Obama Jabs Trump Over Iran War, Claims His Deal ‘Worked’

Praising what is known as the “Iran nuclear deal” – formally the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – he explained that it was “internationally agreed upon” that “mechanisms” be put in place to “enforce” and “verify” Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.

“And we pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out,” he said. “They were able to maintain a modest civilian nuclear program for energy.”

In a pointed jab at Trump’s strikes and the subsequent shuttering of the key trade route through the Strait of Hormuz, Obama insisted that the deal was “working.”

“Not only did I think it was working, even Israeli intelligence thought it was working, even our intelligence services thought it was working,” he said. “So, there’s no dispute that it worked. And we didn’t have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz.”

The move comes as President Trump is on a high-stakes trip to China.