It's an often-repeated line from him, but there was one change in U.S. policy Wednesday: Trump called for other world powers to abandon the nuclear accord, which is barely surviving after he withdrew the U.S. in 2018 and Iran has unraveled its cooperation since 2019. Instead, Trump urged those countries
Before President Donald Trump even said"good morning" in a televised address responding to Iran's strikes on U.S. targets, he announced,"As long as I am president of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon."
— ABC News Politics January 8, 2020 Instead, Trump urged those countries that remain in the deal to pursue negotiations over a new Iran nuclear deal. But in doing so, he attacked the existing one with misinformation -- and analysts say any new negotiations are unlikely because of Trump's maximalist approach to Tehran."Iran must abandon its nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism," the president said at the White House.
Instead of laying out a road map for talks, Trump took the time on Wednesday to bash the previous deal, saying,"Iran's hostilities substantially increased after the foolish Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013 and they were given $150 billion, not to mention $1.8 billion in cash." The Obama administration did agree to pay $1.7 billion to the Iranian government for military equipment that the U.S. government agreed to sell the pro-Western Iranian government in the 1970's and then never delivered after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It was part of a larger arbitration in international court that also saw Iran pay more than $2.5 billion to American citizens and businesses.
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