You know the U.S.-Iran deal is taking heat when it can't get favorable coverage on Fox News from the former Secretary of State in the first Trump administration.
Mike Pompeo delivered a hard critique today, calling it "foolish at best" to believe Iran will honor its commitments because "they've written [it] down on a piece of paper, something they promised for decades."
He cited 3 significant mistakes in the MOU:
▪️Missiles — "We are going to say it's okay for them have missiles.
▪️Money — Sanctions relief hands Iran billions that they will use to "rebuild many of their programs." Pompeo dismissed Vance's "no American money" assurance: "It doesn't matter if it's American money or not, they are not going to use it to build a healthcare system."
▪️Moderates — "This idea that there are Iranian moderates. There is no such thing. These are all radical Islamists."
His bottom line: "To think that because the Iranians have signed a piece of paper saying that they won't procure a nuclear weapon or they will leave the Strait of Hormuz open...that would be a mistake."
Advice like this — also being delivered by Rubio and other veteran Middle East hawks — appears to be gaining little traction against Trump's determination to get a deal done now.
FACT CHECKING JD VANCE:
JD Vance accused Israeli cabinet members of personally attacking President Trump and warned them to be careful, telling them that Israel relies heavily on American military support.
I went looking for the alleged ‘personal attacks’ on President Trump:
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Israel “is not a banana republic” and that the agreement “does not bind us in any way.”
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called the deal “bad for Israel and for the entire free world” and warned Israel may have to continue confronting Iran alone.
Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that Israeli forces would remain in southern Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza.
I could not find any cabinet minister personally attacking President Trump.
JD appears to have just made that up.
JD Vance said Israel was “built with American money.”
That sounds great to people who learned Middle Eastern history from campaign slogans.
But it is not history. It is political theater from someone who discovered Israel yesterday morning.
Israel was not built by an American check.
Israel was built by Jewish money, Jewish labor, Israeli taxes, Zionist institutions, loans, diaspora donations, Israel Bonds, German reparations, austerity, immigration, sacrifice, industry, agriculture, and people who did not wait for Washington.
Long before Israel existed as a state, Jews in the land were already building towns, farms, kibbutzim, schools, universities, banks, defense groups, factories, hospitals, roads, and national institutions.
Before “American aid,” Jews put coins into blue JNF boxes.
Before billion-dollar defense packages, Holocaust survivors built a country from tents, ration cards, sweat, and trauma.
In 1948, when Israel declared independence and five Arab armies invaded, America did not “build” Israel’s army. America recognized Israel, which mattered, but the U.S. also supported an arms embargo.
Israel survived its first war not because America built it, but because Jews fought for their lives with too little money, too little ammunition.
So where did the money come from?
From Jews in the diaspora.
From Keren Hayesod.
From the Jewish National Fund.
From Israel Bonds.
From Israeli taxpayers.
From loans.
From German reparations.
From austerity.
From exports, agriculture, factories, innovation, and people working like their lives depended on it.
In 1951, Israel launched Israel Bonds to raise money from Jewish communities and investors abroad. That was not foreign aid. That was a young state borrowing money, building infrastructure, and paying it back.
In 1952, Israel signed reparations with West Germany. That money helped the young state absorb hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors and immigrants while recovering from severe shortages.
And Israelis themselves paid the real price.
The austerity years were not a slogan. Israel absorbed mass immigration, built housing, roads, ports, schools, hospitals, factories, and an army — while citizens lived under rationing, taxes, shortages, and a controlled economy.
Israel was not born because America clicked “send payment.”
Yes, America later became a crucial ally.
Yes, American military aid is important.
Yes, real friendship deserves gratitude.
But there is a massive difference between helping an ally become stronger and claiming you built that ally.
American aid helped strengthen Israel.
It did not create Israel.
By the time U.S. aid became central to Israel’s defense, Israel had already been founded, survived wars, built institutions, absorbed millions of immigrants, and turned itself from a poor country under rationing into a serious economy.
That is the part Vance wants to erase.
Israel was not a Washington real estate project.
Israel was not a startup that got seed funding from America.
Israel was not a charity case with a flag.
Israel was a nation that came home, built before it had sovereignty, fought before it had enough weapons, absorbed refugees before it had enough houses, built an economy before it had enough foreign currency, and became strong before American politicians started taking credit.
Today, Israel is one of the world’s most advanced economies. Its high-tech, cyber, defense, medical, agricultural, and AI innovation help the United States and the free world.
That did not come from foreign aid. It came from human capital, education, military necessity, research, risk-taking, and Jewish survival instinct.
America is an important ally.
But America is not Israel’s parent.
America is not Israel’s owner.
And America does not get to erase 3,000 years of Jewish identity and 78 years of Israeli sacrifice with one cheap populist line.
Israel was built with Jewish money, Israeli hands, Israeli brains, and Jewish blood.
America helped.
Israel built.
There is a huge difference.
JD Vance said Israel was “built with American money.”
That sounds great to people who learned Middle Eastern history from campaign slogans.
But it is not history. It is political theater from someone who discovered Israel yesterday morning.
Israel was not built by an American check.
Israel was built by Jewish money, Jewish labor, Israeli taxes, Zionist institutions, loans, diaspora donations, Israel Bonds, German reparations, austerity, immigration, sacrifice, industry, agriculture, and people who did not wait for Washington.
Long before Israel existed as a state, Jews in the land were already building towns, farms, kibbutzim, schools, universities, banks, defense groups, factories, hospitals, roads, and national institutions.
Before “American aid,” Jews put coins into blue JNF boxes.
Before billion-dollar defense packages, Holocaust survivors built a country from tents, ration cards, sweat, and trauma.
In 1948, when Israel declared independence and five Arab armies invaded, America did not “build” Israel’s army. America recognized Israel, which mattered, but the U.S. also supported an arms embargo.
Israel survived its first war not because America built it, but because Jews fought for their lives with too little money, too little ammunition.
So where did the money come from?
From Jews in the diaspora.
From Keren Hayesod.
From the Jewish National Fund.
From Israel Bonds.
From Israeli taxpayers.
From loans.
From German reparations.
From austerity.
From exports, agriculture, factories, innovation, and people working like their lives depended on it.
In 1951, Israel launched Israel Bonds to raise money from Jewish communities and investors abroad. That was not foreign aid. That was a young state borrowing money, building infrastructure, and paying it back.
In 1952, Israel signed reparations with West Germany. That money helped the young state absorb hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors and immigrants while recovering from severe shortages.
And Israelis themselves paid the real price.
The austerity years were not a slogan. Israel absorbed mass immigration, built housing, roads, ports, schools, hospitals, factories, and an army — while citizens lived under rationing, taxes, shortages, and a controlled economy.
Israel was not born because America clicked “send payment.”
Yes, America later became a crucial ally.
Yes, American military aid is important.
Yes, real friendship deserves gratitude.
But there is a massive difference between helping an ally become stronger and claiming you built that ally.
American aid helped strengthen Israel.
It did not create Israel.
By the time U.S. aid became central to Israel’s defense, Israel had already been founded, survived wars, built institutions, absorbed millions of immigrants, and turned itself from a poor country under rationing into a serious economy.
That is the part Vance wants to erase.
Israel was not a Washington real estate project.
Israel was not a startup that got seed funding from America.
Israel was not a charity case with a flag.
Israel was a nation that came home, built before it had sovereignty, fought before it had enough weapons, absorbed refugees before it had enough houses, built an economy before it had enough foreign currency, and became strong before American politicians started taking credit.
Today, Israel is one of the world’s most advanced economies. Its high-tech, cyber, defense, medical, agricultural, and AI innovation help the United States and the free world.
That did not come from foreign aid. It came from human capital, education, military necessity, research, risk-taking, and Jewish survival instinct.
America is an important ally.
But America is not Israel’s parent.
America is not Israel’s owner.
And America does not get to erase 3,000 years of Jewish identity and 78 years of Israeli sacrifice with one cheap populist line.
Israel was built with Jewish money, Israeli hands, Israeli brains, and Jewish blood.
America helped.
Israel built.
There is a huge difference.
Europe and NATO: “Israel, you’re killing too many people. About 70000 in three YEARS of which more than half are combatants who have kept civilians as human shields who also die. It doesn’t matter that they want to exterminate you. You can’t defend yourselves. It’s not ok. You need to stop!”
Also Europe and NATO: “Ukraine, you’re killing 30000-35000 Russians a MONTH. That’s so cool. So impressive. Wow. Great job!”
You can’t actually make this shit up. The world has lost their bloody minds. The double standards are insane.
⭕ I wanna show you another blatant lie from Vance. Vance said that Trump was frustrated with Israel bombing Beirut in the middle of a crucial negotiation and killing people not related to Hezbollah. He was referring to the June 14 IDF strike that made Trump mad. Below is the video showing the aftermath of the strike. You can see it was clearly targeted at an apartment. The building is intact. Only three people were killed, and Hezbollah confirmed that they were their members, and no building collapsed. No other people were killed.
BREAKING: IRGC Commander Esmail Qaani threatens America.
“Americans should know their place and avoid confronting the Muslims. Trump is trembling. The U.S. should fear not only Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, but many other locations as well.”
JD Vance likes to threaten Israel by pointing out how much of our weapons come from the US, but he completely ignores history. This dependency was manufactured by Washington. What does he want us to do, buy our jets from China? Or maybe he wants Israel to build its own?
Let's remind him that back in the 1980s, Israel was developing the Lavi, a fighter jet that would easily be one of the best in the world today. It was the US that pressured and forced Israel to cancel the project because American defense contractors didn't want the competition. You can't force us to shut down our independent fighter jet program to protect US corporate profits, and then turn around and complain that we rely on US jets. If Israel has to fully decouple and build its own platforms again, we can. But don't pretend this dependency wasn't your choice.
Dear @POTUS,
Do the American people a favor, the next time you designate a Foreign Terrorist Organization, try not to hand them a key international waterway after wasting 13 American lives.
Sincerly,
America
@lordbuckly@bennyjohnson Most American conservatives question the sanity of the document as well. This rant of vp is another example of his inability to understand the nuances of international affairs and his lack of historical knowledge.