President Donald Trump announced the United States would exit a nuclear pact with Iran and re-impose sanctions on Tehran, saying the Obama-era deal failed to contain the regime’s nuclear ambitions and regional meddling.
The U.S. withdrawal advanced Trump’s campaign vow to shake up the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which had originally been joined by six additional world powers. Under the deal, Iran scaled back its nuclear program in exchange for relief from crippling sanctions.
Bill Gertz is the Senior Editor for the Washington Free Beacon and author of the new book “iWar: War and Peace in the Information Age.” He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal: