Long before President Donald Trump was booted off Twitter — and even longer before it became X — he was rattling off late-night tweets about Iran.The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, President Barack Obama’s “Iran nuclear deal,” was a major object of Trump’s Twitter ire. The Art of the Deal author argued that the agreement, which he scrapped in 2017, was not strict enough to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Trump bills his recently unveiled memorandum of understanding with Iran as a 60-day pause to hostilities during which a longer-term agreement can be negotiated. Yet the president has already taken to comparing his deal to Obama’s.
Here are five of his most notable tweets about the 2015 deal.Nov. 24, 2013
“We had all the leverage in our nuclear negotiations with Iran and our leaders foolishly decided to let them out of the trap. WHY?” Trump wrote.
We had all the leverage in our nuclear negotiations with Iran and our leaders foolishly decided to let them out of the trap. WHY?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2013
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Germany, and Iran signed an interim deal in November 2013, the so-called “Joint Plan of Action.” The 2013 deal provided temporary sanctions relief in exchange for a short-term freeze on Iran’s nuclear program.Immediately upon signing Trump’s memorandum of understanding, the United States agreed to lift its naval blockade on Iran and to remove “any disturbances or impediments” against the country. The U.S. also committed to immediately issuing sanctions waivers that will enable Iran to sell its oil abroad. March 26, 2015
