Happy to see tone of Iranian leaders changed: Trump

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump warned of a possible termination of the Iranian nuclear deal, but said he was happy that the tone of Iran’s leaders in response to his new policy had changed.

“I thought the tone of the Iranian leaders was very modified. And I was happy to see that. But I don’t know if that means anything,” Trump said at his Cabinet meeting at the White House.

This was his first public comment after he announced his new Iran policy last week, wherein he said he will not give certification that Tehran is complying under the Iranian nuclear deal.

In his opening remarks to his Cabinet, which among others was attended by Indian American Nikki Haley, the US’ Permanent Representative to the UN, Trump said Iranians leaders are great negotiators.

“They negotiated a phenomenal deal for themselves, but a horrible deal for the United States. And we’ll see what happens,” he said. The president noted that a lot of people agree with him. “I feel strongly about what I did,” he said in reference to his policy announcement on the Iranian nuclear deal.

“I’m tired of being taken advantage of as a nation. This nation has been taken advantage of for many years, many decades. Frankly, I’m tired of watching it. But the Iran deal was something that had to be done,” he asserted, adding that he will see what happens next.

“It might be very positive. Might be a total termination. It’s a very real possibility. Some would say that’s a greater possibility. But you also have to be very positive. We’ll see what happens,” Trump said.