The former president worried that a new deal with Iran will be far worse than the one that was in place until 2018

Barack Obama is deeply skeptical that the United States and Iran will be able to work out a deal better than the one that was in place before President Donald Trump‘s first term.

The Obama administration reached a deal with Iran in 2015. That deal saw Iran agreeing to limit its nuclear program, in exchange for an easing of sanctions put in place by the United States and the UN. President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.

Obama discussed the withdrawal and subsequent war with Iran in an interview with ABC‘s Robin Roberts on Sunday.

“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place,” he said.

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    10 days ago

    As the record holder for drone strike approvals, Obama would know a lot about trying to bomb his way to a deal!

    But seriously, fuck the American imperialist project

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        3 days ago

        Damn. I guess all these articles are fake news then.

        But if you’re getting in the weeds, sure, maybe Obama doesn’t top the list for “drone strikes while in office”, maybe it’s the list of “presidentially approved drone strikes while in office”. But you didn’t bother to list any sources with your rebuttal, so I’m not sure if you even had any actual evidence to backup your claim, jackass.