Donald Trump’s comments on Megyn Kelly cost him his invitation to conservative
President Barack Obama is standing by his comparison between Iranian hardliners and Republicans who he says are dead set on derailing any nuclear deal.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also criticized the deal, contrasting President Obama with former President Reagan. Most candidates managed to get in pledges of support for Israel nonetheless. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he would “terminate the deal on day one“, “reinstate the sanctions authorized by Congress“, and “convince our allies to do the same”. “We’re giving them USD 150 billion dollars plus…if Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because you’ll quadruple – this, what’s happening in Iran, is a disgrace, and it’s going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world”, Trump said.
Fellow candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a softer line, saying he opposed the deal and would vote against it, but that he did not “discount” negotiations. He said he stood by the statement, but added that he would first end assistance to hostile countries, calling Israel a close ally.
But Obama said the Republicans’ unwillingness to consider any deal put them in league with Iranian factions opposed to the deal. We want all these things, and we don’t get anything.
GOP frontrunner and real estate mogul Donald Trump floundered in his attempt to answer with specifics on a theoretical question with respect to the reported trip to Moscow by Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani, who is now still under an worldwide travel ban.
“What I said is absolutely true, factually”, Obama told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview that will air in full Sunday.
Ten of the 17 Republican presidential candidates appeared yesterday at the Fox News’s first primary debate in Ohio where they spoke about pressing issues including Iran, ISIS, immigration, abortion, economy.
“Obama broke every rule of negotiation”, she said. “Yes, our allies are not ideal, but Iran is at the heart of nearly every evil that is going on in the ME through their proxy”.