CNN: Obama: Leaving Iran deal 'misguided'
Washington (CNN)Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Iran deal, a pillar of Obama's legacy on foreign policy.
"Indeed, at a time when we are all rooting for diplomacy with North Korea to succeed, walking away from the JCPOA risks losing a deal that accomplishes -- with Iran -- the very outcome that we are pursuing with the North Koreans," Obama said in a statement. "That is why today's announcement is so misguided."
Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he was withdrawing the US from the nuclear agreement with Iran and said he would impose new sanctions.
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Update: Dems hammer Trump over withdrawal from Iran deal (The Hill)
WNU editor: I am sure that former President Obama is going to criticize this decision again in the near future.
