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WiseElder

(144 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2026, 07:00 PM Jun 17

GOP senator: Trump Iran deal 'tremendous foreign policy blunder' [View all]

Source: The Hill

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.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5928209-cassidy-blasts-trump-iran/

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GOP senator: Trump Iran deal 'tremendous foreign policy blunder' [View all] WiseElder Jun 17 OP

by Republicans dave99 Jun 17 #1

Which the Senator JBTaurus83 Jun 17 #2

Yet Cassidy was primaried by a Trumpist and lost maxsolomon Jun 18 #21

Sorry you couldve barred him from further federal office IbogaProject Jun 18 #22

Blunder? Baitball Blogger Jun 17 #3

A great big taxpayer-funded "T.A.C.O." !!!!!! Jack Valentino Jun 18 #16

An orange blubber-headed blunder C Moon Jun 17 #4

the biggest BLUNDER of all is Donald Fucking Trump himself Skittles Jun 17 #5

It won't get any better with trump in office. Figarosmom Jun 17 #6

More like The Art of Who Dealt It Seinan Sensei Jun 17 #11

Trump's deals are mostly "The Art of the Steal." Lonestarblue Jun 18 #17

If only there was some type of system of checks and balance. Buddyzbuddy Jun 17 #7

The only way out after the monumental "blunder" of waging this criminal war. pat_k Jun 17 #8

cause Trump HATES blacks dave99 Jun 17 #10

No shit, sherlock durablend Jun 17 #9

This administration claim they are relying on handshake agreements rather than the text. SamuelAdams Jun 17 #12

Policy blunder, yep, but, good defection from Epstein Files for a while. republianmushroom Jun 17 #13

Fuck him and every other enabler fujiyamasan Jun 18 #14

They sure pretend to be appalled when nothing is on the line for them wolfie001 Jun 18 #15

So this huge amount of money that is changing hands... essaynnc Jun 18 #18

Who's getting the Iran re-building contracts? Chakaconcarne Jun 18 #19

Buuuuut.... purr-rat beauty Jun 18 #20