Obama Calls Trump’s Withdrawal From Iran Deal A ‘Serious Mistake’

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 02: Former US President Barack Obama delivers a speech during the 7th summit of "Les Napoleons" at Maison de la Radio on December 2, 2017 in Paris, France. Obama is the exceptional guest of ... PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 02: Former US President Barack Obama delivers a speech during the 7th summit of "Les Napoleons" at Maison de la Radio on December 2, 2017 in Paris, France. Obama is the exceptional guest of "Les Napoleons" summit, a bi-annual symposium, created in 2015, dedicated to all the actors of innovation in communication and development around the world. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In a statement Tuesday following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would withdraw from the Iran deal and re-instate sanctions on Iran, former President Barack Obama called the decision a “serious mistake.”

“Without the JCPOA,” Obama wrote, “the United States could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear-armed Iran or another war in the Middle East.”

Read the statement below, posted online by Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur:

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  1. Avatar for meri meri says:

    For a smart guy, Obama doesn’t seem to understand how to get Trump to not do the dumbest things over and over.

  2. Yeah… it’s the former President’s fault that the current President is a madman and a buffoon.

  3. Avatar for outis outis says:

    Of course it is a serious mistake. That is what Trump does. Indeed, it is his specialty.

  4. Can someone PLEASE just pull the 25th Amendment ripcord already?!?!?!
    Before this asshole blows up the whole world!!! :rage::rage::rage::rage:

  5. Avatar for ericm ericm says:

    What would you expect Obama to do? Trump seems to think they’re in some sort of blood feud. There is no reasoning with Trump.

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