Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) sparked online backlash after she credited President Donald Trump with having peaceful intentions.
Ernst, 55, appeared on Fox Business, where she claimed that “you can’t trust [the Iranians] any further than you can throw them” before stating that Trump, 79, is “intent on peace.” The junior senator from Iowa dubbed him “The President of Peace.” These comments prompted X users to call out the contradictory nature of her assertion.
Ernst claimed that the US will maintain economic pressure on Iran. President Trump extended an ongoing ceasefire between the US and Iran, but the US is maintaining a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
“It will have an impact. We will just continue to strangle out the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], which will disallow them from funding any terrorist proxies and moving on our own military and Israel,” she continued.
X users continued to critique Ernst’s claim of President Trump promoting peace in the Middle East.
An account parodying Trump’s style of social media posts posted a scathing message, writing “Joni, sweetheart, PEACE? He insults allies, hugs dictators, fans wars with his big mouth, and turns every room into a dumpster fire. That’s not president of peace–that’s the GRAND MARSHAL of chaos. You don’t need glasses, you need a full emergency reality transplant. Sad!”
“Trump is the president of peace …who cut foreign aid resulting in the death of hundreds of thousands, and who started a war … without authorization…in which 13 US service members died…and thousands of Iranians… including children at school…But other than that…peace,” wrote another user.
The Trump administration dismantled USAID, which provides aid to foreign countries, by cutting over 80% of its programs. The US Agency for International Development was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and helped to provide healthcare, education and more to millions across the world.
Concerning the ongoing war in the Middle East, over 3,000 Iranians have died, with over 26,500 reported injured. In Lebanon, too, thousands have been killed and over one million people have been displaced.
Thirteen US military personnel have been killed and 200 have been injured since the war began in February.
President Trump appeared at a dignified transfer in March after six US soldiers were killed in a drone strike on a command center in Kuwait. The President drew controversy after he did not take off his baseball cap, which is sold on his website and features “USA” written in bright gold thread, during the somber event.
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