Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) criticized President Trump over the possible deal to end the war in Iran, describing the plan as a “birthday gift” amid prolonged economic woes due to the conflict.

“For 100 days we’ve been hearing constantly, there’s going to be a deal, there’s going to be a deal,” Reed said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday.” “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.”

Trump turns 80-years-old on Sunday, and the White House will host a UFC cage fight on the South Lawn, along with other celebrations for the country’s 250th anniversary.

Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has long criticized Trump’s negotiations with Tehran, arguing new deal would not vastly differ from former President Obama’s previous nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Trump exited the agreement prohibiting Iran from owning a nuclear weapon- and requiring routine International Atomic Energy Agency inspections 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 told host Shannon Bream.

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