Schumer: Trump’s Iran deal is ‘total, utter disaster’

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) issued a statement Wednesday blasting President Trump’s peace deal with Iran as a “total, utter disaster.”

He issued the scathing statement after Trump said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end hostilities with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “over.”

“Trump’s so-called ‘deal’ to end hostilities with Iran has turned into total, utter disaster,” Schumer said. “This is what happens when an incompetent president launches a war with no objective, no plan, and no exit strategy — you lose.”

The criticism came as a 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran appears to be on the verge of collapse.

“I think it’s over. I don’t want a deal with them anymore. They’re scum,” Trump said Wednesday at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

The stock markets dropped, and the price of oil climbed to more than $75 a barrel after Trump made his comments.

Schumer said Americans are “paying the price” for the failure to reach a deal with Iran.

“The American people are paying the price for Trump’s total failure in Iran. Our troops are back in harm’s way and high gas costs are continuing to punish working families,” he said.

“Enough. This war was illegal, ill-advised, and irresponsible from the start. The Trump administration must double down on serious negotiations, come to Congress, comply with the majorities in both chambers who voted to end this war, and deliver the relief American families desperately need,” he added.

The Trump administration asked Congress last month to approve $67.1 billion in emergency defense spending to help replenish weapons and munitions used up by the four-month conflict, which began Feb. 28.

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