Trump once called a 2013 Iran nuclear deal rotten !! His Tweet has turned prophetic ... and not without reasons

 What a rotten deal we made with Iran: How Trump's 2013 tweet turns prophetic

Trump once called a 2013 Iran nuclear deal rotten and vowed to negotiate something better. 

After dismantling the Obama-era accord and confronting Tehran militarily, he has secured a deal that opponents say exceeds the concessions he once condemned.

US President Donald Trump once posted on Twitter, "What a rotten deal we made", all the way back in 2013. 

This was right after the announcement of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), an interim agreement between Iran and five countries led by the US, then under the Barack Obama presidency. 

Now 13 years later, Trump, now serving his second term as US President, has signed a deal with Iran that many, especially his erstwhile ally Israel, say is tantamount to Washington surrendering to Tehran. 

So did Trump make a prophecy?  

Let's first compare the two deals: the one signed by the Obama administration and its Trump administration counterpart.

The 2013 Interim Iran Nuclear Deal, formally called the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), was reached on November 24, 2013, between Iran and the P5+1 nations (US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany). Building upon that, another deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed in 2015.

In return for Iran limiting uranium enrichment, slashing its stock of enriched uranium and allowing regular inspections of its existing nuclear facilities, the US and the rest of the P5 countries would gradually ease sanctions on Tehran and lift restrictions on oil trade.

Neither of the two deals addressed Tehran's ballistic missile programme or its support for proxy groups across the Middle East, a bone of contention for others in the region, like Israel. 

That being said, the agreements used sanctions relief as leverage to commit Iran to pausing key aspects of its nuclear programme, at least on paper.  Trump, however, disagreed. Right from the start, he classified it as "rotten". In 2013, the current US President tweeted, "What a rotten deal we made with Iran. We get nothing (except laughter at our stupidity). They get everything, including delay and big cash!" And it was not the last such statement he made.

In 2015, after the signing of the JCPOA, Trump again posted, "The deal with Iran will go down as one of the most incompetent ever made. The US lost on virtually every point. We just don't win any more!"

That same year, he had claimed that the agreements would do nothing to curtail Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions, and would instead, "set off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which is the most unstable region in the world. It is a horrible and perhaps catastrophic event for Israel."

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