{"id":1722,"date":"2026-06-16T21:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:08:44","slug":"conservative-to-trump-heres-why-he-thinks-were-imbeciles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1722","title":{"rendered":"Conservative to Trump: Here’s why he thinks we’re imbeciles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A conservative columnist and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump argued on Tuesday that his fellow Republican \u201cthinks we\u2019re imbeciles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe most ridiculous nonsense (admittedly, there\u2019s a lot of competition here) is that Iran has foresworn nuclear weapons,\u201d conservative commentator Andrew C. McCarthy wrote for National Review on Tuesday. McCarthy, who dedicated his column to Trump\u2019s prosecution of the Iran war, previously faulted him for not publicly releasing the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MOU), mischaracterizing it as a lasting peace and adding that if its terms flattered the administration, the public would learn about its terms by releasing it instead of \u201cbeing spun about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran has always publicly foresworn nuclear weapons and emphasized that it is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),\u201d McCarthy wrote. \u201cThat is what NPT members that aspire to nuclear weapons do. And as I recounted yesterday, just to make bigger fools out of us, Iran has also maintained that Ayatollah Khamenei even issued a fatwa against nukes (Khamenei was not qualified to issue fatwas, there wasn\u2019t one in any event, and the regime zealously went about its nuclear weapons program even as it publicly claimed it neither wanted nor needed them).\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy also described it as \u201cridiculous\u201d for Trump and his officials to claim Iran is not getting any US taxpayer money, since Iran will still be able to access funds \u201cthrough sanctions relief and whatever cockamamie \u2018investment fund\u2019 the administration is conjuring. That the funds are not coming directly out of the U.S. treasury is beside the point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conservative added that he is no fan of President Barack Obama\u2019s deal with Iran in 2015, which was intended to stop their nuclear program while avoiding war. At the same time, he argued that Trump\u2019s agreement has many of the same flaws Republicans disliked about its 2015 predecessor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re serious about preventing the regime from developing nuclear weapons, then you (1) deny them the right to enrich and to have enrichment infrastructure; (2) remove the nine or ten bombs\u2019 worth of enriched uranium they already have (or at least ensure that it is inaccessible); and (3) put in place a credible snap-inspection process,\u201d McCarthy wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s not on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAm I wrong that this MOU is a disaster?\u201d McCarthy asked. \u201cAm I wrong that the administration is insulting our intelligence? There\u2019s a sure way to find out: Publish the MOU.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy is not alone among conservatives to blast Trump\u2019s peace deal. On Tuesday The Wall Street Journal described it as doing nothing to address the reasons why Trump attacked Iran in the first place.<\/p>\n

“Tehran says Hormuz won\u2019t return to the status quo ante, and it claims it will charge \u2018fees\u2019 not tolls, as if that\u2019s more than a semantic difference,\u201d The Wall Street Journal argued. They also described it as worrisome that Trump\u2019s deal \u201cwould defer most matters of the nuclear program to 60 more days of talks, with oil and other sanctions relief along the way in exchange for diplomatic progress. This linkage is crucial, but pushing off the most difficult nuclear issues in talks with \u2018dishonorable people\u2019 who don\u2019t deal \u2018in good faith,\u2019 as the President called them on Friday, doesn\u2019t inspire confidence. If the regime won\u2019t agree to dismantle its nuclear program now, why would it do so after weeks of oil exports and other relief?\u201d<\/p>\n

Talk show host Mark Levin, another staunch Trump supporter, explained on Monday that he too strongly opposes Trump\u2019s peace deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have asked for days, why can’t we, the people, see the damn [memorandum of understanding]?\u201d Levin said. \u201cNot through people briefed by an anonymous person. Honestly, I’ve never seen anything like this. If it is a great outcome for peace, then release it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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