Trump ruined US credibility, Tehran Times says even before his call on Iran deal came

Iran's leading daily Tehran Times on Tuesday, May 8, said no matter what decision US President Donald Trump took on the nuclear deal between Iran and major world powers, he had already shattered the US's reputation and credibility by repeatedly attacking the deal endorsed by the entire international community.

In a piece 'Trump has ruined U.S. credibility with or without nuclear deal', the Tehran Times said Trump, a real estate magnate, "overgeneralized his transactional view of international conventions and laws" and treated the deal more as a commodity than an internationally binding pact.

It said Trump's take on the JCPOA was nothing but a mockery of the international law. It also cited the adjectives that Trump used against the JCPOA, like "horrible", "worst", "laughable" and others.

Iran also agreed to implement an additional protocol to the IAEA Safeguards Agreement which would continue eternally.

"Today anybody with a little bit of mind is advising against the abrogation of the agreement. However, Trump and other headstrong people like Mike Pompeo, Nikki Haley, Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton are pushing for a withdrawal from the agreement," the Tehran Times piece said in an utterly caustic tone.

"Trump, who has got different nicknames such as "racist-in-chief", "liar-in-chief", "king of chaos" and "saboteur-in-chief", has so far dealt a great blow to the reputation of America in the world and is somehow pushing the world toward anarchy and lawlessness and fueling radicalism," the piece concluded.