The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the United States and Iran is already off to a shaky start as one of the stipulations within the 14-point plan included Israel not striking Lebanon. U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in addition to Pakistan's prime minister, signed the MOU on Wednesday as part of a broader framework aimed to mitigate Iran's nuclear capabilities in exchange for the U.S. unfreezing between $300 billion and $400 billion in Iranian assets. It would also reopen the Strait of Hormuz that was open prior to Feb. 28, the day that the U.S. and Israel jointly struck Iran with missiles to begin the war—though Iran could implement tolls to make shipping lanes costlier. The agreement has caused a rift within the Republican Party due to some lawmakers and critics believing the U.S. capitulated and conceded too much at an unequal cost, considering that more than a dozen U.S. soldiers were killed during "Operation Epic Fury," hundreds of others were wounded, and the large sums of money will be utilized by Iran to rebuild damage to a nation attacked by the U.S. and Israel. Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, saying that Iran is "finished" and that they made the deal with the U.S. "out of desperation." "We’ll play out the 60 days," Trump said. "They get no money, not ten cents!" The president also defended the United States' apparent exit from the Middle East, saying that Iran's Air Force and Navy are "diminished" and criticized "Dumocrats" who have called Iran better off today than before the war.