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REP RO KHANNA: Stopping the Iran war is good. But Trump’s deal is worse than the JCPOA

President Trump has shown once again that negotiating real estate deals does not translate into the world of international politics

By Rep. Ro Khanna Fox News

Published June 22, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Rep. McCormick: Iran is an evil regime that wants to kill Americans

Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick expresses deep distrust of the Iranian regime. He asserts they have attacked the U.S. through proxies for decades and want to kill Americans.

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President Trump’s announcement this week that the United States and Iran would temporarily stop fighting each other is welcome news that Americans should support. But the war Trump started was a self-inflicted disaster that cost American lives and burned through taxpayer dollars.

Now, the ceasefire deal he and Vice President Vance negotiated delivers Iran a better deal than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Trump spent years ridiculing.

So far, the United States has spent what could be a staggering $200 billion on this war of choice. That is more than the cost of paying for free college for every American, universal childcare for $10 per day, and standing up one thousand new trade schools.

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Instead of Ayatollah Khamenei, Sr., Iran is now led by an even more hardline Ayatollah Khamenei, Jr., who has emerged from the conflict emboldened from using drones and economic chaos to face down the world’s most powerful military.

Worst of all, at least 13 patriotic servicemembers have lost their lives in........

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