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From the Wikipedia article for JCPOA:

After the Trump administration twice certified Iran's compliance in 2017, in May 2018 the United States withdrew from JCPOA as Trump pledged he would negotiate a better deal. Trump left office without fulfilling that pledge and analysts determined Iran had moved closer to developing a nuclear weapon since the American withdrawal.

Trump and his staff for sure knew Iran's regime wouldn't accept to meet the Americans to negotiate about a new deal. So I don't think that's the reason. Of course, maybe Trump thought Khamenei is another Kim Jong-un and the two can meet!

The only other reason I can think about is that Trump administration thought Iran would continue its efforts to make atomic bombs whether with or without the deal. So it would be better that there is no deal at all... But according to the quoted text Trump administration twice certified Iran's compliance before.

Also, there's this quote by Trump in this PoliticalFact article:

“This deal if I win will be a totally different deal. This will be a totally different deal.”

Trump wasn't sure about his reelection, let alone making a new deal after winning.

So what was the reason for Trump administration to withdraw from JCPOA?

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    I consider it problematic to try and analyze the decisions of the Trump administration separate from analyzing the personal mind of Donald Trump, and the latter is out of scope on this board. Other administrations might have had a systematic policy process, Trump had Trump.
    – o.m.
    Commented Oct 19, 2023 at 15:17
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    Asking the "real reason" seems to ask for a degree of certainty that is hard to achieve. We either take at face value the declarations of the people involved in the decision (which implies trusting their honesty), or have to rely on expert opinion (which is an opinion and can easily be wrong because insufficient information, bias...). And that is without taking into consideration, well, Trump.
    – SJuan76
    Commented Oct 19, 2023 at 15:49
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    @ItalianPhilosophers4Monica I have edited the question and removed the words real.
    – Snack Exchange
    Commented Oct 19, 2023 at 16:50
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    Trump's stated that he set out to "undo everything Obama did", the JCPOA being something Obama did, no further explanation is needed.
    – dandavis
    Commented Oct 19, 2023 at 22:45
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    @ItalianPhilosophers4Monica While I accept that Iran's regime is toxic I didn't use the word toxic for Iran. I used it for Trump in that comment.
    – Snack Exchange
    Commented Oct 19, 2023 at 23:29

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