Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In today’s edition, we explore the domestic political challenges facing President Donald Trump on the Iran agreement.Plus, Lawrence Hurley lays out the Trump-related cases the Supreme Court is still set to rule on this term.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Adam WollnerWhy Trump’s Iran agreement could be a tough sell for RepublicansBy Jonathan Allen, Katherine Doyle, Sahil Kapur, Allan Smith and Henry J.
GomezPresident Donald Trump is framing a tentative peace deal with Iran as a victory for the U.S., but fractures in the Republican Party suggest that it could be a hard sell both on Capitol Hill and in the run-up to November’s midterm elections.“It’s a very strong deal,” Trump said at the G7 summit in France today, seated across from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
“Nobody knows what it is, but it’s very strong.”The early response from Republican leaders and the conservative commentariat is mixed at best, in part because versions of a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the two countries have been circulating around the globe while the White House had not shared the finer points with Congress or the public.On Wednesday, a senior U.S.
official read the 14-point memorandum on a conference call with reporters.With Trump under pressure from Republicans wary of forever wars and those worried about inflation ahead of the midterm elections, the short-term gain for consumers and candidates is the MOU, which promises a tentative end to hostilities and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Administration officials believe that will bring down prices for gas and other goods as freighters flow freely again thro...