Former official dumbfounded by what Trump gave Iran: 'Worst deal in American history'

A former national security official during President Donald Trump's first term sharply criticized his agreement with Iran to end hostilities.

Miles Taylor, who served as National Security Council chief of staff in the first Trump administration, told MS NOW's Stephanie Ruhle that none of the terms the 80-year-old president had reached with Iran improved the situation from before he decided to launch the war in February.

"I'm going to go out there on a limb and say that I think this is on track to be the worst deal in American diplomatic history," Taylor said. "We don't have the text yet, but it's very, very hard to imagine there is a deal here that's any better than the deal we already had. In fact, if the initial reporting is to be believed, the Iranians think that they're on a pathway to get $24 billion in assets unfrozen, that would be more than 10 times what the Obama administration effectively helped unlock for the Iranians."

"So put it another way we're paying 10 times, potentially paying 10 times what we did before to get the same promise from the Iranians, and in international law, there's nothing that you can say about their commitment to not pursue nuclear weapons," he added. "That's stronger than a promise. There is no global police force to require the Iranians to not pursue a bomb. So all we could get, the best we could get is a promise from the Iranians, a promise we already had and once."

Taylor had a front-row seat to a decision that Trump made in his first term that set the war in motion.

"Donald Trump threw out [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] in the first administration, when I was there," Taylor said. "I can remember the frustration of staff when Donald Trump did not have any plan to replace the Obama deal with tore it up, and now here we are again, potentially on the pathway to unlocking 10 times as much money for the Iranian regime to get the same agreement that we had previously."

"Now, again, the devil will be in the details," he added, "but I have a feeling we're going to see the devil."

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