US President Donald Trump said in an interview that he does not object to France and Germany continuing trade with Iran, despite his refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal. “I told them just keep making money,” the real estate mogul-turned-president told the Fox News programme Morning Futures. “Don’t worry. We don’t need you on this one.
“They are friends of mine. They really are. I get along with all of them. Whether it’s Emmanuel or Angela,” Mr Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen with that deal,” Mr Trump said of the landmark 2015 accord, which on October 13 he refused to certify, leaving the pact’s fate to US Congress. “When they buy those things, it is a little harder,” Mr Trump said of French and German commercial dealings with Iran.
But speaking to journalists on a diplomatic visit to Riyadh, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said, “Those who conduct business with Iranian Revolutionary Guards, any of their entities — European companies or companies around the globe — do so at great risk.”
