Obama Defends His 2015 Iran Deal, B-Slaps Trump

Thursday, May 14, 2026

We Didn't Have to Kill a Whole Bunch of People'

Former President Barack Obama mounted a forceful defense of his 2015 Iran nuclear deal with a pointed jab at President Donald Trump's war with the regime, arguing his administration "pulled it off without firing a missile."

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"In a pointed jab at Trump's strikes and the subsequent shuttering of the key trade route through the Strait of Hormuz, Obama insisted that the deal was "working."

"Not only did I think it was working, even Israeli intelligence thought it was working, even our intelligence services thought it was working," he said.

"So, there's no dispute that it worked. And we didn't have to kill a whole bunch of people or shut down the Strait of Hormuz."

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"In this bonus clip from Stephen Colbert's visit to the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, former President Barack Obama recalls his experience negotiating with Iran's leadership and striking the landmark 2015 nuclear deal known as the JCPOA."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 12:13 PM | Reply

The only problem with Obama's Iran deal was that the black guy did it.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-14 12:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Israel played Trump like the Chump that he is, what with giving him his own Israeli Temple Coin, billboards to him all over Jerusalem, propaganda films like, "Thank You God and Donald Trump" and more:

www.google.com

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 12:30 PM | Reply

His Iran deal was a disaster. Flew them pallets of cash in the middle of the night, for starters. Obama is recognizing he's becoming irrelevant and it pisses him off. It's why he's constantly spouting off of late.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-14 02:06 PM | Reply

Now you are just lying; spouting your Cult Hero's Lies:

www.factcheck.org

www.politifact.com

Obama is what a real President looks like; a rational, intelligent human being, unlike the evil POS you obfuscate for here daily.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-14 02:29 PM | Reply

His Iran deal was a disaster.
#4 | Posted by BellRinger

Then surely you would love to tell us about the bad things that happened because of the Six Nations Framework.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 02:36 PM | Reply

"Obama is recognizing he's becoming irrelevant and it pisses him off."

That, of course, is the position Trump finds himself in, after invading Iran with no clear victory condition, and no clear face-saving capitulation strategy.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 02:37 PM | Reply

Wow, that's amazing. It's a recap of all the talking points Republicans were spouting off because Obama actually negotiated a successful agreement with Iran.

Tell me, do you have to lie to yourself at home in order to believe this or do you just lie to us because you're bored and hoping to troll.

To put another way, do even you believe your lies?

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 02:40 PM | Reply

"Flew them pallets of cash in the middle of the night, for starters"

Okay, let's start there.
Whose cash?
Why does the time of day matter?

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-14 02:41 PM | Reply

Why does the time of day matter?

Night time is evil.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-14 02:43 PM | Reply

"His Iran deal was a disaster."

Not according to the negotiators. The US got something it had only dreamed of: monitoring supply chains. Not anymore. And Hormuz stayed open.

Trump's "deal" won't be anywhere near as good as the deal he tore up, and the world will be singing The Hormuz Blues by the first day of summer.

#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-14 03:08 PM | Reply