Retired Gen. Jack Keane delivered a blistering critique of President Donald Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran during an appearance on Hannity Monday night.
The Trump administration signed the framework agreement with Iran to discuss terms for ending the ongoing war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes in February. The memo has not been made public, and much of its contents remains unknown.
One provision would reportedly allow Iran access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. Vice President JD Vance confirmed Monday that Iran “could” receive such a sum, though he said none of the money would come from the U.S. The funding would be contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and disposing of its nuclear material — which Trump has referred to as “nuclear dust.”
Keane called on Trump to release the memo to the public.
“I think what the president should do is just, let’s release it and let people see what’s out there so we stop debating about something none of us are seeing,” Keane said.
Sean Hannity pushed back, arguing that if Iran doesn’t comply, “they get nothing out of the deal, and then I would imagine we go back to where we were last week.”
Keane wasn’t buying it.
“And they’re not going to take centrifuges out, and they’re not going to take the cascades out, which means you can have weapons-grade. And there’s going to be a moratorium in terms of, you can’t have a nuclear deal for 10, or 20 years, similar to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. And the funding is real. There’s $300 billion investment fund. Who cares where the money comes from? If it doesn’t come from the United States, I get that. Of course it shouldn’t. But it shouldn’t come from anybody.”
“Here, the Iranians are in charge. The killers and thugs are still in charge,” Keane continued. “We don’t give them that money because what are they going to do with it? They’re going to recover everything we have taken away from them.”
“They don’t get it. They shouldn’t get any of it. That’s just the reality of it. They’re going to take that money and recover everything. And you know that, Sean. You know that you can’t trust these people.”
Fox News host Mark Levin has also called on the administration to release the memo publicly.
