President Donald Trump officially announced from the White House early Tuesday afternoon that the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, stating that “today’s action sends a critical message; the United States no longer makes empty threats.”
Trump noted in a roughly 20-minute speech that the U.S. will withdraw from the Obama-era deal that centered on the lifting of sanctions against Iran in exchange for the country giving up many of its nuclear aspirations and materials. The president stated that the “Iran deal is defective at its core.”
Trump also said that the U.S. will begin “reinstating economic sanctions” on Iran and mentioned multiple times that the Iranian regime is a “leading sponsor of terror.” The president also noted that “no action of the regime has been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons,” and touched on the fact that the current deal “allowed Iran to keep enriching uranium.”
Trump had long criticized the Obama-era deal. The president’s announcement also comes after Washington’s European allies, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, asked Trump not to withdraw. But it became clear in recent days that Trump was leaning heavily toward ending the Iran nuclear accord and starting over.
Over the last several days, Iran voiced its resistance to Trump ending the deal. “If the U.S.’s goal is for our country to have no independence and influence in the region, our people will stand against them fiercely as they have done over the past 40 years,” Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast on state television recently.
Trump claimed that the Iranian regime “lied” and stated that the current deal “didn’t bring calm, and it didn’t bring peace and it never will.”
Trump closed by saying that the Iranian regime “is going to want to make a new deal” because “great things can happen for them,” including peace and stability in the Middle East. He also spoke directly to the Iranian people, saying “the people of America stand with you” and that the “the future of Iran belongs to its people.”
In a bit of an aside, Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently headed to North Korea ahead of Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-Un.
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Trump Ends "Defective" Iran Nuclear Deal, Reinstates "Powerful" Economic Sanctions
President Donald Trump officially announced from the White House early Tuesday afternoon that the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, stating that “today’s action sends a critical message; the United States no longer makes empty threats.”
Trump noted in a roughly 20-minute speech that the U.S. will withdraw from the Obama-era deal that centered on the lifting of sanctions against Iran in exchange for the country giving up many of its nuclear aspirations and materials. The president stated that the “Iran deal is defective at its core.”
Trump also said that the U.S. will begin “reinstating economic sanctions” on Iran and mentioned multiple times that the Iranian regime is a “leading sponsor of terror.” The president also noted that “no action of the regime has been more dangerous than its pursuit of nuclear weapons,” and touched on the fact that the current deal “allowed Iran to keep enriching uranium.”
Trump had long criticized the Obama-era deal. The president’s announcement also comes after Washington’s European allies, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, asked Trump not to withdraw. But it became clear in recent days that Trump was leaning heavily toward ending the Iran nuclear accord and starting over.
Over the last several days, Iran voiced its resistance to Trump ending the deal. “If the U.S.’s goal is for our country to have no independence and influence in the region, our people will stand against them fiercely as they have done over the past 40 years,” Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast on state television recently.
Trump claimed that the Iranian regime “lied” and stated that the current deal “didn’t bring calm, and it didn’t bring peace and it never will.”
Trump closed by saying that the Iranian regime “is going to want to make a new deal” because “great things can happen for them,” including peace and stability in the Middle East. He also spoke directly to the Iranian people, saying “the people of America stand with you” and that the “the future of Iran belongs to its people.”
In a bit of an aside, Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently headed to North Korea ahead of Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-Un.
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