Fact Check: Why did Donald Trump ditch the Iran deal?

The US president claimed Iran violated the landmark agreement making it ‘defective at its core’

Donald Trump
President Trump claims Iran has violated the 2015 nuclear agreement multiple times
(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump's decision to make good on his promise to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal comes after many months of bad-mouthing and downplaying his predecessor's landmark foreign policy initiative.

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