Booker Says 'Iran Gets All of the Benefits' in Trump Deal
Booker warned that Trump and Netanyahu could derail fragile ceasefire talks as U.S. and Iranian officials pursued a 60-day agreement.
- On Sunday, Senator Cory Booker criticized President Donald Trump's Iran peace agreement during an NBC 'Meet the Press' interview, labeling the developing deal an 'abject surrender' that fails to secure lasting concessions.
- Trump finalized a 60-day memorandum of understanding last week aiming to end regional hostilities, but Booker argues the deal grants Iran access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund without sufficient accountability.
- Citing the $100 billion spent and 13 service members lost, Booker compared Trump to 'an arsonist starting a fire' and claimed Iranian leadership believes they have 'won this' conflict.
- White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales defended the agreement as 'excellent, performance-based,' stating it reopens the Strait of Hormuz and forces Iran to abandon nuclear ambitions, aiming to lower energy prices.
- Booker expressed 'very worried' concern that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could undermine regional peace pathways, citing their respective legal entanglements and corruption trials as obstacles to viable diplomacy.
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Booker slams Trump’s Iran deal as an 'abject surrender,' labels him the 'biggest loser' with 'egg on his face'
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., trashed President Donald Trump's new Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) Sunday, calling the agreement an "abject surrender" and saying Trump is the "biggest loser" on the world stage after ending the war with Tehran.Booker said that Trump deserved no credit for trying to end a war that Democrats accused him of mishandling from the start."They know that they've won this, and they know Donald Trump is perhaps, on the …
Booker says 'Iran gets all of the benefits' in Trump deal
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday said that Tehran is receiving “all of the benefits” from the deal to end the war in Iran. “When you have Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and progressives, all coming out talking about capitulation, surrender, catastrophe, you know how bad this deal is,” Booker told NBC News’s Garrett Haake on...
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Sen. Cory Booker says people should be ‘very worried’ about Trump and Israel upending peace
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Sunday that people should be “very worried” about President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upending viable pathways to peace in the Middle East as fragile ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran are underway in Switzerland. Asked whether he believed Israel was a reliable partner in peace negotiations with Iran, Booker criticized the leaders of both countri…
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