President Donald Trump has signaled that he may renegotiate the Iran nuclear pact or decertify what he called “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions” in U.S. history and an “embarrassment to the United States.” | Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images Trump knocks Iran deal after Tehran tests missile

President Donald Trump criticized the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran and other world powers on Saturday, tweeting that the U.S. doesn’t have “much of an agreement” after Tehran test-fired a ballistic missile.

International sanctions on Iran have been lifted under the deal in exchange for curbs to Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s state-run broadcast said earlier Saturday, however, that the country had test-launched a ballistic missile capable of reaching Israel, which Trump acknowledged via Twitter.


“They are also working with North Korea,” he added. “Not much of an agreement we have!”

Trump this week urged the international community not to let the “murderous” Iranian regime continue destabilizing activities as it builds “dangerous missiles.”

“And we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program,” he said in his Tuesday address before the United Nations General Assembly.

He signaled that he may renegotiate the nuclear pact or decertify what he called “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions” in U.S. history and an “embarrassment to the United States.” That agreement did not cover ballistic missiles of the kind Iran fired on Saturday.

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He also forcefully railed against North Korea at the U.N. General Assembly.

Trump labeled North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” and charged that he was on a “suicide mission” by continuing to provoke the U.S. by building up its nuclear arsenal. Kim responded in kind, calling Trump a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

The U.S. Air Force on Saturday flew bombers and fighter escorts farther north of the demilitarized zone than at any point this century to send “a clear message” to North Korea, a Pentagon spokesperson said.