Pence rips Trump’s Iran deal: ‘A plan to make a plan’
Key takeaways
- Pence started an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal by commending Trump for acting decisively by launching a military campaign against Iran.
- But the memorandum of understanding with Iran signed last week falls well short of what is required to end the Iranian threat.
- Pence wrote that the 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran does not capitalize on the debilitated state of Iran s military capabilities as a result of the conflict.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Pence started an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal by commending Trump for acting decisively by launching a military campaign against Iran. He wrote that all Americans should welcome peace, as nobody wants another prolonged war in the Middle East, despite the flippant accusations from isolationists on the populist right.
But the memorandum of understanding with Iran signed last week falls well short of what is required to end the Iranian threat. It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term, Pence continued. It isn t the deal a defeated Iran should be getting. It isn t even a deal—it s a plan to make a plan.
Pence wrote that the 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran does not capitalize on the debilitated state of Iran s military capabilities as a result of the conflict.