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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MARY CLARE JALONICK<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, including top national security figures, were voicing strong reservations Thursday \u2014- and some outright condemnation \u2014 of the Trump administration\u2019s agreement to end the fighting in Iran.<\/p>\n

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The memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump started a 60-day negotiating clock to reach a final deal on the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear program. While Trump allies noted the agreement is not final, the lifting of economic sanctions on Iran\u2019s sale of oil and the plan for a $300 billion fund to rebuild Iran and its economy were met with criticism from Republican leaders and conservative influencers, including some close Trump supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has pursued peace through strength. I hope the intermediaries working on this deal are not undermining that objective,\u201d said Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who has urged Trump to keep up the pressure on Iran and last month warned against striking a bad deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe $300 billion fund for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran \u2014 though not funded by U.S. taxpayers \u2014 would make Iran\u2019s payoff under President Obama\u2019s 2015 deal look like a pittance by comparison,\u201d Wicker said, referring to the Democratic administration\u2019s Iran agreement that Trump withdrew from during his first term.<\/p>\n

The criticism from within Trump\u2019s own party \u2014 though hardly unanimous \u2014 comes as he is trying to bring an end to the unpopular war fewer than five months from midterm elections, where Republicans are facing headwinds in their effort to hold their narrow majorities.<\/p>\n

Trump calls his critics \u2018fools\u2019<\/h4>\n

Wicker\u2019s points were backed by a number of his colleagues, many of whom supported the war when it began.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory demonstrates giving billions of dollars to the theocratic lunatics who want to kill you is an exceptionally bad idea,\u201d said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a staunch supporter of the war. \u201cAnd so I hope we don\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump on Truth Social called his critics \u201cfools\u201d and said the $300 billon payment to Iran by the United States is \u201cfake news.\u201d The interim pact promises a $300 billion fund for postwar reconstruction. It\u2019s not clear where that money will come from \u2014 but Trump said, as Wicker noted, the U.S. would not contribute.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll there is for the U.S. is Success, Lower Oil Prices, and Victory,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n

Some senators question financial provisions<\/h4>\n

As the memorandum was released to Congress on Thursday, several Republican senators said it left them with questions, many of them about its financial provisions.<\/p>\n

Majority Leader John Thune and South Dakota colleague Sen. Mike Rounds were seeking clarity on how financial incentives to Iran and conditions barring funding terrorism would be enforced, because \u201cright now, a lot of money\u2019s going to go to Iran,\u201d Rounds said.<\/p>\n

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To be sure, there were Republicans more closely aligned with Trump\u2019s America First policies in the Senate and elsewhere who were giving him the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n

Sen. Roger Marshall stressed the point in the memorandum that supporters say gives the U.S. the upper hand. In a social media post, the Kansas Republican said one of the most important provisions \u201clays out a key commitment that strengthens regional security and ensures that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louisiana GOP Senate candidate John Fleming, who has focused on Trump\u2019s most loyal supporters ahead of a June 27 Republican primary runoff, said that means Trump has suggested that the U.S. will strike Iran again if it does not live up to the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe criticism may be worthy if there isn\u2019t follow-through,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cHe\u2019s using the speak-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick in offering them plenty of help, but at the same time he\u2019s got that stick ready if they don\u2019t live up to their agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n

MAGA voices send a warning<\/h4>\n

Still, some of Trump\u2019s strongest supporters in conservative media have warned against the agreement.<\/p>\n

Conservative radio host Mark Levin suggested a strategic rethinking to hold off on an agreement with Iran until after the midterms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should consider slow-walking the enemy, building up our munitions, our oil reserves, get the price of gasoline down, get through the midterms, then knock them out,\u201d he said in a social media post. Instead, the U.S. seemed to be \u201crushing to a deal, building up their oil industry\u201d and agreeing to governments \u201ctransferring billions to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right-wing social media influencer Laura Loomer, who has long supported Trump while also promoting conspiracy theories, was more pointed in her criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is giving the President tainted, pro-Islamic intel?\u201d she posted on X.<\/p>\n

What all the critics shared is an abiding distrust of the Iranian regime, no matter their relationship to Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does smack of the kind of appeasement,\u201d said former Vice President Mike Pence, whose relationship with Trump was fractured after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. \u201cBottom line. I don\u2019t trust the Iranians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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