President Donald Trump was big on bravado and light on details as he addressed the tentative peace deal being finessed between the U.S. and Iran.
Agreement in Principle
On Sunday, a government official told The New York Times both sides agreed in principle to terms that would open the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran commit to disposing of its highly enriched uranium, though they said many of the specifics remained to be sorted.
Never minding the nuts and bolts, or the fact nothing was finalized, the president celebrated the negotiations while simultaneously knocking the diplomatic pact former President Barack Obama helped broker with Iran and international partners over a decade ago.
President Donald Trump, pictured here boarding Air Force One in New Jersey on Friday, reacted to reports that the U.S. and Iran have 'agreed in principle' to a military deal in a testy Truth Social post on Sunday.
Trump's Social Media Response
'If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama,' he wrote on Truth Social, repeating the dubious claim that the 2015 arrangement 'gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon.'
'Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is,' he promised. 'It isn't even fully negotiated yet.'
'So don't listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about,' he went on. 'Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don't make bad deals!'
Unresolved Details
The reported agreement, which will still need joint approval from the 'Art of the Deal' co-author and Iran's supreme leader, apparently does not lay out a process for how Iran will get rid of its uranium, detail when it will cease nuclear enrichment, or address its existing stockpile of missiles.
