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Trump Angrily Defends Iran Deal, Belittling the One Obama Signed

President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Tehran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015.

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President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday.
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Trump Winds Down the War He Started With Goals Unmet

While the president says the agreement with Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz and provide economic relief, the country’s nuclear program is still a subject for negotiation.

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President Trump said on social media that the deal would “let the oil flow.”
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