Dubious Fox News article appears to have sparked Trump attack on Obama

[jpak]

https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/03/media/fox-news-trump-obama-iran-deal/index.html

President Donald Trump appeared to rely on a dubious Fox News report Tuesday morning to unleash an attack on his predecessor, accusing President Barack Obama, without any real evidence, of granting citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuclear deal negotiations.

"Just out that Obama Administration granted citizenship, during the terrible Iran Deal negotiation, to 2,500 Iranians - including to government officials," Trump tweeted. "How big (and bad) is that?"

Jeff Prescott, the former senior director on Obama's National Security Council, called Trump's allegation "absurd and entirely false."

Prescott shared with CNN immigration data from the Department of Homeland Security which showed that the number of Iranians naturalized in the United States over the course of the Obama and Bush administrations was relatively consistent.

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[Different Drummer]

1. "Dubious Fox News report" is redundant. n/t

[kimbutgar]

2. I guess they have never seen the show the Shahs of Sunset on Bravo

There are a lot of people of Iranian descent who have lived here for years and have become citizens.