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• Trump called critics of his Iran deal "either jealous, bad people, or stupid" on Truth Social.
• The harshest criticism is coming from his own coalition, not Democrats.
• The concern he dismissed includes a $300B fund his own VP confirmed is in the deal.

VERSAILLES, France (TDR) — President Trump dismissed critics of his 14-point Iran deal as "jealous, bad people, or stupid" on Thursday, lashing out at concerns over sanctions relief and a $300 billion reconstruction fund that are coming loudest from inside his own party.

The big picture: Trump framed the criticism as envy and pointed to a record stock market and falling gas prices. But the people raising the alarm are the hawks and MAGA voices who spent a decade attacking the Obama nuclear deal on the same grounds.

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• Trump wrote that critics who think he "hasn't been tough enough on Iran" are "either jealous, bad people, or stupid," citing market highs
• The memorandum waives sanctions on Iranian oil immediately and reopens the Strait of Hormuz, with broader relief tied to a 60-day final round of nuclear talks

Why it matters: When a president answers his own side's substantive objections with insults, the question becomes whether the concerns are wrong or just inconvenient.

• The objections are specific and checkable, not vibes: sanctions timing, frozen assets, the size of the fund
• A deal that needs Republican Senate buy-in cannot afford to write off Republican critics as jealous

What they're saying: The voices Trump dismissed as "stupid" include some of the most prominent hawks in his own movement.

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• Nikki Haley, former UN Ambassador — "If this is true, Iran wins. There should be zero sanctions relief day one," she wrote after the oil waiver was reported
• Steve Bannon, War Room podcast — urged Trump to "keep the sanctions, because if we lose that, it will take forever to get back"
• Danielle Pletka, AEI — called the deal "lamer" than the JCPOA, arguing "the president has gotten basically nothing that he said he was getting"
• Dan Shapiro, former US ambassador to Israel — wrote it is "a very weak deal," but "the least bad available alternative"

Yes, but: Trump is not wrong that the markets moved his way. Stocks hit records and oil eased after the ceasefire, the visible win he keeps pointing to. The problem is that "the stock market is up" answers a different question than the one his critics are asking, which is what Iran gets in return, and whether the relief is reversible if Tehran walks.

Between the lines: The insult is doing work the argument cannot. Trump tore up the 2015 JCPOA calling it a payout to a terror state, and his own hawks now see a deal that reopens Hormuz with upfront oil waivers and a reconstruction line as the same trade with a Gulf-funded wrapper. Calling them jealous is easier than explaining why the thing he condemned in Obama is acceptable when he does it.

The bottom line: The fund Trump's allies are warning about is not hypothetical. His own vice president confirmed on CBS that Iran "could have access to" the $300 billion, even as Trump called the figure "Fake News," and the MOU text itself contains the number, leaving the critics he insulted describing the deal more accurately than he is.

What's next:

• The MOU is set for formal signing in Switzerland, opening a 60-day window on nuclear terms
• Senate Republicans including Cruz and Graham have signaled conditional or open opposition; any funding mechanism faces a fiscal-conservative revolt

When the people calling a deal weak are the president's own hawks, is dismissing them as jealous an answer, or an admission there isn't one?

Sources

This report was compiled using reporting from NBC News, Axios, The Bulwark, MSNBC, The Hill, The Washington Times, and Al Jazeera

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