How Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal in January

[Eugene]

Source: Politico

How Trump could kill the Iran nuclear deal in January

The president will soon face a series of deadlines during which he could deliver on a campaign promise to rip up the 2015 agreement.

By MICHAEL CROWLEY 12/28/2017 05:01 AM EST

President Donald Trump allowed the Iran nuclear deal to survive through 2017, but the new year will offer him another chance to blow up the agreement — and critics and supporters alike believe he may take it.

By mid-January, the president will face new legal deadlines to choose whether to slap U.S. sanctions back on Tehran. Senior lawmakers and some of Trump's top national security officials are trying to preserve the agreement. But the deal's backers fear Trump has grown more willing to reject the counsel of his foreign policy team, as he did with his recent decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The decision represents an opportunity for Trump to deliver on a campaign promise to rip up the Iran deal, one he has repeatedly deferred at the urging of senior officials.

When Trump last publicly addressed the status of the Iran agreement, in mid-October, he indicated his patience had worn thin with what he has called “the worst deal ever,” and demanded that Congress and European countries take action to address what he considers the deal’s weakness.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/28/trump-kill-iran-nuclear-deal-260860

[Fred Sanders]

1. The fact that Trump's regime will "rip up the agreement" omits that it is not America's to rip up.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Gee, if he does that, maybe Israel will name a second subway line after Trump.