Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 11
The Iran MOU is so bad, it’s the one thing Trump wants to REMOVE his name from.
No. of Recommendations: 11
Republican voices are not friendlier…
"Reagan is rolling over in his grave... Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive. Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades."
— Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
"History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea... What has been released so far suggests that, unfortunately, the president is getting, I think, very poor advice when it comes to this deal."
— Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
"I'm hearing a $300bn number and that's concerning to me, so I just need the details... I'm not interested in just an agreement that gets us through two and a half years."
— Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)
“Specifically, the $300 billion fund for reconstruction and economic development of Iran — though not funded by U.S. taxpayers — would make Iran's payoff under President Obama's 2015 deal look like a pittance by comparison. The Iranian regime has not renounced its ultimate goal — 'Death to America, Death to Israel.' The regime will invest every penny it receives to further that aim.”
— Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS)
"This MOU appears to be, just from the text, a disaster that does not achieve any of the actual signal goals that were set by the administration."
— Ben Shapiro, conservative pundit (blaming VP JD Vance for backing the deal)
… so perhaps time to activate Plan B:
„If it works out, I'm going to take the credit,” Trump said of the peace deal. “If it doesn't work out, I'm blaming J.D.”
No. of Recommendations: 8
"History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea... What has been released so far suggests that, unfortunately, the president is getting, I think, very poor advice when it comes to this deal."
— Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Oh, he was so close! But note the complete lack of blame on Trump. Who picked Trump's advisors, anyway? As Truman said: "The buck stops here, baby!"
Besides, since when does Trump follow advice?
No. of Recommendations: 5
Oh, he was so close! But note the complete lack of blame on Trump. Who picked Trump's advisors, anyway? As Truman said: "The buck stops here, baby!"
Trump cannot fail. He can only be failed.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Trump cannot fail. He can only be failed.
Yep. If I remember correctly, in Trump's acceptance speech for the FIFA Peace Prize, he did not say "Thanks, but I really don't deserve this. All the credit goes to my advisors."
LOL
