21 April 2017

News Story: Trump says Iran "not living up to the spirit" of 2015 nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Despite his administration's certification of Iran's compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Iran of "not living up to the spirit" of the nuclear deal.

"They (Iranians) are doing a tremendous disservice to an agreement that was signed. It was a terrible agreement. It shouldn't have been signed," said Trump here at a joint press conference with visiting Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

When asked by a reporter whether the White House had any reasons to suspect that Iran was cheating on the nuclear deal, Trump appeared to ignore the question, answering only that his administration was analyzing the 2015 nuclear deal.

"We'll have something to say about it in the not-too-distant future," said Trump. He did not elaborate.

Read the full story at Xinhua


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PacificSentinel: As a "business man" I wonder how many times Trump has ignored the "spirit" of a deal & stuck with the LETTER of the deal in order to make a few extra bucks, in Treaty making the letter of the deal is far more important, if it's not spelled out in black & white it doesn't exist. I'm not taking sides, just stating the facts, something Trump seems to have trouble doing.