POTUS on Obama-Biden Iran deal: 'They got nothing from that deal except trouble'

The president spoke with the press on Friday afternoon from the White House briefing room, addressing the historic peace deal between Israel and the UAE that was announced yesterday, "What you'll see now is that other countries will come into that deal and you'll have peace in the middle east," said Trump before departing the White House.

The president took several shots at the Obama administration's Iran deal, which he has repeatedly categorized as a complete disaster. The deal, which involved unfreezing up to $150 billion in Iranian assets, and a cash payment of $1.7 billion, laid the ground work for a more powerful and potentially dangerous Iranian regime, which in turn created space for other middle eastern nations (like Israel and the UAE) to work together in opposition to a dominant, nuclear Iran. 

Trump commented on Biden's claim yesterday that the work of previous administrations -- specifically the Obama administration -- helped lay the groundwork for the peace deal. "Sleepy Joe tried to claim credit for it and I'm trying to figure out how that one works," said the president in jest. 

He continued, "They've [the Obama administration] been weak on everyone and they were the weakest of all on Iran." 

Trump was also asked about his thoughts on Joe Biden's choice of Senator Kamala Harris for his running mate. "She treated Biden worse than anybody else by far," Trump said of Harris's performance during early Democratic debates. 

When asked whether he took issue with "a strong woman of color being in this race," Trump said, "None whatsoever, as you know." 

Finally, POTUS offered an update on the coronavirus vaccine and therapeutics, which he says are being developed rapidly. He told the room that he would "rely on doctors" to tell him who should receive the vaccine first, but he believes it will likely "be the elderly. The people most vulnerable to the disease." Specifically, he said, the administration is looking at residents of "nursing homes and retirement centers."

The president also confirmed that his younger brother, Robert Trump, 72, has been hospitalized in New York. Following the conference, the president departed the White House for New York, where he visit see his brother, before spending the weekend at his home in Bedminster, New Jersey.