Van Jones on Iran Deal: ‘We Should Be Very, Very Proud of the President’

"You had the traditional reaction, 'Oh, my God, Obama is trying to destroy America' from the far right. But over the weekend more and more reports have been rolling in not just in America but across the world say saying, This is a really good deal.'

Another doctrine that this reminds me of is, 'Speak softly but carry a big stick.' In other words, what Obama is saying is we’re so overwhelmingly powerful military that we can start a war with anybody. It’s just hard to stop a war. So why don’t we preserve our ability to go to war, but really push for peace?

One of the things that's so amazing about this deal is that you do have a situation where we talk about trust but verify. You don’t have to trust Iranians any more than you did before but you have many more tools to verify not only for a year but for decades out.

That is a tremendous concession from Iran because President Obama was able to put together such a massive coalition to strangle them economically that  they’re basically saying [indecipherable] on some of their weapons desires and I think we should be very, very proud of the president. And again, there was early on a bad deal, but this is a good one."