Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal

  As was expected Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise when he announced today he would be pulling the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. Here is some of what he had to say.

“In 2015, the previous administration joined with other nations in a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” said Trump. “In theory, the so-called Iran deal was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb.

“In fact,” said Trump, “the deal allowed Iran to continue enriching uranium and over time reach the brink of nuclear breakout. The deal lifted crippling economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for very weak limits on the regime’s nuclear activity and no limits at all on its other malign behavior, including its sinister activities in Syria, Yemen and other places all around the world.

“In other words,” he said, “at the point when the United States had maximum leverage, this disastrous deal gave this regime–and it’s a regime of great terror–many billions of dollars, some of it in actual cash–a great embarrassment to me as a citizen and to all citizens of the United States.”

  Of course Barack Obama has criticized this decision for obvious reasons, as has John Kerry (who might have a vested family interest in keeping the deal in place), the mainstream media, and the other nations in the deal.

  Benjamin Netanyahu, who has accused Iran of cheating on the deal, praised the move. It appears to me Donald Trump is using a tactic similar to the one he used on North Korea. The President came out with strong words against North Korea, imposed stricter sanctions, and made sure countries like China adhered to the sanctions and we have seen progress with North Korea. It looks like this is a move to get Iran back to the table to negotiate an agreement Donald Trump believes would be more beneficial to the United States. By pulling out of the deal the United States will be able to put the sanctions back on Iran and enforce them, it worked with North Korea but it seems like this will be a tougher goal to accomplish but we will see.

  On a side note, we have seen several lawsuits levied against Donald Trump for undoing Barack Obama’s Executive Orders by using Executive Orders and we have seen sympathetic judges rule against the President. How long will it be before somebody tries to sue Donald Trump over this?

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