>>509587875May 7, 2018
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to condemn former Secretary of State John Kerry for engaging in “shadow diplomacy” to try to preserve the Iran nuclear deal by holding meetings and speaking with major players, who, like Kerry, do not want Trump to withdraw the US from the agreement.
Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York two weeks ago, their second meeting in about two months, to discuss ways of keeping the deal limiting Iran’s nuclear weapons program intact, according to two sources familiar with the interactions.
The Boston Globe was first to report Kerry’s meetings with Zarif, Steinmeier and Mogherini.
Trump slammed Kerry’s reported engagement on Monday.
“The United States does not need John Kerry’s possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran Deal. He was the one that created this MESS in the first place!” Trump tweeted.
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The United States does not need John Kerry’s
possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very
badly negotiated Iran Deal. He was the one that
created this MESS in the first place!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018