Trump hits back at claim he is copying Barack Obama’s ‘stupid’ plan to reach nuclear deal with Iran

Democratic Senator Chris Coons had said that Trump’s negotiation 'looks somewhat similar to the Iran deal that was offered by Obama'
PUBLISHED JUL 1, 2025
Donald Trump rebukes claim of mimicing Barack Obama’s Iran plan (Getty Images)
Donald Trump rebukes claim of mimicing Barack Obama’s Iran plan (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump burst into anger after a Democratic senator claimed that he appeared to be copying former President Barack Obama’s 2015 plan to negotiate a lasting peace deal with Iran.

Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware appeared on Fox News on Sunday, June 29, where he said, as per the Daily Beast, that the Trump administration should give Congress a “full intelligence picture” of what exactly happened during America’s attack on Tehran.

 Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) walks in the U.S. Capitol Building on June 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Republican leaders are pushing to get U.S. President Donald Trump's
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) walks in the US Capitol Building on June 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Republican leaders are pushing to get U.S. President Donald Trump's "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" Act through Congress and to his desk before the July 4 Independence Day holiday (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senator Chris Coons compares Trump’s plan to Obama’s

He also further stated "that President Trump by press accounts is now moving toward negotiation and offering Iran a deal that looks somewhat similar to the Iran deal that was offered by Obama: tens of billions of dollars of incentives and reduced sanctions in exchange for abandoning their nuclear program.”

But Trump was not happy with Coons’ words.

U.S. President Donald Trump returns from the 2025 NATO Summit on June 24, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, was held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises the target for defense spending to 5% of GDP. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump returns from the 2025 NATO Summit on June 24, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, was held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises the target for defense spending to 5% of GDP (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

He posted on Truth Social, “Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran ANYTHING.”



 


Trump slams Senator Chris Coons over Obama comparison 

“Unlike Obama, who paid them $Billions under the stupid ‘road to a Nuclear Weapon JCPOA (which would now be expired!), nor am I even talking to them since we totally OBLITERATED their Nuclear Facilities,” the Republican leader added.

Trump was referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which was reached in July 2015 between Iran and the multilateral group of nations called the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States).

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 27: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks as he meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda Olivier Nduhungirehe and the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner in the Oval Office at the White House on June 27, 2025.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks as he meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda Olivier Nduhungirehe and the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner in the Oval Office at the White House on June 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

As per the US Department of State, it was made to “to ensure that Iran’s nuclear program will be exclusively peaceful.”

However, three years later, Trump pulled out from the deal in 2018.

Trump’s Iran attack cannot be called ‘total damage’ on its nuke sites

But after rejoining the Oval office in 2025, the commander-in-chief has been trying to negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Iran.

Amid this, Israel and Iran went into a war, and the US bombed three nuke sites in Tehran.

A man looks at the ruins of a building after an Iranian missile strike on June 19, 2025 in Holon, Israel. Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike on Israel starting late on June 13, after a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
A man looks at the ruins of a building after an Iranian missile strike on June 19, 2025 in Holon, Israel. Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike on Israel starting late on June 13, after a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, as well as top military officials (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Though Trump claimed to have “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that “one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there,” as per CBS News.

“We are not there making any military evaluations, first of all, but, out of the logic of our conversation, it is clear that there has been severe damage, but it's not total damage,” he added.

Grossi also mentioned that “Iran has the capacities there; industrial and technological capacities. So if they so wish, they will be able to start doing this again.”

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