More and more senior Republicans in Congress are speaking out against Donald Trump’s ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Iran as more details are revealed.
Ted Cruz says it’s an ‘incredibly foolish idea’ for big money to go to Iran https://t.co/cHpA3rF98T
— San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) June 18, 2026
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on his podcast, The Verdict, “If somehow we are flowing $300 billion to Iran, I think that is an incredibly foolish idea.”
Cruz, who sits on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, added that sending that kind of money to “theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea.”
“If we are sending $300 billion — 3X what Biden sent — I think that is utterly indefensible, so I am hoping that is not true.”
WOW — Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) takes a major whack at Trump’s Iran MOU
Wicker says the $300B fund “would make Iran’s payoff under President Obama’s 2015 deal look like a pittance by comparison” pic.twitter.com/9Tyxa3DCOO
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) June 18, 2026
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) said in a press statement that the memorandum of understanding “negotiates away the victories of Operation Epic Fury in ways that are completely out of step with the President’s goals.”
“Specifically, the $300 billion fund for the 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,” he continued.
Wicker added that he opposes the U.S. “lifting any sanctions on Iran, or unfreezing Iranian funds, in exchange for Iran’s mere agreement to negotiate for another 60 days. 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.”
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) chimed in with this:
“This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”
— Frank Amari (@frankamari.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
And then there’s Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton… #SoMuchWinning
John Bolton slams Trump’s Iran deal:
“They’ve played him like a violin. That’s why they’ve got the deal that they want.” pic.twitter.com/jZhwxWXCe7
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) June 16, 2026
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