{"id":612487,"date":"2026-06-03T18:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=612487"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:06:35","slug":"rubio-and-booker-spar-over-heated-iran-deal-accusations-involving-trump-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=612487","title":{"rendered":"Rubio and Booker spar over heated Iran deal accusations involving Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio went toe-to-toe with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) over the lawmaker\u2019s Iran claims.<\/p>\n

The two engaged in a testy exchange when Booker accused President Donald Trump\u2019s administration of \u201cbegging\u201d Iran to cut a deal with the United States, which Rubio says was absolutely not happening.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" NOW: Sec. Marco Rubio just EMBARRASSED Dem Sen. Cory Booker thinking he knows more about foreign policy than Rubio<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re allowing Iran to SELL OIL, they\u2019ve made $10-$50B!\u201d<\/p>\n

RUBIO: \u201cThey did NOT get $50 billion, and they are now LOSING HUNDREDS of millions per DAY because of\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/RNEY3QApoU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis ill-conceived war should have never happened. You have made our adversary in a stronger negotiating position \u2014 we are the strongest nation on the planet earth and we\u2019re in a stalemate with Iran. And now we\u2019re begging to get back into a deal that you all trashed in the first place,\u201d Booker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no begging\u2026 no one\u2019s begging for anything here. The Iranians might be begging because they\u2019re losing hundreds of millions of dollars per day,\u201d Rubio retorted, arguing that the congressman was underestimating the amount of leverage the United States possessed in the ongoing negotiation.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnderstand, Iran had street protests going on before all of this started. All of those economic factors in Iran are far worse today than they were 6 months ago when those protests were happening,\u201d the secretary explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have hyperinflation, their currency is completely devalued, they\u2019re struggling to make payroll for their government workers. Iran is in a very serious situation,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf it was up to the political class there \u2014 and I understand everybody there is sort of radical in some way \u2014 but if it was up to the people that actually like, go to elections and wear the suits and that you see on TV, they would probably make a deal tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue they\u2019re facing is that the supreme leader and the IRGC corps are a little more immune to those pressures until they can be convinced otherwise. And I think that\u2019s the direction they\u2019re moving in. I don\u2019t know where you\u2019re getting this perception that Iran is stronger. Iran has no navy left, they\u2019ve lost a substantial percentage of their defense-industrial base, Iran has lost a substantial percentage of their missile launchers, and their economy is far worse today \u2014 and I mean far worse today \u2014 than it was 6-9 months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio went toe-to-toe with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) over the lawmaker\u2019s Iran claims. The two engaged in a testy exchange when Booker accused President Donald Trump\u2019s administration of \u201cbegging\u201d Iran to cut a deal with the United States, which Rubio says was absolutely not happening. Watch: NOW: Sec. Marco Rubio just… Continue reading Rubio and Booker spar over heated Iran deal accusations involving Trump<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":612478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=612487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/612478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=612487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=612487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}