White House rips Pompeo for prematurely criticizing Iran deal: 'Should shut his stupid mouth'
“Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f--- he’s talking about,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung. wrote on X.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ripped the reported contents of a potential Iran agreement that's still being negotiated by President Donald Trump and his team, warning that the emerging framework resembles the Iran deal from the Obama administration.
Some reports said that Iran and the U.S. might agree to a 60-day ceasefire while negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program continue.
“The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook,” Pompeo wrote on X, describing the reported framework as “not remotely America First.”
He said the U.S. should "deny Iran access to money" and "take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region.”
Pompeo’s criticism drew a fiery response from White House Communications Director Steven Cheung.
“Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f--- he’s talking about,” Cheung wrote on X. “He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.”