Trump Called Obama’s Iran Deal ‘Horrible’. How 2026 Memorandum Compares
On May 8, 2018, Donald Trump addressed Americans from the White House Diplomatic Reception Room. The 12-minute speech announced the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal his predecessor and arch-rival, Barack Obama, had signed in 2015. Titled the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”, it was an agreement designed to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “The…