Obama BREAKS HIS SILENCE and RIPS Trump’s AWFUL DEAL!!!

Former President Obama is finally. surfacing and he is torching Donald. [clears throat] Trump's horrible deal. with Iran, which is far weaker than. Obama's JCPOA, which for the past 15 to. 20 years Donald Trump has been attacking. the JCPOA. He's been mocking Obama for it, but at. the end of the day Donald Trump just did. a JCPOA. light, a C-minus version of the JCPOA,

where Trump gave Iran more money. Iran. controls the Strait of Hormuz, and. Donald Trump weakened the United States. standing not just in the Middle East, but across the entire world as a result. of Donald Trump's weakness. Now, let me. be very clear. My own view is I'm glad. that there's a deal and that the United. States is going to hopefully be out. We. can ever trust anything that Donald. Trump says or does, so we'll see what. happens, but we should never have been.

involved in this unlawful and. catastrophic war with Netanyahu in the. first place. But for Donald Trump, who. said that I'm only going to get total. surrender, ended up Trump basically doing total. surrender. I'm going to do a deal so. much better than Obama's. You see, when. you actually step into the arena and. you're confronted by complex issues, it's not always all that easy. It's easy. to tear deals apart and to criticize and. attack, but actually doing and balancing.

different issues and different. constituencies and stakeholders, you. know, isn't isn't a very easy thing. So, as you all know, I'll show you what. Obama said in a moment. You had Donald. Trump who said, "We're doing this deal. with Iran. We've got the deal. There's. going to be allegedly a signing in. Geneva with MB Galibaf, Iran's. parliament leader, who used to be one of. the big military leaders there as well.". And JD Vance, apparently that's going to. happen in Geneva. Uh Donald Trump is apparently going to. be giving Iran billions and billions of.

dollars, $24 billion. in different tranches, and then a. potentially $300 billion. in. development money throughout the, you. know, for for the Middle East. I mean, up to $300 billion. Also, you know, Donald Trump's like, "We're going to get. all the nuclear dust and all the. material." No, what Donald Trump. actually told the New York Times is that. Iran will be permitted to enrich at low. levels, not that all the material's. going to be taken away. He said, "It's.

at a level that can never be used by the. Iran military." And Donald Trump said, but yeah, that's what was in the JCPOA. But the JCPOA had a multilateral. inspection mechanism, and this kind of. is like, we're going to have to trust. Iran to to to to do it. So, now let me. show you what Obama said. I'll also show. you another kind of key moment of Obama. versus Donald Trump. And I want to. remind you of what Obama said back on. May 8th, 2018, when Donald Trump.

withdrew from the JCPOA. And let's let's bring this all together, shall we? So, here's what Donald Trump, well, first I'll show you what former. President Obama said. Then we'll go into. what Trump was saying. Here's what. former President Obama told ABC about, you know, how all of this is a reminder. that, you know, foreign policy problems. can be complex, and this idea that we. can just bomb our way out of things, you. know, isn't always, um,

you know, the right the right answer. It. may seem enticing to some people, but. you have to think through the different. levels of consequences. So, here's what. Obama said. Let's play it. >> 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 um and. had worked for. um.

for a long stretch of time uh before. we. the United States pulled out of it. So, um. I I'm I'm hopeful. that. uh bombing stops and ordinary people are. no longer. uh suffering as a consequence of the. war. Um. I then in retrospect it's a reminder. that. uh on a lot of difficult foreign policy.

problems. um the notion that we can just bully our. way or bomb our way to solutions. um. may sometimes seem appealing. but the fact of the matter is is that um. taking the time to explore diplomacy and. exhaust the possibilities of of coming. up with. deals that don't solve 100% of the. problem but solve. 80 90% of the problem um.

while avoiding. uh. the necessity of of going to war. Um. You'd think we would have learned that. lesson by now, but uh it seems like. every so often we have to relearn that. lesson again. >> You can see right. >> Now, I want to share with you. just how prescient Obama was in May of. 2018 when Trump pulled out of the JCPOA. But first, I want to also show you how. Obama is haunting Donald Trump this. week. Here's Obama.

um when he goes to sporting events, how. he's greeted. Let's play it. >> center. position. number is. 10. open net. center. >> Now contrast that to when Donald Trump. went to the only game in the finals. where the Knicks lost, how Donald Trump. was greeted, so you can see for. yourself. Then let's Let's dig into the.

JCPOA, but let's just play this clip so. you can see the contrast. Let's play it. So So now I want to share with you what. former President Obama said on May 8th, 2018. This was the statement that Obama. issued then. And just think about how. prescient he was. He knew he knew what. was going to happen. Here's what Obama. writes when Donald Trump, during Trump's. first term, pulled out of the.

non-nuclear deal with Iran. Obama wrote. "There were a few issues more important. to the security of the United States. than the potential spread of nuclear. weapons or the potential for even more. destructive war in the Middle East. That's why the United States negotiated. the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA, in the first place. The reality. is clear. The JCPOA is working. That is. the view shared by European allies, independent experts, and the current US. Secretary of Defense." It was Mattis at.

that time, I believe. "The JCPOA is in. America's interest. It has significantly. rolled back Iran's nuclear program, and. the JCPOA is a model for what diplomacy. can accomplish. Its inspections and. verification regime is precisely what. the United States should be working to. put in place with North Korea. Indeed, at a time when we are all rooting for. diplomacy with North Korea to succeed, walking away from the JCPOA risks losing. a deal that accomplishes with Iran the. very outcome that we are pursuing with.

the North Koreans." I'll pause there. because, you see, Donald Trump then. allowed Kim Jong Un to get nuclear. weapons. People don't talk about that. enough. Donald Trump's back-and-forth. love letters with Kim Jong-un ultimately. resulted in Kim Jong-un getting nuclear. weapons and Trump withdrawing from the. JCPOA. in 2018 taught North Korea the lesson, we've got to rush to one delay, buy. time, and then let's get a nuclear.

weapon, and then that's exactly what Kim. Jong-un did. That is why today's announcement by. Trump is so misguided. Again, this was. May 8th, 2018. "Walking away from the. JCPOA turns our back on America's. closest allies and an agreement that our. country's leading diplomats, scientists, and intelligence professionals. negotiated. In a democracy, there will. always be changes in policies and. priorities from one administration to. the next, but the consistent flouting of. agreements that our country is a party.

to risks eroding America's credibility. and puts us at odds with the world's. major powers. Debates in our country. should be informed by facts, especially. debates that have proven to be divisive. So, it's important to review several. facts about the JCPOA. First, the JCPOA. was not just an agreement between my. administration and the Iranian. government. After years of building an. international coalition that could. impose crippling sanctions on Iran, we. reached the JCPOA together with the.

United Kingdom, France, Germany, the. European Union, Russia, China, and Iran. It is a multilateral arms control deal. unanimously endorsed by the United. Nations Security Council resolution. Second, the JCPOA has worked in rolling. back Iran's nuclear program. For. decades, Iran has steadily advanced its. nuclear program, approaching the point. where they could rapidly produce enough. fissile material to build a bomb. The. JCPOA put a lid on the breakout. capacity. Since the JCPOA was.

implemented, Iran has destroyed the core. of a reactor that could have produced. weapons-grade plutonium, removed 2/3 of. its centrifuges over 13,000, and placed. them under international monitoring, and. eliminated 97% of its stockpile of. enriched uranium, the raw materials. necessary for a bomb. So, by any. measure, the JCPOA has imposed strict. limitations on Iran's nuclear program. and achieved real results. Third, the. JCPOA does not rely on trust. It is. rooted in the most far-reaching.

inspections and verification regime ever. negotiated arms control deal. Iran's. nuclear facilities are strictly. monitored. International monitors have. all also have access to Iran's entire. nuclear supply chain, so that we can. catch them if they cheat. Without the. JCPOA, the monitoring and inspection. regime would go away. Fourth, Iran is. complying with the JCPOA. That was not. simply the view of my administration. The United States intelligence community. has continued to find that Iran is.

meeting its responsibilities under the. deal and has reported as much to. Congress. So, have our closest allies. and the international agency responsible. for verifying Iranian compliance, the. IAEA, the International Atomic Energy. Agency. Fifth, the JCPOA does not. expire. The prohibition on Iran ever. obtaining nuclear weapons is permanent. Some of the most important and intrusive. inspections codified by the JCPOA are. permanent. Even as some of the. provisions in the JCPOA do become less.

strict with time, this won't happen. until 10, 15, 20, 25 years into the. deal. So, there's little reason to put. those restrictions at risk today. Finally, the JCPOA was never intended to. solve all our problems with Iran. We. were clear-eyed that Iran engages in. destabilizing behavior, including. support of terrorism and threats towards. Israel and its neighbors, but that's. precisely why it was so important that. we prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear. weapon. Every aspect of Iranian behavior. that is troubling is far more dangerous.

if their nuclear program is. unconstrained. Our ability to confront. Iran's destabilizing behavior and to. sustain a unity of purpose is. strengthened with the JCPOA and weakened. without it. Because of these facts, I. believe the decision to put the JCPOA at. risk without any Iranian violation of. the deal is a serious mistake. Without. the JCPOA, the United States could. eventually be left with a losing choice. between a nuclear-armed Iran or another. war in the Middle East. We all know the. dangers of Iran obtaining a nuclear.

weapon. It could embolden an already. dangerous regime, threaten our friends. with destruction, pose unacceptable. dangers to America's own security, and. trigger an arms race in the world's most. dangerous region. If the constraints on. Iran's nuclear program under the JCPOA. are lost, we could be hastening the day. when we are faced with the choice. between living with that threat or going. to war to prevent it. In a dangerous world, America must be. able to rely in part on strong. principled diplomacy to secure our.

country. We have been safer in the years. since we achieved the JCPOA, thanks in. part to the work of our diplomats, many. members of Congress, and our allies. Going forward, I hope that Americans. continue to speak out in support of that. kind of strong, principled, fact-based, and unifying leadership that can best. secure our country and uphold our. responsibilities around the world. Now, I'm sorry if it took me a long time to. read that, but I think every one of. those words was very important, especially as you reflect back on it now.

in 2026. But here's how Trump made a. political career just attacking it and. ripping it apart. This is Trump in 2011. Play it. >> Our president will start a war with Iran. because he has absolutely no ability to. negotiate. He's weak and he's. ineffective. So, the only way he figures. that he's going to get reelected, and as. sure as you're sitting there, is to. start a war with Iran. Now, I'm more. militant and more militaristic than the.

president. I believe in strength. But, to start a war in order to get elected, and I believe that's going to happen, would be an out. >> This was Trump again in 2011. Let's play. this clip. >> I can tell you that right now. But, you. know, you can use that military. They. are in big trouble. You know, Saddam. Hussein totally outplayed his hand. He. over played his hand. Gaddafi overplayed. his hand. They see that in Iran. And, you know what? It's going to happen to.

them unless they come to the table. And, if you had the right leader, they would. you would have them at the table right. now without having to waste lives and. billions and billions of dollars. >> All right. So, assume that we we did. have them at the table. What in the. world do you think it is that we could. offer them to persuade them, to convince. them, to scare them, or whatever it is. for Iran to step down on a nuclear. weapon development? >> Survival. It's survival. That's what we.

offer them. It's pure and simple. A. horrible thing to say, it's survival. They won't survive. I mean, they are in. deep trouble if they carry it and you. know, I've said before, I think Obama. will go to war with Iran because I think. he views it as good politically. And, I. that's pretty sad. And, it's a pretty. sad thing to have to say. But, I think. he will absolutely go to war with Iran. I think he views that as a positive from. a political standpoint. And, I think. he's just waiting for the right moment. And, I think Iran better be damn careful.

because they're over playing their hand. just like Gaddafi and just like Saddam. Hussein. >> You know, Ronald Reagan. won the Cold War by you know, with. base. >> And, then you have. >> [snorts]. >> recently, I mean, this was Donald Trump. April 2nd, 2026. bragging about leaving the deal. This. was, you know, while the war was taking. place. Let's play this clip. >> You wouldn't have Israel. and you wouldn't have the Middle East. either. You would not have You would.

have had a nuclear weapon. It started by. taking out Soleimani. Then I terminated the Iran nuclear deal. that was given to us by. Barack Obama. >> [applause]. >> And then you had Donald Trump sycophants. like Pete Hegseth going on morning shows. yesterday to try to. justify. how this is somehow better than Obama. And you'll see just how undisciplined, how immature someone like a Hegseth in. the Trump regime is. So, here's what he.

says about why their deal is different. than Obama's deal. Let's play it. >> Right. Well, as I understand it, the. first part of this deal would involve. the the clearing and reopening of the. Strait of Hormuz. Um. How quickly will the US blockade on Iran. end? How quickly will they be able to. sell their oil? >> What? Immediately is what the president. has said and that'll be our expectation. of the Iranians is that. >> So, tomorrow you'll end the blockade if. they sign it.

>> is the problem here. So, when it again, it's performance-based, Margaret. So, we're not going to Unlike. Obama, President Trump is smart about. these things. He's not going to just. give it away. So, ultimately the. blockade will stay as the strait opens. and then the blockade will open and then. the straits open and if that takes, you. know, 30 days to fully mature or 2 weeks. to fully mature, but it will start. immediately as the president has said. It will. >> And then more from Hegseth right here. Let's play it. >> Oh, we'll make sure the military option.

is there. And that's the that's the big. difference between this. and JCPOA and and the way Obama did it. Obama, they begged Iran. for a deal and we bombed Iran and then. put in a blockade and then ran ships. through and then have restarted when. necessary to ensure that they come to. the table for a great deal. So, our. military posture will be whatever it. needs to be to ensure they're compelled. over this 60 days through the memorandum. of understanding that they live up to. what they said they would do. The.

document says Iran will never have a. nuclear weapon, won't seek one, won't. buy one, won't have one. In 60 days, there'll be negotiations to make that. final. But, they didn't have the threat. of military force the way that we do. that Iran respects in a very way that. their regime is more devastated more. devastating. Excuse me, more devastated than it's. ever been in its 47 years. And that's. why they're at the table. So, the huge. difference is we did this from a. position of strength. President Trump. led with military might. That military.

might will stay as long as necessary. You know, if the blockade comes off, then you you pull back and you allow. shipping to flow just like Iran needs to. allow shipping to go through the. straits. But, we can snap that blockade. back at any point and they can't do. anything about it. And and Iran knows. that and that's why we have the leverage. in these talks and we hope they'll go. well. We really do. >> Well, as I understand. >> So, what they're saying is the reason. that they went into this. that that they think by getting a weaker. and worse deal, but by blowing a bunch.

of things up and committing war crimes. with Netanyahu, that that shows. strength. And Obama was saying what. actually shows strength is building. multilateral coalitions and coming up. with a solution that avoids war. That avoids war, making war the last. option. So, let you judge for yourself. Um but, I think Obama's words right now. are ringing truer than ever. Here's what Obama says. Without the. JCPOA, the United States could.

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