New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal 'to spite Obama'

[TomSea]

New leak claims Trump scrapped Iran nuclear deal 'to spite Obama'

Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK's former ambassador to the US.

Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of "diplomatic vandalism", according to the Mail on Sunday.

It says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson appealed to the US in 2018 to stick with the nuclear deal.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48978484

Whether I agree with the deal or not doesn't matter, Trump and Cruz campaigned to toss the deal in the trash. Even Senator Menendez said he couldn't vote for it and have a clear conscience.  This was, well before the election, maybe even in 2015....before election year.

August 2015:

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So, I think Darroch's logic is off. Trump, imho, where he can, has tried to uphold what he promised in his campaign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/ted-cruz-donald-trump-team-rally-against-iran-deal-n417341

Moving to politics, I meant to put it there originally.

[Right_in_Virginia]

One man agreed to the deal, bypassing the Senate. There was no nuclear deal with the US. 

Candidate Trump was very clear ---not only during the 2015 appearance with Cruz, but all during the campaign this travesty was going into the trash bin of political history when he assumed office.

[libertybele]

Trump opposed the nuclear agreement with Iran. He said that he would renegotiate the deal or "dismantle" it as president.

During a campaign event in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on September 6, 2016, Donald Trump said that Iran was not a threat to the world until President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran, which made the country a "world power." He said, "If you take a look at Iran from four, five years ago they were dying. They had sanctions, they were being choked to death and they were dying. They weren't even going to be much of a threat. They didn't have anything going and now they're a power. Overnight, we've made them a power." He then called the nuclear deal "the highest level of incompetence.

https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016/Iran

[Sanguine]

It was a horrible agreement.  I don't care what Trump's rationale was for dumping it - it needed to be dumped.

[truth_seeker]

It was a horrible agreement.  I don't care what Trump's rationale was for dumping it - it needed to be dumped.

He had two or more reasons:

1. A horibble deal.

2. To spite Obama.

3. To put Europe in their place.

[DCPatriot]

He had two or more reasons:

1. A horibble deal.

2. To spite Obama.

3. To put Europe in their place.

4) Attempt to keep nukes out of the Ayatollah's hands.

5) To let Israel know the United States has their six.