Sen. Mitt Romney on Thursday criticized President Trump’s deal with Turkey for a five-day cease-fire in its conflict with the Kurds in Syria.

“The announcement today is being portrayed as a victory. It is far from a victory. Serious questions remain about how the decision was reached precipitously to withdraw from Syria and why that decision was reached,” the Utah Republican said on the floor of the Senate.

“Given the initial details of the cease-fire agreement, the administration must also explain what America’s future role will be in the region. What happens now to the Kurds and why Turkey will face no apparent consequences” for the incursion into Syria, which has displaced up to 200,000 civilians and left hundreds dead.

“I hope the agreement is honored, but at the heart of this matter is a central question of why these terms and assurances were not negotiated before the president consented to withdraw our troops,” he said.

“The cease-fire does not change the fact that America has abandoned an ally adding insult to dishonor, the administration speaks cavalierly, even flippantly, even as our ally has suffered death and casualty. Their homes have been burned and their families have been torn apart,” he said, referring to Trump’s earlier criticism of the Kurdish YPG fighters who controlled the territory in northern Syria as “worse than ISIS.”

“What we have done to the Kurds will stand as a bloodstain in the annals of American history.”

Following Romney, Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said the temporary cease-fire — hailed as a victory by both Trump and Turkey’s foreign minister — doesn’t negate the fact that Trump’s actions precipitated Turkey’s incursion.

“While I welcome the temporary cease-fire announced a short time ago and hope that a permanent cease-fire can be achieved, it does not absolve President Trump of responsibility for his betrayal of our Kurdish partners and his role in unleashing violence and instability in northern Syria,” he said.