Former Vice President Mike Pence analyzes the ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations. the path to peace in the Middle East with Trey Gowdy. Pence emphasizes the importance of a verifiable agreement. expressing distrust of Iranian leadership after a recent Hezbollah drone strike killed four Israeli soldiers. He calls for robust demands beyond the current Memorandum of Understanding, especially concerning the Strait of Hormuz.
Former Vice PresidentMike Pencesaid. the Iran Memorandum of Understanding President Donald Trump signed last week "smacks of the kind of appeasement" Trump rejected in his first White House term.
"The president deserves tremendous credit for taking the fight directly to Tehran,. every American should welcome the prospect of peace. No one wants another prolonged war in the Middle East. despite the flippant accusations from isolationists on the populist right," Pence asserted in aWall Street Journal piece.
Pence, however, characterized the agreement as nothing more than "a plan to make a plan."
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025(Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"But thememorandum of understanding with Iransigned last week falls well short of what is required to end the Iranian threat. It smacks of the kind of appeasement the president rightly rejected during our first term. It isn’t the deal a defeated Iran should be getting. It isn’t even a deal—it’s a plan to make a plan," he asserted.
"Maximum pressure worked. America’s military strength worked. The blockade worked. Iran came to the table because the regime’s existence teetered on a knife’s edge," Pence wrote.
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"This 60-day period should be used to secure what this agreement doesn’t yet provide: an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, an end to Iranian-backed terror,. an end to its half-century of warfare against the U.S. and Israel. If those reasonable goals cannot be achieved, Mr. Trump should let the armed forces finish the job," Pence wrote.
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White Housespokeswoman Olivia Wales declared in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, "Following the historic destruction of Iran’s military capabilities through the successful Operation Epic Fury, President Trump. his negotiating team have brokered an excellent MOU that advances the interests of the United States by ending the fighting, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to significantly lower energy prices, and forcing Iran to commit to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The failed Obama policy was defined by appeasement; the successful Trump policy is defined by American strength. What the President has achieved on the battlefield. at the negotiating table is nothing short of remarkable and will strengthen American security for many years to come."
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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