Trump: New Iran Deal Is a Wall Against Nuclear Weapons

On Tuesday, President Trump sat down for a press conference alongside the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During that discussion, President Trump drew some sharp distinctions between the recently negotiated memorandum of understanding with Iran and former President Obama’s deal with Iran. President Trump noted that the new deal is a “wall against a nuclear weapon.“

.@POTUS on his agreement with Iran: “It’s a very important document, and, unlike Obama, who could’ve destroyed the Middle East with the horrible JCPOA… that was a road to a nuclear weapon. Mine is a wall against a nuclear weapon.” pic.twitter.com/nxSiKGZOsc

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 16, 2026

The president said:

It’s a very important document, and unlike Obama, who could have destroyed the Middle East with the horrible JCPOA, it was the worst agreement. That was a road to a nuclear weapon. Mine is a wall against a nuclear weapon. And now I see these people, “we already had one.” You paid a fortune for it; we paid nothing. We don’t pay them. There was some statement, we’re going to spend $300 million; no, we’re not. We’re allowed to go in and invest if we wanted to, someday in the future. We have no obligation whatsoever. Could be that Iran will turn out to be successful. They have oil. But, ah, if we left a week ago, just left, before the last two attacks, it would have taken them 20 years to rebuild. But I’ll go over the document with the media in a couple of days. 

We are awaiting more news on that document with breath that is approaching bated, but if it truly prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, that’s significant; and any such agreement, as we keep pointing out, should also be handled with the presumption that Iran, as long as the theocracy remains in charge, will never be trustworthy. Don’t trust; verify everything.

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Vice President Vance also spoke out on the deal, in an interview on Fox News:

.@VP: You know what those Gulf Arab countries thought about the JCPOA? They hated it because they thought it empowered Iran to be a bad actor. You know what they think about the @POTUS peace plan? They love it because they think it’s turning over a leaf to a new Middle East. pic.twitter.com/iNRS67353l

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 16, 2026

The vice president said:

What’s interesting is, there’s been a lot of chatter, of course, about this peace deal with Iran, and one of the questions I’m most often asked is, “how is this different from the Obama JCPOA?” And there are all of these answers I could give. Number one, we’re not giving them a red cent of American money. Obama gave them over a billion dollars and a pallet of cash. There are all these substantive differences; I actually think the most important difference is, you know what those Gulf Arab countries thought about the JCPOA? They hated it. Because they thought it empowered Iran to be a bad actor. You know what they think about the President Trump peace plan? They love it. Because they think it’s turning over a new leaf to a new Middle East. So, there are so many big differences between our policy and the previous administration’s, but what we’ve done here is (to) actually unite the Gulf together; that could have transformative impacts, not for the next couple of years, but the next couple of generations. 

That’s an interesting point. When Iran fell to the mullahs, it transformed the Middle East and indeed global politics for almost half a century, giving rise to the world’s foremost state sponsor of Islamic terror. Now, if Iran even moderates, if there is some lessening of the influence of the crazies, it may well open a door for a little brighter future in the Middle East.

Of course, if a Democrat president comes to the White House in January 2029, that could all go out the window, and something like the Obama-era Pallets-O-Cash program might return. But for now, things appear to be looking up. We’ll see.

Editor’s Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all. 

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