Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted President Obama’s negotiation skills — specifically his policies toward Iran.
A lack of respect from the United States’ allies in the Middle East coupled with a lack of fear and respect from Iran toward Obama has lead to a bad nuclear deal, Graham said.
“What I would suggest is if you can’t get there with this deal is to keep the interim deal in place, and allow a new president in 2017, Democrat or Republican, take a crack at the Iranian nuclear program,” the South Carolina Republican said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “Obama is a flawed negotiator. His foreign policy has failed on multiple fronts. Nobody in the region trusts … him. The Iranians do not fear or respect him. So he’ll never be able to get the best deal. The best deal, I think, comes with a new president.”
Graham said he doesn’t “buy for one minute” that this is “the best deal he [Obama] could get,” questioning whether Obama is even the best person to deal with Iran, “given his miserable foreign policy failure.
“Does anybody really believe the Iranians will take the billions of dollars that we’re about to give them and build hospitals and schools?” Graham asked.
Graham also reiterated calls for a congressional review of a nuclear deal, something his fellow Republican lawmakers have been pushing for and which Obama has been openly against.
“So I support the idea of giving them time to put the deal together. But I insist that Congress review the deal, that they can vote on it before it becomes final,” he concluded.
