“Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now. My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no longer want a Nuclear Weapon, nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement. The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL. Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had. Unlike Obama’s Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in payments to them, including 1.7 Billion Dollars in green, cold cash, no money will exchange hands. At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States. We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
- 01Lie
“Obama's JCPOA was an easy road to a Nuclear Weapon... Iran would have had one six years ago”
The JCPOA extended Iran's nuclear "breakout time" from 2-3 months to 12+ months — slowing, not accelerating, Iran's nuclear program. After Trump withdrew, breakout time shrank to weeks. No independent expert supports the claim Iran would have had a weapon six years ago under the JCPOA.
- 02Distortion
“Unlike Obama's Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in payments... including 1.7 Billion in cash”
Hundreds of billions" conflates frozen Iranian assets that were already Iran's money with US payments. The $1.7 billion was a legally mandated settlement of a decades-old arbitration claim — $400 million Iran had paid the US before 1979 for undelivered military equipment, plus $1.3 billion in interest. It was not a "payment" or gift.
- 03Partially True
“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow”
At time of posting, Trump stated signing was scheduled for the next day. However, Iran publicly disputed the deal terms and Israel did not confirm the agreement — making this a stated intent, not a confirmed outcome.
- 01RFE/RLproof ⟶