Fact check: Trump's false claim that Corker supported the Iran deal
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Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to claim that Tennessee Republican helped "give us" the nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by President Barack Obama's administration. Earlier this month  he claimed that  Corker  is "largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!"
 Corker  the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee   was in fact a vehement critic of the deal that emerged from international negotiations in the summer of 2015. After the deal was unveiled   he  wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that "Congress should reject this deal and send it back to the President."
 Corker  plotted efforts to block the deal  banding with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- in an attempt to block the deal.
The following month   Corker  did just that  joining with the bipartisan group to vote against the deal. A procedural vote to move forward a resolution to reject the nuclear deal fell shy of the required 60-vote threshold.
Even before that vote   Corker  helped push through the legislation that would ultimately grant Congress powers to review the deal  which the Obama administration contemplated approving without congressional oversight.
 Corker  said such an attempt would be "a direct affront to the American people and seeks to undermine Congress' appropriate role" in a March 2015 letter to Obama.
 Corker 's calls for congressional review of the nuclear deal that was still being negotiated in the spring of 2015 ultimately led to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act  which Obama ultimately signed despite initially opposing the measure.
That could be what White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was referring to on October 10 when she claimed: " Sen. Corker  worked with Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration to pave the way for that legislation and basically rolled out the red carpet for the Iran deal  and those are pretty factual."
 Corker  defended the bill against that criticism in September 2015  noting that the legislation "actually took power back from the president."
"Without it  he could have unilaterally implemented the deal immediately. The President never would have been forced to submit the agreement to Congress and there would have been no review and no debate on this critical national security issue "  Corker  said then.
Trump's criticism of  Corker  on the Iran deal is also curious given that Trump initially considered  Corker  as a candidate for vice president and later secretary of state  in large part due to his foreign policy chops.
Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to claim that Tennessee Republican helped "give us" the nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by President Barack Obama's administration. Earlier this month  he claimed that  [TGT]is "largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal![TGT]was in fact a vehement critic of the deal that emerged from international negotiations in the summer of 2015. After the deal was unveiled   [TGT]  wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that "Congress should reject this deal and send it back to the President.[TGT]plotted efforts to block the deal  banding with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- in an attempt to block the deal.
The following month   [TGT]did just that  joining with the bipartisan group to vote against the deal. A procedural vote to move forward a resolution to reject the nuclear deal fell shy of the required 60-vote threshold.
Even before that vote   [TGT]helped push through the legislation that would ultimately grant Congress powers to review the deal  which the Obama administration contemplated approving without congressional oversight.
 [TGT]said such an attempt would be "a direct affront to the American people and seeks to undermine Congress' appropriate role" in a March 2015 letter to Obama.
 [TGT] 's calls for congressional review of the nuclear deal that was still being negotiated in the spring of 2015 ultimately led to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act  which Obama ultimately signed despite initially opposing the measure.
That could be what White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was referring to on October 10 when she claimed: [TGT]worked with Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration to pave the way for that legislation and basically rolled out the red carpet for the Iran deal  and those are pretty factual.[TGT]defended the bill against that criticism in September 2015  noting that the legislation "actually took power back from the president."
"Without it  [TGT] could have unilaterally implemented the deal immediately. The President never would have been forced to submit the agreement to Congress and there would have been no review and no debate on this critical national security issue [TGT]said then.
Trump's criticism of  Corker  on the Iran deal is also curious given that Trump initially considered  [TGT]as a candidate for vice president and later secretary of state  in large part due to his foreign policy chops.