Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who's making a run for the White House as a Republican, came out swinging against President Obama's nuclear deal, saying it was opening the door wide to danger for the Israelis.
"The president's foreign policy is the most feckless in American history," he said, to Breitbart. "It is so naive that he would trust the Iranians. By doing so, he will take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven."
Just a couple weeks ago, Huckabee – who has not been shy about speaking his mind about the White House's handling of overseas issues – released a campaign advertisement that warned of Iran's ability to get a nuclear bomb.
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"A threat to Israel is a threat to America," the ad stated, the Hill reported.
On the deal clinched by the White House, Huckabee called it "idiotic."
He said: "This is the most idiotic thinking. It should be rejected by both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and by the American people. I read the whole deal. We gave away the whole store. It's got to be stopped."
Huckabee polled above the middle of the Republican pack in a recent Real Clear Politics survey. He came in sixth of 16 candidates, besting the likes of former neurosurgeon Ben Carson and New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie.
Democrats fought back against Huckabee's criticisms of the Iran deal, saying through Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, "This rhetoric, while commonplace in today's Republican presidential primary, has no place in American politics."
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