Longtime Democrat Won’t Seek Re-Election

Former President Barack Obama is already trying to downplay the peace deal President Donald Trump achieved with Iran.

During an interview with host Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, the former president didn’t waste time trying to attack Trump and what he’s accomplished.

“You spent a lot of time wrestling with the threat of a nuclear Iran. How do you think things are being handled right now there?” Roberts asked Obama

“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place and had worked for, for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it,” Obama responded.

“So, I’m hopeful that bombing stops and ordinary people are no longer suffering as a consequence of the war,” Obama added.

“And then in retrospect, it’s a reminder that on a lot of difficult foreign policy problems, the notion that we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solutions may sometimes seem appealing,” he continued.

“But the fact of the matter is that taking the time to explore diplomacy and exhaust the possibilities of coming up with deals that don’t solve 100 percent of the problem but solve 80, 90 percent of the problem while avoiding the necessity of going to war — you’d think we would have learned that lesson by now,” Obama claimed.

“But it seems like every so often we have to relearn that lesson,” Obama concluded.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council also announced Sunday that Tehran and Washington have finalized a memorandum of understanding aimed at formally ending the conflict after months of negotiations, according to multiple reports.

In a statement, the council said all military operations across several theaters, including those involving Iranian-backed forces in Lebanon, will cease “immediately and permanently” beginning Sunday night.