“Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that are going to scare businesses off”, Obama said.
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“I suspect over the course of the summer and fall, as the President’s campaigning for the Democratic nominee, the President will have many more opportunities to highlight the difference in approach between that which is advocated by Mr. Trump and that which is advocated by Democrats, and in some cases even this administration”, Earnest said.
As of early Saturday, Trump had not responded to Obama’s latest criticism.
During a press conference at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington D.C., Obama was asked about Trump’s comments where the Republican front runner suggested allowing South Korea and Japan nuclear weapons.
Trump added, “If they fight, you know what, that’d be a bad thing”.
Donald Trump has caused global concern by saying a nuclear war between Japan and North Korea may be “terrible” but it would be “pretty quick”. “Either they pay up, including the past deficiencies, or they have to get out”.
Obama assured people, “The person [Trump] who made the statements doesn’t know much about foreign policy or nuclear policy or the Korean Peninsula or the world generally”. Trump is trailing Texas Senator Ted Cruz, according to a summary of recent opinion polls by Real Clear Politics.
In response to Trump’s comments, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said, “It is impossible that Japan will arm itself with nuclear weapons”, CNN reported.
“Good luck”, he added.
He told reporters on Friday: “What do the statements you mentioned tell us?”
“I know about North Atlantic Treaty Organisation”.
Trump was referring to the agreement reached previous year between Iran and a coalition of the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, France, and China to curb Iran’s nuclear program.
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Trump’s remarks are in line with the unfounded point that he’s been making all along the campaign trail that the USA has been providing protection for wealthy nations in exchange for nearly nothing and should end such protection unless those countries agree to pay more. “I’m not an expert on NATO”, Trump said, “but I have a lot of common sense”.
