Op-ed: Trump put own interests first in Iran deal
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Obama warns US may be worse off after the Iran war as critics say he'd have been 'crucified' for the same deal

Newsmax—Former President Barack Obama warned that the United States may ultimately be 'worse off' than before the Iran war began, offering a rare public critique of the Trump administration's handling of the conflict and its peace deal. Obama's comments were confirmed across The Hill, The Independent, Newsmax, and The New Republic, indicating wide pickup of his unusually direct criticism. The New Republic also published an op-ed arguing Obama would have been 'crucified' by Republicans if he had struck the same deal with Iran. A New York Times op-ed separately argued that Trump put his own political interests above American national interests in structuring the deal. The volume of critical commentary signals a growing bipartisan unease about the terms and durability of the Iran agreement.