’Iran Will Pay If It Restarts Nuclear Program,’ Trump after Meeting Macron
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Weighing US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord, US President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they've ever had before."
Trump made his warning alongside French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office, where the two allies discussed the multinational nuclear agreement, the war in Syria and trade issues, during a day of meetings at the White House.
Speaking at a joint news conference Tuesday, Trump appeared to be more in line with Macron's push for a longer-term US presence in Syria.
Trump, who announced weeks ago that he would withdraw US troops from Syria, said: "We'll be coming home," Trump said, "but we want to leave a strong and lasting footprint."
Macron, for his part, told Trump that together, the US and France would defeat terrorism, curtail weapons of mass destruction in North Korea and Iran and act together on behalf of the planet, a reference to Macron's work to revive the role of the US in the Paris climate accord.
As for Iran, Trump was asked by reporters if he might be willing to stay in the Iran agreement. He replied, "People know my views on the Iran deal. ... It's insane, it's ridiculous. It should have never been made."
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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