly-foolish——much-bigger-than-a-mistake/
U.S.-Iran deal criticized by both parties.
CBS Evening News.
Jun 17, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4ajCYh994
‘Trump should renege’: Iran deal faces backlash from conservative allies.
Critics say the framework gives Iran huge financial benefits without requiring dismantlement of nuclear infrastructure
By Elaine Mallon, Fox News
Published June 17, 2026.
President Donald Trump’s proposed Iran agreement is drawing sharp criticism from some of his strongest supporters, who argue the deal rewards Tehran before it has agreed to fully dismantle its nuclear program.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-renege-iran-deal-faces-backlash-conservative-allies-
Fox’s Trey Gowdy Trashes Trump Peace Deal for Making Iran a ‘Richer Country’ Even Though ‘They Lost The War’.
Sarah Rumpf. June 17, 2026.
Fox News host Trey Gowdy criticized the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that President Trump is set to sign with Iran, arguing that it will make Iran richer despite losing the war.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fox-trey-gowdy-trashes-trump-202517689.html
Fox News Contributor Slams Trump for Signing ‘A Great Deal For Iran’.
Kathryn Wilkens.
Wed, June 17, 2026.
On Wednesday’s edition of Special Report With Bret Baier, Fox News contributor Leslie Marshall slammed President Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime, describing it as “a great deal for Iran.”
Appearing late on Wednesday night while departing Versailles, Trump announced the MOU had been signed.
Citing a senior U.S. official who said, “We’re going to just work together and see if we can… do some things to build trust,” Fox News’ Bret Baier said, “That is a big change in how they’re talking about the Iranian regime.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-news-contributor-slams-trump-a-great-deal-for-iran/
Even Trump’s Cabinet Hates the Iran Deal.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth all have voiced doubts about Iran’s commitment not to build a nuclear weapon.
Rubio and Hegseth speak to press.
Malcolm Ferguson. June 16, 2026.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others within the Trump administration don’t think Iran is being serious about its promise not to develop or attain nuclear weapons, according to anonymous sources from Axios.
https://newrepublic.com/post/211913/trump-cabinet-hates-iran-deal
GOP senator: Trump Iran deal ‘tremendous foreign policy blunder’.
by Max Rego 06/17/26.
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it.
“The details that I’ve seen so far look … awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,” Cassidy told Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson on Capitol Hill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5928209-cassidy-blasts-trump-iran/
‘A record of America’s failure’: What Iran celebrates in agreement with US.
CNN.
YouTube.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqmC3vyRJg
Middle East experts weigh terms of U.S.-Iran deal and who came out ahead. PBS. June 17, 2026.
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Miad Maleki:
You know, in my view, and I have said this before, if we had just lifted the blockade, Iranian regime would have had to force to open the Strait of Hormuz for most for the sake of their own economy and also because they have to normalize the relationship with UAE, where they have hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and funds to go through, with the Chinese, with the Indians, with Pakistanis.
They have to get back to get their economy back. I mean, it’s an economy that has collapsed. So, I don’t think we should have given a no new sanction type commitment or any kind of authorization for oil sale just to get the Strait of Hormuz open and without getting clear concessions on the nuclear front...
I think I also wanted to add that saying that we need to cut our losses, let’s look at the facts. Before this war, in January, when Iran had $435 million a day in trade through the Persian Gulf, when Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz was open, they had the largest protests in the history of Islamic Republic.
They had to kill 40,000 innocent Iranians to send people back home because of their economy. Now we’re going through a war. And I think the most punishing thing that you can do to this regime is send it back to deal with the state of economy that is in today.
And for that reason, I think opening the Strait of Hormuz didn’t really need a whole lot of sanctions relief or any kind of commitments to the regime, and they would have had to open it.
Now, as far as the objective, just to be clear, I think it was false to say that you can go and topple a regime or bring about serious, meaningful changes in political dynamics within the Iranian regime with a campaign of airstrikes.
I think the reason for that campaign was causing degradation and degrading Iran’s missile drone programs and the buildup of their nuclear enrichment program. I think those have been met. I think Iran is significantly in much worse position than it was before the war. It’s less of a threat to our national security.
Just in 2023, IRGC targeted water facilities in the state of Pennsylvania. They were building up drones and missile facilities in Venezuela. Now they’re nowhere close to posing that type of threat to us. Now I think we should just send them back and have them deal with the reality that they faced in January, but much worse economic situation.
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