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OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing screams immaturity and insecurity like lashing out at your critics.<\/p>\n

It seems clear at this point that the White House is desperate for a deal, any deal, with Iran to help lower gas prices for Americans heading into the midterm elections in November.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump says Iran won\u2019t face more attacks as long as it shows \u2018respect\u2019 for U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n

The memorandum of understanding signed between the two parties was a complete capitulation of the leverage the U.S. gained through its military action, and Iranian high jinks continued throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

Iran declared Saturday that it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. said ships were still moving through the waterway. Tehran demanded that the U.S. stop Israel from bombing Hezbollah, as Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into northern Israel and kill Israeli forces.<\/p>\n

After arriving in Switzerland to start negotiations, the Iranian foreign minister refused to shake hands with Vice President J.D. Vance, despite the U.S. ending its oil blockade on the country and easing sanctions.<\/p>\n

After the talks, Mr. Vance declared that the U.S. \u201cmade a lot of good progress. We did exactly what we wanted to do.\u201d He said Iran had promised to readmit inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.<\/p>\n

Inspector access had been permitted under President Obama\u2019s disastrous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran. All those talks achieved was \u201cthe creation of a mechanism for further technical talks,\u201d Qatari and Pakistani negotiators said. Wow. Stunning progress.<\/p>\n

The White House knows it is in a politically perilous position. MAGA hard-liners and isolationists such as Mr. Vance never wanted to enter the war and are betting that the American people care more about domestic issues than winning a foreign war, especially if the war means American boots on the ground in Iran.<\/p>\n

Those who supported President Trump\u2019s intervention are rightly frustrated at the administration\u2019s attempt to spin the memorandum of understanding as a success and its seeming unwillingness to finish the job the president started.<\/p>\n

Americans hate being perceived as losers, and the U.S. surrender of its blockade, easing sanctions and blaming Israel for its self-defense without gaining anything more than the terms of Mr. Obama\u2019s deal feels like defeat.<\/p>\n

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Enter Mr. Vance\u2019s attack dogs.<\/p>\n

The White House communications team, stacked with loyalists to Mr. Vance, has been unleashed to demand complete fealty of the president\u2019s supporters to its memorandum of understanding. Any Republican critical of the deal has suddenly become public enemy No. 1 to the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first year and a half of the administration, we were all buttoned up. Not picking on Republicans on the same team,\u201d a person close to the White House told Politico. \u201cNow, there\u2019s a new mentality in the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White House Rapid Response team, Donald Trump Jr. and other social media influencers aligned with Mr. Vance have targeted figures such as Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, radio host Mark Levin, influencer Dave Reaboi and NewsNation\u2019s Batya Ungar-Sargon.<\/p>\n

The White House Rapid Response account\u2019s attack on Ms. Ungar-Sargon \u2014 calling her a \u201cmoron\u201d and shellacking her professionally \u2014 was petty, distasteful and especially juvenile.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only humiliation here is Batya desperately begging for an additional brain cell because her failing TV show is even more irrelevant than the likes of Kaitlan Collins and Fake Tapper,\u201d the official White House account wrote on X, clipping some of her commentary critical of the deal. \u201cOnly a moron of her caliber could still doubt President Trump\u2019s leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was directed at a woman who has routinely defended the president\u2019s tariffs, crude social media posts, administration picks, immigration efforts and other policy efforts that have been criticized by Democrats.<\/p>\n

The White House signaled to Politico that the attacks on allies will continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to start seeing that [targeting Republicans will] be a bit more common,\u201d the person close to the White House told Politico. \u201cThe message is pretty clear that the White House is serious about the MOU, and their attack dogs have been unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n

A house divided cannot stand. White House efforts to bully those critical of Mr. Trump\u2019s memorandum of understanding \u2014 a bad deal that cannot be defended substantively \u2014 signal weakness, not strength.<\/p>\n

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The White House is in disarray, and things are about to get worse.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Kelly Sadler is the commentary editor at The Washington Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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