It would be nice if on just one day – just one – the president would have found the patience to do his homework and be right about something.
That day certainly was not Friday when Trump made good on a long-running threat to disavow the Iran nuclear deal that was negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama. Nor was it last Wednesday when he talked to Fox News to make his case.
In fact, the more Trump talks about his hate for the Iran Deal, the more clear it becomes that he doesn’t really know what it is – an international pact among six nations led by the U.S. in which Iran agreed to stop making the brew for a nuclear weapon. Iran agreed to this in exchange for lifted international sanctions, including the return of U.S.-frozen Iranian money.
Trump told Fox: “It’s no secret, I think it was one of the most incompetently drawn deals we’ve ever seen. $150 billion given, we got nothing. They got past the nuclear weapons very quickly.
“Think of this, $1.7 billion in cash. This is cash out of your pocket,” Trump continued. “You know how many airplane loads that must be? … This is $1.7 billion. Who would be authorized to do it and who are the people to deliver it? You may never see them again. Right? This is the worst deal. We got nothing.”