President Donald Trump blasted Sen. Jack Reed on Sunday after the Rhode Island Democrat criticized the administration's emerging Iran agreement and compared it unfavorably to former President Barack Obama's 2015 nuclear deal.
In a Truth Social post, Trump accused Reed of misrepresenting the proposed agreement and defended it as a far tougher approach than the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
"Senator Jack Reed, a Dumocrat from R.I., lied when stating the Deal we just made is not as good as the Obama disaster known as the JCPOA," Trump wrote. "Reed is either an outright fraud, or incompetent."
Trump argued that the Obama agreement paved the way for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, while his administration's deal would permanently block Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
"The Obuma Deal was a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all, one of the worst and dumbest Deals ever made by the U.S.," Trump said. "Our Deal is a WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon, the complete opposite of Obuma."
The president concluded his post by jokingly calling for Reed's impeachment.
Trump's remarks came after Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, dismissed the administration's negotiations during an appearance on Fox News.
"For 100 days we've been hearing constantly, there's going to be a deal, there's going to be a deal," Reed said. "I think the precipitating issue today, the president wants to give himself a birthday present, and we have paid for it with hundreds of billions of dollars."
Reed has repeatedly criticized Trump's diplomatic efforts with Tehran, arguing that the new agreement does not significantly improve on the JCPOA, the Obama-era accord that Trump withdrew from in 2018.
"We have spent billions of dollars, we've lost 14 personnel killed in action, hundreds wounded, and we disrupted the world economy, and we're getting basically less than what we had under the JCPOA, which President Trump walked away from," Reed said.
The senator also pointed to reports that Iran could receive sanctions relief under the agreement.
"Reuters is reporting that part of the deal is $24 billion in sanctions released to the Iranians," Reed said. "So this is not a, 'We win and you do what we say.' This is, 'How can we open up the straits? What will it cost us?'"
Trump, however, maintained that the proposed agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon while helping restore stability to global shipping routes.
In a separate Truth Social post, Trump praised Heritage Foundation Vice President Victoria Coates for supporting the administration's approach.
"She gets it like few others do," Trump wrote. "Iran will never have a Nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz will be opening up for business very shortly!!!"