Donald Trump invited Obama-era Secretary of State John Kerry to challenge him in 2020 a day after the Democrat declined, when asked in an interview, to rule out another Oval Office bid
'I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President
I should only be so lucky - although the field that is currently assembling looks really good - FOR ME!' Trump wrote
Kerry said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS that it's 'a total distraction and waste of time' to talk about the election that's two years away and that he's 'not really thinking about it
'But he also told 'Face the Nation' that Trump is 'dishonest' and 'doesn't know what he's talking about
Trump blames Kerry personally for entering into an international nuclear pact with Iran and other countries on behalf United States that the Republican president has said is one of the worst deals to ever come across his desk
He's said that Kerry should have 'walked away' when Tehran wouldn't abide by the terms presented by the U
S. Trump has also mocked the ex-diplomat for falling prey to a bicycle accident during one of his trips abroad to negotiate
'John Kerry — not the best negotiator we've ever seen. He never walked away from the table except to be in that bicycle race where he fell and broke his leg
That was the only time. I said, "Don't tell him you broke your leg. Just stay inside
Say you don't want to negotiate. You'll make a much better deal,' Trump said this year at the National Rifle Association's annual conference
In a CBS interview this Sunday, Kerry fought back. 'I did walk away. And we almost walked away on two or three other occasions where we thought it was necessary,' he said
'So he really, unfortunately, and I say this sadly- you know, more often than not he really just doesn't know what he's talking about
He makes things up, and he's making that up as he has other things,' Kerry added
Kerry said in the Sunday show appearance that he resisted slapping back at Trump on Twitter at the time of the disparaging comments because he believes Americans can determine the truth without him injecting his two cents
'I think America and our democracy are more thoughtful than dishonest tweets,' he said
Share this article Share Trump was not the only president to be targeted by Kerry in the interview, in which the ex-senator reflected on his time as America's chief diplomat and his failed presidential bid in 2004 while ramping up for a book tour
Kerry said in the interview that CBS taped weeks ago, and suggested it held in the wake of John McCain's death, that he believes former President Barack Obama should have enforced his 'red line' warning to Syria
The former Obama administration official said he believes the United States 'paid a price' for its inaction
Kerry said he thought Obama was going to launch a missile strike in Syria in 2013 after the country's dictator, Bashar al-Assad, used attacked his own citizens with chemical weapons
A year before, after all, Obama had said the use of chemical weapons would be a 'red line' that would be a 'game changer' for U
S. involvement in Syria.'I thought we were going to go forward. I thought that weekend was the weekend
I expected the phone call to be telling me that he had decided we were striking that night or whatever was going to happen, and it wasn't,' Kerry said on 'Face the Nation
'He recalled: 'I put several ideas on the table. The president was not persuaded by my argument
I believed that we had several options we could have done at very low risk to be able to make it clear to Assad that when we had a ceasefire and when he said he was going to live by it, he had to live by it
And I thought we should have done that.' Kerry said he believes the U.S. 'paid a price' because Obama did not stand by his threat
'But we got the chemical weapons out, which was the objective,' he added. Kerry wrote about Obama's inaction in his book 'Everyday is Extra
' He says he doesn't agree with how the former president handled the pivotal moment, but he doesn't think it was a 'weak' point for Obama
'I don't think it's fair in terms of the president "being weak" because the president took a lot of very tough positions and did a lot of things that evidence strength and that showed a president who had a very clear moral compass as well as very clear, a very clear set of values and principles by which he knew he could protect our country,' Kerry said on 'Face the Nation
' Kerry said he believes that Trump was right to bomb Syria following Assad's continued use of weapons - but disagrees with his one-time strike last April
'I don't support just a one-off where you drop a few bombs and there's no follow-up diplomacy and no additional effort to try to use the leverage you get out of doing that,' he argued
'I thought that the president should have done that, President Trump should have done that
'He went on to criticize Trump for his approach to Tehran in the interview, claiming it was 'common sense' for the nuclear agreement that Trump pulled out of to continue
Of his own efforts to save the deal, which included huddling overseas with world leaders whose countries were also party to the pact, Kerry said he violated no rules with the behind the scenes efforts and rebuffed claims that he attempted to undermine Trump
'I didn't negotiate. I spoke out, and I will always exercise my right to speak out,' he stated
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