Trump Disavows Nuclear Deal, but Doesn’t Scrap It<br />“What’s done is done,” Mr. Trump said, “and that’s why we are where we are.”<br />The president seemed determined to erase any residual hope<br />that the nuclear deal might form the basis of a new relationship between the United States and Iran.<br />The leaders of Britain, France and Germany quickly issued a joint statement urging the United States to adhere to the agreement, which they hailed as<br />“the culmination of 13 years of diplomacy.” Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, said his country would consider “no amendment whatsoever” to the deal.<br />WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday his decision to disavow the Iran nuclear agreement, threatening to leave the<br />deal altogether if it was not amended to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons or intercontinental missiles.<br />Critics said Mr. Trump risked isolating the United States diplomatically<br />and giving up the deal’s hard-won gains, including intrusive inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities.<br />And 15 or 25 years from now, we still have the same military options we have today.”<br />“If you want to have your war, Donald Trump,” Mr. Kerry said, “you can have it in 20 years.”<br />Congress is deeply divided on the Iran deal, and getting it to agree on additional legislation could prove difficult.
