US Quits Iran Nuclear Deal

Guest: Lawrence Wilkerson, Retired US Army Colonel, Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colonel Powell, Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy, College of William and Mary This afternoon, President Donald Trump did what he’s been promising to do since he took office – pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement, which he called “defective at its core.” In pulling out of the agreement, President Trump says the US will “impose the highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran. The nuclear deal signed in 2015 restricted Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for lifting sanctions that had crippled its economy.