GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker blast reports of 60-day ceasefire deal with Iran

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

05/23/26 6:20 PM ET


Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago. “The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith — would be a disaster,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a post on social platform X.

He said the effects of the joint military operation between the U.S. and Israel titled “Operation Epic Fury” would “be for naught” if the deal as he understood it went forward. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close ally of President Trump who for years has pushed for U.S. military action against the Iranian regime, said a premature deal could fundamentally shift the balance of power in the Middle East in Iran’s favor.

“If a deal is struck to end the Iranian conflict because it is believed that the Strait of Hormuz cannot be protected from Iranian terrorism and Iran still possesses the capability to destroy major Gulf oil infrastructure, then Iran will be perceived as being a dominate force requiring a diplomatic solution,” Graham wrote Saturday in a post on X.

The South Carolina Republican added that such a perception would become a “nightmare for Israel” over time, questioning the rationale behind the war entirely.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5892991-gop-lawmakers-pressure-trump-iran/

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Go home Lindsey. You're drunk. Again.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Lindsey should drunk and on the Israeli payroll.

[everyonematters]

3. It looks like they are going to end up with the same deal that Obama had, except that

the Iranians will get more relief on the sanctions. That means the war was pointless.

[Martin Eden]

4. "the belief that Iran would ever engage in good faith"

HA! The pot calls the kettle black.

Iran DID engage in good faith, then Trump in his first term ripped up the deal Iran negotiated in good faith.

The USA under Trump is less trustworthy than Iran.

[Ritabert]

7. Don't forget who started this mess in 1953 by overthrowing their prime minister

...and installing the Shah's brutal regime: US and UK oil companies. Definitely pot calling the kettle black.

[Martin Eden]

8. Yep. Iran was a democracy on the rise in 1953.

In 2026, the USA is a democracy in decline.

[Ritabert]

15. Agreed.

[tanyev]

5. Oh, Lindsey. Donny's bored with it all.

All this time dealing with Iran is taking away from his ballroom and arches. Plus, there are countries much weaker than Iran whose invasion he could truly enjoy.


😒

[BumRushDaShow]

6. 👆👆👆THIS

Looks like Cuba is up next (unless Pootie starts wagging his finger).

[Bobstandard]

17. Haven't we screwed over Cuba enough?

They kicked out their oligarchs and the American gangsters and for that our oligarchs and gangsters want revenge. Pathetic.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. 45's delusional Cuba war hawks want a full invasion

just like his delusional Iran hawks still want a boots-on-the-ground invasion there.

[AKing]

10. Not only that...

But Trump also had to give up playing golf this weekend

[NickB79]

9. That explains the heated discussion between Trump and Netanyahu a few days ago

Israel is pissed.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-netanyahu-hold-testy-call-over-iran-c31d9aee

[tanyev]

11. How can there still be an endless supply of people willing to deal with Trump,

convinced that somehow they are going to be the one exception to the multitudes that Trump has already cheated and lied to?

[riversedge]

14. I wonder if Trump told Bibi that he was bored with his Iran War and has Cuba in his sites?????

[Crowman2009]

23. Was Nuttyahoo stupid enough to think that the orange assclown wasn't going to f*** him over?

What am I kidding, that happens to everyone willing to do business with this con man.

[Passages]

12. BREAKING: Iran says the now fully leaked "Memorandum of Understanding" does not include any obligation for Tehran

to surrender nuclear stockpiles, dismantle equipment, close nuclear facilities, or formally agree not to pursue a nuclear weapon, contradicting U.S. claims, per Fars News.

According to the report, all nuclear-related matters would instead be postponed to a 60-day negotiation period following the agreement’s signing.

Iranian officials reportedly say the U.S. would first need to accept zero upfront nuclear concessions from Iran, unfreeze $100 billion in Iranian assets, end the naval blockade, suspend all oil and petrochemical sanctions during negotiations, pay $270 billion in war reparations, and recognize the Strait of Hormuz under full Iranian sovereignty and control with no U.S. presence and pre-war shipping traffic restored.

https://x.com/DavidShuster

[dalton99a]

13. The good-faith negotiator bombed them during negotiations. Twice.

[Fil1957]

16. I don't care how much the proposed agreement hurts or helps DJT if it goes through. I don't care how many people like or

dislike the agreement, just sign the thing and get the damn strait open as soon as possible. Already, people around the world are suffering because of its closure, and that suffering is going to get much worse (including starvation) the longer Hormuz stays closed.

[reACTIONary]

21. And then start working on...

...pipe lines and other tech solutions to diminish the importance of the strait.

[Bayard]

19. It WAS a meaningless war!

The U.S. didn't gain anything--we lost ground, along with billions of dollars, and American lives. Lindsey and Bibi should go play with each other, and leave the rest of the world alone.

[republianmushroom]

20. Lindsey trumps numbers are tanking because of it.

It has done what it was intended to do, It deflected attention from the Epstein Files.

[malaise]

22. So they support an illegal war

Ah well

[Passages]

24. Senator Chris Murphy, today 7.36 pm : snip: But make no mistake: these are Iran's terms. Our nation emerges humiliated.

If this deal with Iran is real, I will welcome it because every day this insane war goes on, America gets weaker. The priority is to end the war - now.

But make no mistake: these are Iran’s terms. Our nation emerges humiliated.

1/ A 🧵 on what we know about the deal right now.

2/ The deal is basically this: we give Iran billions to get back to where we were before the war. And reports suggest the deal might codify Iran’s right to control the Strait.

What a disaster this whole thing was.

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