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Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 19Trump Withdrew From 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, Calling It One of the Worst
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 19Summary
- Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during his first term, making his break with the Obama-era accord explicit.
- His rationale was blunt: he called the agreement “horrible,” “defective at its core,” “one sided” and a “road to a nuclear weapon.”
- Those remarks frame the contrast at the center of the latest debate over Iran policy, with Trump’s own approach measured against the pact he scrapped.
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