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sop

(19,325 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:22 PM Apr 24

'Trump can't negotiate a better Iran deal than Obama did. Period.'

(MS NOW Opinion) "For years, President Donald Trump insisted that he would be able to strong-arm Iran into negotiations where the United States would steamroll the Islamic Republic’s leaders. Trump promised that through sheer force of will, backed with American military might, any deal he crafted would far surpass the nuclear agreement (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) that President Barack Obama negotiated in 2015."

"But even after weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombardment, Iran has not given Trump the unconditional surrender he craves. Instead, the bleak reality of the situation is finally becoming clear — for seemingly everyone but the president. In other words, despite his criticism of the nuclear deal that Trump unceremoniously scrapped in his first term, it’s better than anything he could hope to achieve in the presently sclerotic peace talks between Washington and Tehran."

"The U.S. sat alongside Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France and Germany in crafting the JCPOA, giving it the heft of the world’s major powers acting in concert. Under the terms of the JPCOA, Iran significantly scaled back its nuclear enrichment capabilities and pledged to never seek a nuclear weapon, and it was prohibited from enriching uranium past a very low point for the next 15 years. In return, Iran would receive relief from the international sanctions that had been stifling its growth for years and access to assets frozen in banks around the world."

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https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-iran-war-deal-obama-jcpoa

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'Trump can't negotiate a better Iran deal than Obama did. Period.' (Original Post) sop Apr 24 OP
Plus he used some of the best brains in the US. efhmc Apr 24 #1
Sec of State John Kerry and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz blm Apr 24 #2
Of course not ... and we've been saying this since 2018 FakeNoose Apr 25 #3

FakeNoose

(42,421 posts)
3. Of course not ... and we've been saying this since 2018
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 08:04 AM
Apr 25

Let's not forget that JOHN BOLTON shares the blame on this too.


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