Trump: Schumer doesn’t really believe US should have stayed in Iran deal

President Trump slammed Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday for saying he should not have pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, tweeting that, in reality, Schumer does not believe the U.S. should have stayed in the deal.

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Trump also targeted Schumer’s defense of former FBI Director James Comey after the president fired him last year, saying Schumer thought Comey was terrible before he was fired.  

Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal – but he doesn’t really believe that! Same with Comey. Thought he was terrible until I fired him!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2018

Schumer quickly hit back at Trump on Twitter, citing first lady Melania Trump’s new anti-bullying initiative “Be Best.”

#BeBest https://t.co/tJD74gSiin

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 10, 2018

The president had ripped Schumer’s Iran position during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, saying that “they were totally” against the deal from the beginning.

“They don’t say it with their full throat; they don’t say it with heart,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. “Because they have one problem: They were totally against it. Like Chuck Schumer was totally against the deal. He voted against the deal.”

“It’s like, oh, perhaps he changed his mind. But, by the way, the deal only got worse,” the president continued.

Trump announced Tuesday he would pull the U.S. from the multination deal, which gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for accepting limits on its nuclear program.

The president’s move marked the fulfillment of one of his major campaign promises. 

Schumer originally opposed the deal in 2015 after the Obama administration helped broker it.

“I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval,” Schumer said in 2015.

“To me, the very real risk that Iran will not moderate and will, instead, use the agreement to pursue its nefarious goals is too great.”