Shortly before President Donald Trump announced a peace deal with Iran had been completed precluding the Islamic Republic from possessing or procuring a nuclear weapon, former President Barack Obama slammed Trump’s efforts.
ABC’s Robin Roberts of “Good Morning America” asked Obama Saturday in an interview to fully air on Wednesday: “You spent a lot of time wrestling with a nuclear Iran. How do you think things are being handled right now?”
Obama responded: “It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out.”
“I’m hopeful that the bombing stops and ordinary people are no longer suffering as a consequence of the war,” he continued.
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Great former President Barack Obama reacts to U.S. action in Iran as the two sides get closer to a peace deal: “It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place.” pic.twitter.com/HA8iDcFcTx
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“In retrospect, it’s a reminder that on a lot of difficult foreign policy problems, the notion that we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions may sometimes seem appealing, but the fact of the matter is that taking the time to explore diplomacy and exhaust the possibilities of coming up with deals that don’t solve 100% of the problem but solve 80%, 90% of the problem while avoiding the necessity of going to war, you think we would have learned that lesson by now. But it seems like every so often we need to relearn that lesson again.”
Trump on Sunday evening declared: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!
“I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”
In a follow-up post, Trump took a shot at Obama and other commanders in chief, saying: “This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region. Many presidents have tried to make Peace with Iran, and all have failed before me.
“The Leaders of the Region have, for the first time, found a President who can help them achieve real Peace. With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!”
Trump also pounded Obama by name on Saturday, indicating: “Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now. My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON!”
“Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had. Unlike Obama’s Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in payments to them, including 1.7 Billion Dollars in green, cold cash, no money will exchange hands.
“At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States. We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!”
As WorldNetDaily reported earlier Sunday, Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, revealed significant changes from what he called the “horrible” deal that Obama made with the Islamic Republic.
“There are two fundamental changes from the horrible Obama deal,” Waltz told Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures” on the Fox News Channel. “One is the verification.”
“Under Obama’s deal, there was not anytime-anywhere verification. They could determine or even delay the inspectors, or most importantly, they could just call a site a military site. And then it was off-limits. There is no trust. There is all about verify, number one.
“And then number two, you’re not gonna see these pallets of cash moving up front. It is going to be pay be performance. And, oh by the way, you have to come to a U.N. Security Council resolution that we snapped back to in terms of lifting sanctions on the Iranian economy.
WATCH MIKE WALTZ ON ABC:
Mike Waltz: The proposed deal with Iran is all about verification. No one in the administration is taking the Iranians at their word. pic.twitter.com/hvg4fwSSgF
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“And then finally, the blockade. This is a huge difference from the past. President Trump’s blockade has been enormously effective. This is why you see the regime practically begging for access to any type of economic lifeline. But again, they’re not going to get it till they live up to their end of the bargain.
“So President Trump knowns how to drive a deal, and unlike his predecessors, he’s got the great United States military and very effective actions by [Treasury] Secretary Scott Bessent to keep a foot on the neck of the regime’s economy. So all of these things have me incredibly confident that we’re going to continue to bargain and negotiate from a position of strength.”
WATCH THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH MIKE WALTZ AND MARIA BARTIROMO:
“We negotiate from a position of strength.” 💪
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations @michaelgwaltz tells @MariaBartiromo that any agreement with Iran will require strict verification measures and says the Trump administration remains committed to ensuring Iran never obtains a… pic.twitter.com/SrUCcc1aGj
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