Former U.S. National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice criticized President Trump for signing the recently released Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran, which Rice described as “a jaw-dropping, horrific surrender document complete with hundreds of billions in reparations.”
Rice, who supported U.S. efforts on the Iran nuclear deal of 2015 during the Obama administration, added, “It is the predictable result of incompetent negotiation and the foolhardy strategic catastrophe of starting and pursuing this disastrous war. The U.S. will not soon recover from this, the biggest national security blunder in decades.”
This is a jaw-dropping, horrific surrender document complete with hundreds of billions in reparations. It is the predictable result of incompetent negotiation and the foolhardy strategic catastrophe of starting and pursuing this disastrous war. The U.S. will not soon recover from… https://t.co/1IEvigIamz
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) June 17, 2026
Paragraph six of the MOU reads: “The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least U.S.D. 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Trump is being criticized by many on both sides of the political aisle for agreeing to the potential $300 billion reconstruction fund, especially in light of his decade-long criticism of the Obama administration’s release of $1.7 billion in cash to Iran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump withdrew from in 2018 during his first administration.
When Trump signed the agreement at the G7 summit in France on Wednesday, he insisted that the U.S. would not invest in the $300 billion fund for Iran.
Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence described the agreement as “much bigger than a mistake.” Pence added, “These immediate concessions, particularly sanctions waivers right out of the gate that would essentially be a lifeline to the Iranian regime, I think, is ill-advised. We ought to keep the pressure on, keep the blockade on, and if need be, let our armed forces get back to work.”
[NOTE: At the G7 summit, Trump also warned, “It’s a memorandum of understanding…if it doesn’t get done in 60 days, that’s all right, we go back to bombing.”]
