Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney addressed the upcoming expiration of the Iran-US MOU, highlighting that both countries have faced accusations of violating its terms since it was signed. “I completely forgot about that, and my guess is everybody else did as well,” Mr Mulvaney told News24. “With Donald Trump, the deal is the deal as long as it's the deal and it’s not the deal anymore. “It has its intended consequence; it prevented a major economic meltdown here in the United States.”