Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden said President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy has worsened diplomatic relations in the Middle East on Thursday, the same day officials said Iran shot down a U.S. military drone.
“President Trump’s Iran strategy is a self-inflicted disaster,” Biden said. “Two of America’s vital interests in the Middle East are preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and securing a stable energy supply through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is failing on both counts.” (RELATED: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Blames Iran For Oil Tanker Attack)
President Trump’s Iran strategy is a self-inflicted disaster. Two of America’s vital interests in the Middle East are preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and securing a stable energy supply through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is failing on both counts.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 20, 2019
“He unilaterally withdrew from the hard-won nuclear agreement that the Obama-Biden administration negotiated to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,” he continued.
He unilaterally withdrew from the hard-won nuclear agreement that the Obama-Biden Administration negotiated to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Trump promised that abandoning the deal and imposing sanctions would stop Iran’s aggression in the region.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 20, 2019
“Iran made a very big mistake!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
The former vice president also said Trump “has made military conflict more likely” in the Middle East.
Biden Speaking At Campaign Event (Photo by Joshua Lott/Getty Images)
Biden made the remarks hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for shooting the drone down, although U.S. military officials said the plane was flying in international airspace, not Iran’s, reported The Wall Street Journal.
“Our borders are Iran’s red line, and we will react strongly against any aggression,” Major Gen. Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reportedly said on Iranian state television, according to The Washington Post.
Iran shoots down an American drone in international airspace, and Joe Biden’s response is to attack President Trump?
What is his solution?
Send Iran more pallets of cash?
Let Iran take more U.S. sailors hostage?
More coddling?
— Official Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) June 20, 2019
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