Steven Cheung criticized former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for denouncing a newly announced Iran peace deal framework that is still being finalized. Cheung argued Pompeo lacks the necessary information about current developments and should stop commenting publicly. Pompeo had described the proposed deal as not America First and compared it to a prior approach associated with Wendy Sherman, Robert Malley, and Ben Rhodes. Pompeo called for opening the strait, denying Iran access to money, and reducing Iranian capability so it cannot threaten regional allies. Senator Ted Cruz also criticized the reported framework, warning that concessions could enable Iran’s Islamist regime to enrich uranium, develop nuclear weapons, and gain control over the Strait of Hormuz.
"Cheung raged at the man who President Trump entrusted as his chief diplomat for three years during his first term with Cheung arguing that man's opinion on the Iran conflict is now ill-informed. Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f*ck he's talking about, Cheung wrote. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He's not read into anything that's happening, so how would he know."
"Pompeo in his own X post trashed the proposed deal as not remotely America first. The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world, Pompeo wrote. Not remotely America First. It's straightforward: Open the damned strait. Deny Iran access to money. Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region. Overdue. Let's go."
"Those critics like Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) believe the U.S. is making far too many concessions to the Iranian regime. If the result is to be an Iranian regimestill run by Islamists who chant death to Americanow receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake, Cruz wrote on X."
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