{"id":1818,"date":"2026-06-16T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:36:57","slug":"neocons-iran-hawks-highly-skeptical-and-critical-as-trump-pushes-to-end-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1818","title":{"rendered":"Neocons, Iran Hawks Highly Skeptical And Critical As Trump Pushes To End War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>As President Donald Trump pushes to end the war, a flurry of neocons and Iran hawks have sharply criticized the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran, calling on the White House to release the full text to the public while comparing the president to Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1816\">Transgender Actor Laverne Cox Blames Financial Losses On Trump\u2019s Opposition To DEI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MOU \u2014 which the White House claims was already signed electronically \u2014 is slated for a formal signing ceremony Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. A major diplomatic breakthrough, the MOU would reportedly end hostilities and begin a 60-day period in which both parties can negotiate thornier issues, such as Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment capabilities, the long-term arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz and sanctions relief. <strong>(RELATED: \u2018I\u2019m Not Happy\u2019: Trump Rebukes Israel, Directly Calls Out IDF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, neocons and hawks are ramping up their criticism of the MOU as the Friday ceremony approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Erick Erickson said Tuesday that Trump is ending the war \u201con terms worse than the status quo he inherited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat started as a strong campaign to end a regime is ending with subsidy and surrender by the Americans,\u201d he wrote in a Substack titled, \u201cA Peace Worse Than War.\u201d \u201cWe are choosing to give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen referred to a leaked 14-point proposal, which\u00a0one Iranian state media outlet claims is the MOU, as a \u201ccomplete disaster\u201d if true. He also tried to frame the MOU as the \u201cVance peace deal,\u201d even though Trump signed off on it.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Ben Domenech, also a Fox News contributor, praised Trump\u2019s decision to launch the war before calling the MOU \u201cHillbilly Obama foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis deal and everything we know about it to the degree it is being spun by this administration: everything about this deal seems bad to me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt all seems like a setback. It doesn\u2019t meet any of the measures the president put out there of his goals for this conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Hewitt, yet another Fox News contributor, commented on the fact that Israel was cut out of the MOU while citing a poll showing that 7 out of 10 Republicans supported Trump\u2019s handling of the war. The poll was from March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s base of supporters also strongly support Israel as America\u2019s greatest, most powerful and most reliable strategic ally,\u201d Hewitt said. \u201cIf the end of the war is perceived as damaging to that ally, President Trump will crack his base, perhaps badly. He\u2019s got to know that so I\u2019m skeptical he will agree to a bad deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1814\">Annapolis Police Investigate Terrifying Rumor That ICE Used A Parking Lot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commentary Magazine editor John Podhoretz bashed the MOU, saying Trump \u201cchoked\u201d and \u201cchickened out\u201d of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shapiro called on the MOU text to be released, arguing it is likely a \u201cmediocre\u201d deal. He saved his harshest criticism for optics surrounding the possible formal signing ceremony Friday in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are learning right now is that that would in fact include the Iranian parliamentary leader, [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf] \u2014 IRGC stand-in \u2014 and the vice president, JD Vance. I think that\u2019s a horrible idea,\u201d he said. \u201cThe idea of deploying the vice president of the United States to do a handshake with an actual terror leader is a horrible idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Mark Levin also called for the text\u2019s release and got into an online dust-up with a Trump adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that although he is \u201cpleased\u201d by the latest development, he still has concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to hear the memorandum of understanding with Iran to allow the Strait of Hormuz to open has been agreed to. I will be watching closely the ensuing negotiations regarding Iran\u2019s nuclear program and other matters closely,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI am somewhat concerned that Iran\u2019s view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Dubowitz, the CEO of the neocon think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, called for Trump to hunker down and restart the war and said the administration is recycling Obama-era talking points.<\/p>\n<p>National Review\u2019s Andrew McCarthy berated the Trump White House for not releasing the MOU text to the public and compared the president to Neville Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the extent the MOU is something, it is something very bad because if it were something good, we\u2019d be reading it, not being spun about it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe president is an impetuous man who would not be able to contain himself if the written MOU were of even marginal benefit to the United States; he would be far more comfortable exposing it and exaggerating the marginal benefit as if it were a coup. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1812\">Editor Daily Rundown: Trump, Vance Reportedly Signed Iran Memorandum Electronically<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Trump pushes to end the war, a flurry of neocons and Iran Hawks have sharply criticized the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2145,31,2146,82,335,1880,2147,1389],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-ben-shapiro","tag-donald-trump","tag-foundation-for-defense-of-democracies","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-marc-thiessen","tag-mark-levin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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