The U.S. president told reporters that he intends to read his agreement with the Iranian regime “word by word” publicly to set the record straight.
Amid extensive controversy and speculation about the contents of a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced without providing much detail, the president said on Tuesday that he is likely to hold a press conference and read the “word by word, so that the press covers it accurately.” “We just signed a deal with Iran,” he told reporters at the G7 summit in France during a meeting with United Arab Emirates President Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “Ships are starting to move now,” he said. “Oil is starting to go up, and prices are coming down rapidly.”
“Most importantly, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon,” he claimed. The president was asked why he might wait until Friday to release the text of the agreement. “I would like to get a formal setting first,” he said. “I will go over the document with the media in a couple of days.” Trump said that he “never cared about regime change.” “But I guess you have regime change,” he said, of Iran. “The first group—they are all dead. The second group—-they are dead. A part of the third group is gone, and we are dealing with people I think are rational people.”
“I think smarter than the first and second group. They are not radicalized and looking to help their country,” he said. “I have watched regime change for years. They never worked.” Experts refuted that assertion. “If the current Iranian regime leadership wasn’t radicalized, they would never be in the positions they hold today,” stated Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran. “These individuals were all tested and trusted by the late Ali Khamenei, promoted by him and have marinated for years in the Islamic Republic’s ideology,” he stated. “There’s literally an Interpol red notice out for the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
At the press conference, Trump was asked about Israel’s ongoing military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Trump called the terror organization “that little pin prick out there that constantly rears its head.” He said that he wasn’t pleased with Israel for conducting a strike against Hezbollah a few hours before the agreement was signed. “If Israel can’t do the job without killing everyone else,” Syria would take on the task, he said. “Without the United States, there would be no Israel,” Trump said. “Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did. I have had a great relationship with Bibi. Now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon.” Trump also praised the Emirati President Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for being “early” to enter the Abraham Accords. (Read More)
