President Obama obviously knew that he’d be asked during his press conference Thursday afternoon about the $400 million worth of cash airlifted to Iran in January, but after dismissing that controversy, he turned his attention to something he’d much rather the press cover: the great success of the other Iran deal, which allows international oversight of Iran’s nuclear program.
President Obama says the Iran nuclear agreement is working https://t.co/6OZtrfIwim https://t.co/AiW0MaHqA4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 4, 2016
Obama accuses media of 'manufacturing outrage' in lengthy rant on Iran deal ~ via Business Insider https://t.co/RmUq2JMPvG
— Douglas Burdett (@DouglasBurdett) August 4, 2016
The entire Obama administration obviously believes that the State Department’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is a legacy-building accomplishment. Closing the deal with Iran was so important, in fact, that the State Department left detained Americans off the negotiating table entirely for fear of holding the deal “hostage to hostages,” and called in Hollywood megastar Jack Black and others to sell the deal to the American public.
.@POTUS on Iran deal: "By all accounts, it has worked exactly the way we said it was going to work." pic.twitter.com/5ioqeBfXeb
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 4, 2016
Has the deal worked? Not by all accounts, certainly. Deal partner Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, in June threatened to “set fire” to the agreement if Iranian money that was being kept in other countries was not returned. And earlier this week, Khamenei put the United States on notice for violating the agreement.
Experience of U.S. violation of #JCPOA commitment proved that we cannot negotiate in any issue with U.S. as a reliable party. #IranDeal
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 1, 2016
Americans want to take everything & give nothing. Talks with US on regional issues is a lethal poison & they cannot be trusted in any issue.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 1, 2016
Guess that $400 million pallet of cash flown over in January in addition to the lifting of sanctions wasn’t enough? Khamenei’s anti-American ramblings were to be expected, but at least everyone in the West agrees that the Iran deal was an unqualified success of international diplomacy.
Obama on @TheIranDeal: "By all accounts, it worked exactly the way we said it was going to work." Says the Israelis agree.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 4, 2016
And said that with a straight face
— sara belgium (@sbelg) August 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/cerenomri/status/761317690405421057
When does MSNBC run the chyron "OBAMA CLAIMS (FALSELY) THAT ISRAELIS LIKE THE IRAN DEAL"? https://t.co/xnHwa8Wq0X
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 4, 2016
Is Obama actually arguing Iran isn't a) cheating on the Iran nuke deal b) funding terrorism? He is.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 4, 2016
Obama is claiming Iran doesn't have nuclear capability now…but we still haven't inspected military sites. All politics.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 4, 2016
The White House press corps doesn't understand the Iran deal & negotiations enough to challenge the president.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 4, 2016
Keep the video! Obama says the Iran deal stopped them from getting nukes.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) August 4, 2016
.@JoeLieberman on @FoxBusiness : "The whole Iran nuclear agreement was a bad deal for America." https://t.co/oXNrT1aQXa
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) August 4, 2016
Obama’s Iran deal is a fraud top to bottom. https://t.co/KcNe9YNaen
— Steve Forbes (@SteveForbesCEO) August 4, 2016
Even Salon says @GOP was right: The Iran deal is proving to be the disaster predicted – and Obama is to blame. https://t.co/UjidMnDzIo
— Good Woman (@gwttds) August 5, 2016
When you’ve lost Salon …
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