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Booker says 'Iran gets all of the benefits' in Trump deal
Key takeaways
- 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.
- Iran gets all of the benefits, literally billions and billions of dollars.
- Last week, Trump finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran — a breakthrough after months of fighting devastated the region and pummeled the global economy amid rising gas and oil prices.
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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 Meet the Press. Iran gets all of the benefits, literally billions and billions of dollars.
And America continues to hurt and see the losses, from the $100 billion we ve spent in the war to every American citizen seeing their costs skyrocket, this has been a cataclysmic failure of his making, he added, referencing President Trump.
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