Obama says Trump Iran deal will not improve on his pact
Obama asserts Trump's potential Iran deal won't surpass his original pact, emphasizing the need for diplomacy over aggression.
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Barack Obama said it was unrealistic to expect that any deal between U.S. President Donald Trump and Tehran would mark a "significant improvement" over his own nuclear pact 11 years ago.In interview excerpts released Sunday on ABC News talk show "This Week," the former President also suggested it was better to negotiate a deal that falls short of all of Washington's requirements in order to avoid an outright war."It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place," Mr. Obama said, referring to 2015's landmark pact that Mr. Trump abandoned.Mr. Obama said his own deal "had worked for a long stretch of time before...
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