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Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2026

X posts
stated on June 13, 2025 in an X post:

Photo shows Israeli pilot Sarah Ahronot, who was captured by Iran.

By Gabrielle Lazor • June 23, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on October 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Switzerland’s distribution of iodine tablets means the government is worried about nuclear war.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2023

X posts
stated on July 4, 2023 in a tweet:

Footage of nuclear explosions proves that "nukes are fake."

By Sara Swann • July 11, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Ukraine was “nuked.”

By Luiz Romero • May 4, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2022 in a post:

“Ukraine has a nuclear bomb primed in Mykolaiv.”

By Luiz Romero • October 27, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Urgente! China prepara un ataque nuclear desde el espacio! Nueva York en alerta roja!"

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 9, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2022 in a post:

Russia unveiled a nuclear weapon, "Satan 2," that is "capable of destroying everything breathing in the world."

By Monique Curet • March 2, 2022

Viral image
stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2019 in a press conference in South Korea:

"The Obama administration was begging for a meeting" with Kim Jong Un.

By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2019

David Rouzer
stated on May 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"The #irandeal ultimately would have guaranteed Iran a nuclear bomb capable of reaching the US."

By Paul Specht • May 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:

"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."

By Jon Greenberg • May 2, 2018

Viral image
stated on August 9, 2017 in a Twitter post:

"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."

By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2016 in a tweet:

"The @nytimes states today that DJT believes ‘more countries should acquire nuclear weapons.’ How dishonest are they. I never said this!"

By Lauren Carroll • November 14, 2016

American Unity PAC
stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.

By Nadia Pflaum • September 15, 2016

Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 in a press release:

Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:

"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago:

Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."

By Linda Qiu • March 17, 2016

Lynn Westmoreland
stated on September 11, 2015 in press release:

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."

By Nancy Badertscher • October 13, 2015

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