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Today we remember and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
Coming from a military family myself, I have not been blind to the heroism and bravery of those who have fought for the nation. This is why I will always call out the unjust proposals of neocons who care not about those on the battlefield, or their families left behind. I will continue pushing peace proposals based that would be mutually beneficial for everyone involved. My fight may not be on the battlefield but I salute the brave men and women who paid the ultimate price for this country.
Thank you to our veterans.
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press to promote his character and principled superiority to all other congressional representatives, the professional political narcissist, Thomas Massie, pledges to create as much turmoil as possible in his final seven months. Video and Transcript Below:
{TRANSCRIPT} – KRISTEN WELKER: And joining me now is Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Congressman Massie, welcome back to Meet the Press.
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Thanks, Kristen.
KRISTEN WELKER: Thank you so much for being here. I do wanna get to your race in just a moment, but I have to start with that developing news on Iran, President Trump posting on Saturday that an agreement with Iran has, quote, “largely been negotiated.” It’s unclear what exactly has been agreed to, whether any deal would directly address the issue of the nuclear program, which of course is at the center of the war with Iran. So far no final deal has been announced, but, Congressman, would you support a short-term deal with Iran?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Well, I was the author of the first War Powers Resolution to get us out of Iran. My constituents are hurting. Gas is almost $5 a gallon. Diesel’s almost $6 a gallon. And the farmers here in Kentucky can’t afford the fertilizer to put on their fields, so heck yes, I would support it. We don’t know what the terms of it are, but if Lindsay Graham and Ted Cruz are crashing out last night, I’d say it’s probably a pretty good deal.
KRISTEN WELKER: All right, well, let’s turn to the big news, the reason why you’re here. You did lose your bid for reelection this past Tuesday after serving seven terms in Congress. Why do you think you lost this race, Congressman?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Well, listen. Since the day I got to Washington, D.C., I’ve been doing this job like I thought people wanted you to do it. I read the bills. I didn’t give my voting card to the speaker. I’ve never given it to a president. I don’t even give my voting card to the Freedom Caucus. I vote for people over party. And, you know, that means 10% of the time I vote against the party. I’ve exposed a lot of things in Washington, D.C., the cronyism. I would say — you know, and also bankrupting our country, whether it’s Republicans or Democrats. I point out how they’re bankrupting our country and how these are all fake fights. They love to divide us. I think the biggest crime I committed against the swamp, Kristen, was showing the American people that somebody on the right could join somebody on the left and get something done, which is releasing the Epstein files, that everybody knew needed to be done. That’s probably the only bill that’s passed Washington, D.C. in the last ten years that lobbyists haven’t written. It was written by me and Ro Khanna, and we used the pressure of the American people to cross the aisle and get things done. That’s when they decided I had to be taken out, that I was becoming effective, so they wanted to eliminate me. And by the way, they couldn’t buy my vote in 14 years, so they bought this seat. This was the most expensive race in congressional primary history. And at the end of this race, we were spending more per day, my side and the opposing side, we were spending more per day than most entire congressional races are spent for the entire cycle.
KRISTEN WELKER: Wow. It’s just extraordinary to put it into that context. You reference the Epstein files, the fact that you and Congressman Khanna, who I’ll be speaking to next, pushed to have those files released. You also broke with President Trump on other key issues, voting against the so-called Big Beautiful Bill. You’re opposed to the Iran war, as you just stated. Congressman Massie, was it all worth it?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: It was absolutely worth it for me. Now, I don’t think it’s going to be worth it for the party. Look, the left — some people on the left have Trump Derangement Syndrome. They call it TDS. But there’s a growing number of people on the right who have a form of TDS called Trump Disappointment Syndrome. And I think what’s going to happen to the party this fall is they’ve disenfranchised a large portion of that constituency that Trump assembled to get us in the White House, in the Senate majority and in the House majority. They’ve alienated MAHA by kowtowing to the pesticide manufacturers and the pharmaceutical manufacturers. They’ve alienated the fiscal hawks by running DOGE out of town. They’ve alienated the people who don’t want to fight another war for other countries. And so I’m worried that in November this is going to cost the party a lot. But for me, it was completely worth it, and I’ve got seven more months to keep going against the grain, which means voting for principles and for people over party.
KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you, big picture, because you have said that you vote with Republicans more than 90% of the time. You split when you think it better serves your constituents. One of your constituents told a local reporter this, quote: “I just got to the point where I couldn’t support him anymore. I saw Massie as almost what they would popularly call a RINO — Republican in name only.” What do you say to that voter and others of your constituents who might agree with him?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Well, they spent at least $20 million, maybe $25 million against me. And what they did is they expanded the pool of voters. And there were a lot of misinformed, uninformed voters. In fact, my daughter, who lives outside of my congressional district, she heard somebody in the voting booth next to her trying to find my opponent’s name on the ballot because he didn’t even know I wasn’t his congressman. That’s how much they’ve bamboozled the people here in Kentucky. They used artificial intelligence to create a video, lifelike video, that showed me checking into a hotel room with AOC and Ilhan Omar and holding hands with them. It was actually very effective on the boomers. And — but here’s the thing, Kristen. That’s only going to work for a little bit longer. The boomers are going to, you know, leave this country to the Gen X, and the Gen Z, and the Gen Y, and the millennials. And those folks are the ones that I won overwhelmingly. That makes me really hopeful for this country. They don’t get fooled by artificial intelligence, and they check the news. They get news sources like from podcasts and other sources. So they won this race by fooling my voters and expanding the base of people who vote to the uninformed voters. But, look, I got 45% of the vote in spite of this tremendous headwind. That means 45% of the party still believe in the ideals that I believe in and have espoused in Washington, D.C.
KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you about something that you said in your speech on Tuesday night. You said, quote, “If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king.” Do you believe there is still room in the Republican Party for Republicans who vote independently?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: You know what? Even the Freedom Caucus has caved at this point. They used to — basically the Freedom Caucus was formed so that 30 or 40 Republicans would have safety in numbers. They have no safety in numbers now. They — the principal ones are running for statewide office. They’re getting out of Congress. I think they — there is room, though. You’ve just got to go up there and vote your conscience. And you know what? I’ve inspired a whole generation of state representatives and city councilmen who are running for office. They send me direct messages. They send me emails. They’ve been inspired. I do believe there’s room in the party. Maybe not in Washington right now. But the next wave that’s coming up, they’re going to vote for people over parties.
KRISTEN WELKER: Well, I want to ask you about some of the issues now, Congressman. As you know, this week we did see Republicans in Congress actually reject some of President Trump’s priorities, refusing to vote on funding for both his ballroom and that $1.8 billion so-called Anti-Weaponization Fund, some of the strongest opposition, quite frankly, that we have seen from members of Congress, Republicans, to President Trump to date. Do you think that the party is beginning to break with President Trump?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Well, listen, they’re worried about their own political mortality. It’s true you can take out Republicans in primaries. But Republicans are going to be very vulnerable this fall. The ballroom, I mean, that is such an egregious waste of money. We were told that it would be funded with private money initially. I like to joke that Miriam Adelson spent so much money in my race, they have to ask for taxpayer money for the ballroom now. And it’s — I think it’s a slap in the face of Americans. The president was bragging on the Roman architecture when in fact we’re operating like a Roman empire. We’re overextended overseas with our foreign aid, with our foreign bases. We’re spending money that we don’t have, and the gasoline, and rent, and groceries are so high that people can’t afford it. I do think it’s dangerous to indulge in these things like a gold-plated ballroom in Washington, D.C. while Americans are suffering.
KRISTEN WELKER: Let me ask you a little bit more deeply about the Anti-Weaponization Fund. The president is asking for $1.8 billion to support people who he says have been unfairly treated under the previous administration. This would include January 6th rioters. Congressman, do you support taxpayer dollars going to those who attacked police at the Capitol and attacked the Capitol on January 6th?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Well, if you’re going to create a fund, it has to be voted on by Congress. The president can’t do this by executive authority. Our founders would say, “No — no, you can’t do that.” Listen, though, people have been harmed on the left and the right. Their First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment rights have been violated. And I do think that they should have some recourse. But the solution —
KRISTEN WELKER: But would you rule out giving money —
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: – isn’t to hand out money.
KRISTEN WELKER: – to those who attacked or assaulted police officers?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: The solution isn’t to hand out money. The solution is to change the laws of this country where if you have been harmed that you go before a court, and you hear both sides of this. And you could adjudicate those things about whether the person deserves the money or not. But that’s what’s so hard is it’s so hard to go against the federal government, whether you’re on the left or the right. We need to change the laws when they infringe on your First Amendment, for instance, or your freedom to travel, or freedom not to be vaccinated, that you put in laws where there’s liability for the people that forced that, whether it’s private or government.
KRISTEN WELKER: Congressman, we’re almost out of time, couple more here. I want to ask about the Epstein files. As you’ve noted, the Speech and Debate Clause actually protects you from being prosecuted for whatever you say on the floor of the House. You have named names in the Epstein files in the past. Can we expect you to name more names in the coming weeks and months?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Yes. Todd Blanche is violating the law. There’s still millions of files they haven’t released. We know from talking to the victims’ lawyers that their own 302 forms haven’t been released. We know the files have been over-redacted. I have released at least three names of billionaires who are implicated in this. I don’t think it’s possible to get to convictions with Todd Blanche at the top and with the FBI director Kash Patel at the top, because they’ve effectively both perjured themselves by saying that there’s nobody else in the files. Even Melania doesn’t believe that. The first lady knows that Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone. And here’s the great thing, Kristen. Whether I’m in Congress or not, the Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, and it goes on for years. So if we can’t get this attorney general and this FBI director to do the right thing, the next ones who take those seats are obligated by law to release the files that these individuals are not releasing now.
KRISTEN WELKER: Congressman, I want to ask about your political future. Some of your supporters were chanting, “president, president,” as you delivered your speech on Tuesday night. Are you considering a run for president in 2028?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: I will not rule out anything, and right now I’m not going to rule in anything. Look, I’ve spent the last five days on my farm with my grandkids, and my cattle and my peach trees, and it’s a pretty nice life. I don’t know if I want to screw that up again. I’ve been in Congress 14 years, fighting. Every hour that passes, I get decompressed a little bit more. It’s like coming up from the bottom of the ocean. And I’ll take some time and decide what’s next. But I think I will stay engaged in some way or shape. Maybe it’s from the outside. I’ve been exposing what’s going on in Washington, D.C. for years and I’ll keep doing it.
KRISTEN WELKER: Congressman, I hear you not ruling a potential run for president out. Would you run as a Republican?
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: I won’t rule anything out. I won’t rule out a run for county commissioner. I used to be the county judge executive here. That was probably the best job I ever had in politics. I would encourage people watching this show to act locally and to run for local offices. We can make a difference. There’s 3,000 counties in this country. Run for one of those offices. We’ve got to change it at the grassroots first.
KRISTEN WELKER: All right, well, when you make your decision, hopefully you’ll come back and share it here. Congressman Massie, thank you very much for joining us this morning. We really appreciate it.
REP. THOMAS MASSIE: Thanks, Kristen.
KRISTEN WELKER: And when we come back, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna joins me next.
ODNI Tulsi Gabbard has rightly been receiving a lot of praise for her efforts at removing the shroud of secrecy that is often used by an intensely territorial IC network. Simultaneously, she has received criticism or what Machiavelli called, “the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution”; because, in reality Tulsi Gabbard might be considered the first functional DNI.
One of the reasons Tulsi Gabbard was effective was her willingness to answer this question:
It was DNI Tulsi Gabbard who released the receipts showing how the CIA and IC ran an impeachment operation against President Trump. CIA operative Eric Ciarmella, ICIG Michael Atkinson and HPSCI Chairman Adam Schiff all collaboratively involved.
Here it becomes more important for the next sequence of events to fully understand what it was about Tulsi Gabbard in the position of DNI that made such a big difference. What was it about her approach to the office of the DNI that made Gabbard stand out? This is a discussion worth having.
You may have seen reports of the CIA essentially spying on Tulsi Gabbard. However, no one running with that narrative realizes how silly that sounds to those who understand how the silo system works within the intelligence community.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is a hub, an interface, a central repository for all intelligence information that can be viewed, analyzed and shared with federal law enforcement, specifically the FBI. The ODNI operates on essentially the same system as the CIA and NSA for intelligence information. These sub-silos/offices are territorial yes, but they are not adversarial.
Tulsi Gabbard is not fighting with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and the CIA doesn’t need to “raid” anything because the DNI and CIA are using the same information network interface. The DNI works within the CIA database. Yes, on paper both the CIA and NSA report to the DNI, but they do not operate disconnected information systems. The CIA, NSA and DNI work through the same computer interface, with varying levels of access.
HISTORY: In the era shortly after 9/11, the DC national security apparatus was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose. Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01. DHS came along in 2002 and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the ODNI was formed.
Porter Goss was the last director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 2004 to 2005. He then became the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position and replaced it with the Director of National Intelligence on December 17, 2004. [Goss resigned as Director of the CIA on May 5, 2006.]
The first DNI was former U.S. ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte who was appointed on February 17, 2005, by President George W. Bush. On February 13, 2007, Mike McConnell became the second director of national intelligence, after Negroponte was appointed Deputy Secretary of State. On January 29, 2009, retired Navy admiral Dennis C. Blair became the third DNI on after being nominated by newly inaugurated President Barack Obama. President Obama dismissed Blair whose resignation became effective May 28, 2010. Obama then appointed an intentional doofus, James Clapper.
Thanks to the manipulative efforts of then Vice-President Mike Pence, the fifth DNI was fellow Hoosier, Dan Coats, who was a former member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). Coats left after the 2019 impeachment began. The sixth DNI, John Ratcliffe, was confirmed May 21, 2020. The seventh DNI was Avril Haines, who took office on January 21, 2021 and stayed throughout Biden’s term in office until January 2025.
The important takeaway here is to understand that none of these former officials to hold the DNI position every fulfilled the legislated and authorized function of the DNI as the top of the Intelligence Community system. Instead, they ran the DNI office as a separate silo disconnected from the other legacy networks. All of it was essentially status quo, until Tulsi Gabbard arrived.
[NOTE: Throughout 2024 you may even remember CTH outlining how the DNI position had power that was never fully understood, because it was never activated. All of the IC silos fall under the ODNI, yet none of the prior Directors used the power of this office. CTH made the case of the DNI position being a great possibility for change. The DNI can reach into any IC sub-silo, extract any intelligence product, review it and declassify it with the support of the President. That’s exactly what Tulsi Gabbard started doing.]
Now, because the DNI is a hub – the office operates in a full 360° spectrum over both foreign and domestic intelligence affairs.
On the domestic side, Tulsi reached into the HPSCI for the Atkinson transcript, because the Intelligence Community Inspector General (IC IG) works for the DNI. Working with CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Tulsi also took control of the President’s Daily Brief (PDB) and also took the Intelligence Advisory Board out of the CIA and put it under the ODNI.
Again, working collaboratively, Gabbard pulled the background material behind the CIA’s 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) out of the CIA declassified it any gave it to the public. She also released the HPSCI report on the ICA highlighting the politicization of it. Additionally, she released all the background material showing how John Brennan, James Comey and James Clapper coordinated with the Obama White House on the Trump targeting effort.
All of that was simply by using the power of the office that always existed but had never been used.
On the international side of the ODNI authority, often people get confused about how this all works, so I tried to create an analogy that would help make it easier to digest. You have heard me say for years now, about the restaurant analogy for the Dept of State.
♦ Historically: The Secretary of State is the maître d’. DoS/CIA personnel are the wait staff. The CIA Director is the chef in the kitchen. USAID were the food runners, and the Dept of War were the bus boys. Every nation gets a different menu…. and, the important part, Israel has a table in the kitchen.
Congress eats for free, and for the past several years the ever-arbitrary client Ukraine was the biggest tipper who obnoxiously reminded the staff.
Notice. No where in this analogy do you see the DNI.
There’s a reason for that.
Until Tulsi Gabbard entered the IC system, no DNI ever engaged in this process. [REMINDER HERE] Tulsi Gabbard did. Strongly. As a consequence, everyone within that historic operation viewed Mrs. Gabbard as a threat.
Gabbard walked into the restaurant, selected her own seat, started to look at the menu options, and began closely watching how the employees were interacting and asking what their functional value to the American people who are paying the bills.
Tulsi Gabbard didn’t do this arbitrarily. Again, look at the operation described. In 2025, Marco Rubio is the maître d’, and John Ratcliffe is the chef. It was all of the people who “profit by the preservation of the old institution” who immediately became the people who freaked out.
♦ Sticking with the metaphor, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) is like the public Health Dept. They are supposed to do the food safety and quality inspections.
Unfortunately, the SSCI inspectors are easily bribed and as a consequence there is no oversight per se. The Restaurant donates to the health inspectors, provides them influence and affluence, and like a mafia operation the inspectors fear the restaurant owners they are supposed to oversee. [Schumer: “Seven ways from Sunday”]
For decades the multinational restaurant business operated without interruption. Each maître d’ simply smiled and casually palmed the indulgency bribes from the arriving guests. The status of the restaurant expanded with everyone making bank.
Tulsi just walking in and sitting down was like Eliot Ness casually walking into Al Capone’s favorite speakeasy. The IC equivalent of a WTF moment.
Now, here it becomes important to think about the technical processes that were used with the ODNI was created, and how Tulsi essentially is the very first DNI that wasn’t appointed purposefully just to retain the Patriot Act status quo.
From that perspective, America’s first fully matriculated DNI is Tulsi Gabbard. The rest were placeholders for the status quo; inserted to retain the power of the CIA and the systems of their familiarity.
During the Bush, Obama, Trump (T1) and Biden terms, the IC interface never changed. The basic way the IC system operated was the same. The Dept of State did their thing; the CIA was inside and part of the support system; the FBI/DOJ did their corrupt Lawfare stuff domestically and the DNI was irrelevant.
Go back and look at it. It was only after Tulsi Gabbard became DNI that the office truly opened up, and the long-neglected, albeit new systems meant to run the control mechanisms were finally dusted off and put to use.
I’m certain, much to the dismay of the DC stakeholders, a lot more information will become public in the next 30-days.
Remember, we are inside every facility, every institution, every meeting, every moment of their existence – and we notice everything. We are there when they do not expect, and we melt away before they notice our appearance. We see what they hide, we hear what they whisper, we decipher their codes, and we understand the complexity they create in their effort to conceal. We go to the places we know they will travel. We have allies and resources inside the core of their machinery. We understand what and why everything is being constructed, and we share all the information we discover. The truth isn’t mean; it’s just The Truth. Oh, and yeah, when I was a kid, Porter Goss was my neighbor. ~ SundancePosted originally on CTH on May 24, 2026 | Sundance
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a press conference in New Delhi during Rubio’s first official trip to India.
In continuation of President Trump’s Indo-Pacific strategy, Secretary Rubio notes that India has become one of America’s most strategic partnerships in the world. Both nations represent the world’s largest democracies, and both nations face internal scrutiny as an outcome of their need to be open and accountable to the people they represent. Additionally, the trade and economic partnership between the USA and India is critical to hedge against the influence by Chinese expansion.
The question and media answers begin at 16:10, with the first question asking about U.S. policy that no longer supports mass visa opportunities for Indian residents. Rubio notes the same visa restrictions that are in place now against India are the same visa limits now in place against the entire globe. The process to reform and/or change how immigration takes place always creates some friction points. WATCH:
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Delivering two messages today from his Truth Social account, President Trump notes the Pakistani and Arab negotiating teams are close to terms of an agreement. However, President Trump emphasizes that any negotiated end to the conflict must include the complete elimination of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
PRESIDENT TRUMP – “If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon. Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about. Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!” ~ President DJT
EARLIER – “One of the worst deals ever made by our Country was the Iran Nuclear Deal, put forth and signed into existence by Barack Hussein Obama and the rank amateurs of the Obama Administration. It was a direct path to Iran developing a Nuclear Weapon. Not so with the transaction currently being negotiated with Iran by the Trump Administration – THE EXACT OPPOSITE, in fact! The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side. The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes! Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one. They must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well! Thank you for your attention to this matter. ~ President DONALD J. TRUMP
It is doubtful the finalized terms will be released today. However, Scott Jennings is reporting on some of the outlines of the agreement after he had discussions with a “senior Trump official” directly involved in the negotiations.
-USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING. All speculation and propaganda to the contrary is false. Some hardline elements of Iran’s govt (IRGC) have pushed fake stories & propaganda to try to kill this negotiation.
-Iran deal is NOT done (95%, but still haggling over some language). No deal being signed today. May be a few more days before this is done.
-Iran will NOT get any money or sanctions relief up front.
-Iran must turn over nuclear stockpile to get anything. USA position is that failure to meet deal commitments means Iran gets nothing.
-Long term USA objective is preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon.
-Initial deal point is to re-establish free flow of commerce by reopening Strait of Hormuz.
Deal should have 2 phases:
Step 1 – Open Strait of Hormuz. Give world economy breathing room. Iran agrees to give up enriched uranium.
Step 2 – Get the nuclear material turned over. Only then can Iran get sanctions relief.
Bottom line: goal is to make a deal that lowers costs for Americans, calms world energy markets, and guarantees that Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon over the long term. We aren’t there yet. Iran takes forever to get you a response on even small things. But we are close although it still could be a few days.
“If we get what we are demanding, this is going to be a historic deal,” SAO says.
SAO sounds prepared to do no deal at all if all Iran will do is a “bad deal.” SAO admits deal could fall apart yet. But if a deal is reached, SAO expects very senior USA admin officials to take part in a signing ceremony of some sort.
Iran has agreed in principle to the framework but there are still a couple points USA isn’t satisfied with. 95% done. But literally changing words sometimes requires days in Iran’s system. Haggling over language. But USA feels like we have a commitment on nuclear stockpile and on opening Strait of Hormuz.
If IRAN doesn’t deliver on commitments, they get nothing.
“Iran’s ability to project power is a lot more limited than it was two months ago,” SAO says. “Their industrial base for building ballistic missiles has been substantially destroyed.” {source}
Multiple key republican senators like Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham are not happy with what they are hearing. Most of the Israel-First ‘influencers’ are also not happy. Mark Levin and Laura Loomer are particularly upset. However, as with all things that involve rumor and speculation, the best approach is to wait and see what the deal entails.
I trust President Trump to find the optimal solution.
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