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President Donald Trump is reportedly considering an Iran nuclear deal with many of the same points he criticized in President Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear deal (the JCPOA).
“Billions in frozen assets may be handed back to Iran. Agreements to limit Tehran’s nuclear program may eventually expire. And some of the same hard-line leaders who crushed nationwide protests in January could end up better-resourced than they were before President Donald Trump unleashed crushing airstrikes more than seven weeks ago,” The Washington Post said Wednesday.
Trump was unhappy with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and withdrew from it during his first term in office.
“After a decade of fiercely attacking a previous deal with Iran, Trump, pursuing a way out of a war he launched, has authorized U.S. negotiators to consider a bargain that involves many of the same trade-offs one of his predecessors confronted,” The Washington Post said.
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal involved Obama shipping $400 million in cash on pallets to Tehran in exchange for the promise they will refrain from developing nuclear weapons.
“Pallets of cash without the pallets,” Peter Doran, a senior adjunct fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies said.
“Now, the Trump administration is floating the possibility of unfreezing $20 billion — in part proceeds from Iranian oil sales that sanctions have locked up in banks around the world. The money would be a bargaining chip to secure Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. But other elements of the deal are still in question — including points that unsettle some of those who criticized the earlier agreement,” The Washington Post said.
Despite Wednesday’s report that Trump’s Iran nuclear could be similar to Obama’s, Trump insisted Monday that it would be better:
The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA, commonly referred to as “The Iran Nuclear Deal,” penned by Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the Worst Deals ever made having to do with the Security of our Country. It was a guaranteed Road to a Nuclear Weapon, which will not, and cannot, happen with the Deal we’re working on. They actually gave $1.7 Billion Dollars in “GREEN” Cash, loaded into a Boeing 757, and flown to Iran for Iranian leadership to spend anyway they saw fit. He emptied out all of the Cash from Banks in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. Those Bankers said they’ve never seen anything like it before. In addition, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was paid to Iran. If I did not terminate that “Deal,” Nuclear Weapons would have been used on Israel, and all over the Middle East, including our cherished U.S. Military Bases. The Fake News, like Lightweight Washington Post “Journalist” David Ignatius, loves to talk about the JCPOA, knowing that it was DANGEROUS, and a Complete Embarrassment to our Country. If a Deal happens under “TRUMP,” it will guarantee Peace, Security, and Safety, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for Europe, America, and everywhere else. It will be something that the entire World will be proud of, instead of the years of Embarrassment and Humiliation that we have been forced to suffer due to incompetent and cowardly leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP
The Trump administration had been holding diplomatic negotiations with the Islamic Republic since he assumed office for his second term. The negotiations were ended when Israel dragged the U.S. into war, something Trump has both confirmed yet also refuted.
