GOP Rep. Carlos Giménez Compares Trump To Famously Gullible Children’s Cartoon — And He Has A Point

Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.) compared U.S. negotiations with Iran to “Peanuts” character Charlie Brown getting duped by Lucy’s famous football ruse on Tuesday, telling Fox Business he wouldn’t bet on a deal happening anytime soon.

“Look, I’m starting to feel like we’re Charlie Brown and Iran is Lucy, and every time we go to kick the ball, it’s taken away,” the Florida congressman said, referring to the “Peanuts” character’s futile quest to boot a football, endlessly sabotaged by his pint-sized pal.

Expressing frustration at Trump’s persistent promises about being on the cusp of a deal, Giménez parroted the president as he said, “‘We’re close to a deal, we’re two days from a deal, we’re three days from a deal,’ and it’s not happening.”

The congressman wasn’t optimistic about the prospect of progress, though on Monday Trump did claim the U.S. and Iran were in the “final throes” of their negotiations.

“If I were in Vegas right now, I’d be betting that in two days we’ll be right where we are today,” Gimenez said, adding that he believed Iran “deserves punishment” for retaliating at Israel over its strikes on ally Lebanon.

Negotiations between the nations appeared to hit another obstacle on Monday, when Trump claimed Iranians had shot down an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. “must” respond to the attack.