President Trump’s White House is not taking friendly fire lying down.
After Senator Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo publicly attacked the emerging Iran peace and denuclearization framework, top Trump allies hit back with a pointed message: get on board or get out of the way.
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The dispute burst into the open this week as Cruz and Pompeo both used social media and cable news appearances to label the diplomatic effort a form of appeasement, drawing sharp rebukes from inside the West Wing.
As Fox News reported, White House allies unloaded after Cruz and Pompeo attacked the developing talks before the final terms were public.
White House communications director Steven Cheung, deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka, and outside Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz all pushed back after Pompeo and Cruz criticized the emerging Iran framework.
Pompeo warned that the deal being discussed looked like an Obama-era approach and was not America First, while Cruz argued that Iran
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