President Trump on Monday lashed out at Democrats and “unpatriotic” Republicans who criticize him for not striking a deal to end the Iran war, telling them to “sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end.”
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump wrote on Truth Social before unleashing a blistering attack on his opponents.
“But don’t the Dumocrats, and variously seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate when political hacks keep negatively ‘chirping’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end. It always does.”
Trump’s comments come after US Central Command carried out defensive strikes on Iranian radar, command and control sites for drones in Goruk and Qeshm Island.
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” CENTCOM said.
“U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.
“No American service members were harmed. CENTCOM will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire.”
Kuwait meanwhile said its air defenses had opened fire early Monday morning to intercept incoming drone and missile fire.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency that US forces had targeted a telecommunications tower.
The Guard said it responded with an attack without saying where, likely referring to the attack on Kuwait, which is home to US Army Central, the Mideast forward command for the Army.
The attacks represent the latest escalation between the two nations, even as both have insisted they are continuing to negotiate, particularly over Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Last week, Trump slammed his GOP critics amid reports the US would lift its blockade of Iranian ports if Tehran disposed of its highly enriched uranium.
“I laugh at all of the Dumocrats, RINOS, and Fools who know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran, things that haven’t even been negotiated yet,” Trump said.
Trump lashed out at Senator Thom Tillis, lawmaker Bill Cassidy, and “major sleazebag” congressman Thomas Massie, in particular.
Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was denied a third term by Louisiana Republican primary voters last month, while Massie (R-Ky.) was defeated by Trump’s hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein.
“These people should go home and rest, they do nothing but create division and loss. In other words, they are losers!” Trump blasted.
“The deal with Iran will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal.”
With Post wires.
