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Republicans, media rip Trump’s secret Iran deal, with the harshest critics calling it a surrender

Trump’s still-unreleased Iran agreement is drawing sharp skepticism from Republicans and media critics

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published June 17, 2026 3:00am EDT

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Former ambassador-at-large Nathan Sales weighs in on President Donald Trump's G7 summit attendance as he meets with world leaders while securing the U.S.-Iran peace deal.

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A ceasefire agreement between the world’s greatest military power and its leading terrorist regime is a big blanking deal.

But ask yourself: If the "agreement," which runs a page and a half, is so great, why hasn’t it been released?

In a cascade of criticism, leading Republicans, joining the predictable Democrats, have expressed unhappiness with President Trump’s secret deal. Their attitude ranges from deep skepticism to outright opposition.

And the media coverage, even accounting for the usual anti-Trump hostility, has been relentlessly negative.

TRUMP'S IRAN AGREEMENT RAISES A BASIC QUESTION: IS IT ACTUALLY A DEAL?

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the G7 summit in Evian, France, on June 16, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

"President Trump Lost This War," the New York Times editorial page declared yesterday.

"Trump made a terrible mistake starting this war. He prosecuted it recklessly and in open defiance of the law. The United States is emerging weaker — militarily, diplomatically and economically — and will pay strategic costs for years to come.

The details of the deal are unclear, but the announced framework suggests that Mr. Trump has won few of the terms he insisted that he would. It is a humiliating comedown for him and the nation he........

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