US President Donald J. Trump on May 8 pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal saying the agreement did not satisfactorily address the Islamic Republic’s ability to build a nuclear bomb or limit its “malign activity.” He also signed a memorandum to reimpose sanctions on Iran.
Trump’s decision will likely strain Washington’s ties with its European allies who had urged him to remain in the deal.
“The fact is this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never ever been made. It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will,” Trump said at the White House.
The president said: “Today, we have definitive proof that this Iranian promise was a lie.”
Read the whole piece over at the New Atlanticist.
Image: US President Donald Trump arrives to announce his decision whether or not to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)