President Donald Trump wants a deal. The Iranian government wants a deal. The American and Iranian people all want a deal. And there's a deal on the table. But Sen. Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) is not happy with it.
"When it comes to negotiating with the terrorist government of Iran, Trump's all over the lot. One day he sounds tough, the next day he's backing off," Schumer said in a video message posted to X on Monday night. He accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff of negotiating "a secret side deal" that "lets Iran get away with everything" and claimed that "TACO Trump"—an acronym for "Trump Always Chickens Out"—is "already folding."
Schumer clarified on Facebook that he was responding to a report in Axios, confirmed on Tuesday by The New York Times, that the Trump administration had proposed an interim deal to avoid a nuclear crisis. Under the reported terms of the offer, Iran would give up its domestic nuclear program in exchange for joining an international uranium enrichment consortium.
