JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump signed a peace agreement document to end the war with Iran on Wednesday local time at a candlelit dinner in Paris.
However, Trump's return to the United States (US) on Thursday local time is expected to wake him up to reality, with the potential for rain of criticism from US war opponents and supporters.
This is because the US's goal of war with Iran is considered to have been achieved, and tens of billions of dollars have been squandered. Media in the US also criticized Trump's concessions to Iran in a peace agreement to end the war that has hit the Middle East and shaken the global economy.
"The White House approved this extension of the ceasefire, which does not meet any of the pre-war objectives while providing Tehran with very large financial concessions," said the US television station network, MS NOW.
"Now, the government is desperately trying to deny it. Simply put, Trump is being played by Iran, and no one believes his propaganda maneuvers," the media continued.
Based on the statement of the Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, the US is also committed to immediately lifting the oil sanctions that have paralyzed Iran's economy.
"As a first step, the Islamic Republic of Iran will immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States will immediately lift the naval blockade," the Pakistani Prime Minister, who mediated the US-Iran peace agreement, said on his X account.
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The signing of this peace agreement document is a temporary plan, before the start of detailed negotiations on a more complex issue, namely long-term control over Iran's nuclear ambitions, which the US has long suspected of having a secret bomb-making program.
The deal "is widely seen as the biggest foreign policy gamble of the president's second term," according to the WSJ, which noted that Trump "will face resistance from Iran policy hawks who say the president gave away far more than he got."
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Fox News, the US news station that is usually friendly to Trump, quoted critics as saying that the agreement gave Iran "a huge financial advantage" without requiring the dismantling of its nuclear program.
After the US-Iran peace agreement, including the achievement of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, the US will facilitate the disbursement of reconstruction funds of USD 300 billion supported by regional countries, according to the agreement.
"President Donald Trump's proposed Iran deal has drawn sharp criticism from some of his strongest supporters, who argue that the deal rewards Tehran before it agrees to fully dismantle its nuclear program," Fox said.
Fox then quoted British broadcaster Piers Morgan who said Trump's signing of the US-Iran peace agreement "was a long way from 'unconditional surrender' compared to any deal in the history of Planet Earth."
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