Trump unleashes on Obama's 'disaster' Iran nuclear deal, says he was 'honored' to rip it apart
President Donald Trump revealed during Wednesday night's Iran address that one of his top achievements against Iran, which he described as spanning across both his terms, was shredding former President...
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President Donald Trump revealed during Wednesday night's Iran address that one of his top achievements against Iran, which he described as spanning across both his terms, was shredding former President Barack Obama's 2015 nuclear deal. Trump described the efforts in the Middle East as making "tremendous progress" and called Operation Epic Fury "necessary for the safety of America and the security of the free world." Meanwhile, he slammed Iran as "fanatical," "murderous," and "thuggish," arguing that letting them have a nuclear weapon "would be an intolerable threat." While slamming Obama's 2015 deal, the president cited the $400 million cash payment the former president's administration flew to Iran in an effort to "buy their respect and loyalty." "The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest and mass murder from behind a nuclear shield. I will never let that happen, and neither should any of our past presidents," Trump said, leading into his comments about Obama's "terrible" deal with Iran. IRAN FIRES BACK WITH FLAT DENIAL AFTER TRUMP CLAIMS TEHRAN REQUESTED CEASEFIRE: 'FALSE AND BASELESS' "I did many things during my two terms in office to stop the quest for nuclear weapons by Iran. First, and perhaps most importantly, I killed General Qasem Soleimani in my first term. He was an evil genius, brilliant person, a horrible human being. The father of the roadside bomb," Trump continued. "And then, very importantly, I terminated Barack Hussein Obama's Iran nuclear deal. A disaster. Obama gave them $1.7 billion in cash – green, green cash. Took it out of banks from Virginia, DC and Maryland. All the cash they had." Trump slammed Obama's administration for using airplanes to transport that cash, around $400 million, in January 2016, which Trump said was done "to buy their respect and loyalty." "But it didn't work," Trump continued. "They laughed at our president and went on with their mission to h…