Thursday, January 26, 2017

Why the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Likely Survive President Trump

 
By Dr. Stefan Grobe

Officially in office for less than a week, US President Donald Trump keeps using executive orders to dismantle or overturn policies put in place by his predecessor Barack Obama.

Yet what Trump once considered his No. 1 priority on his to-undo-list, the Iran nuclear agreement, seems to be more difficult to scrap than the self-declared uber-dealmaker initially thought.

Fresh evidence of this reality is expected to arrive at the White House on Friday, when British Prime Minister Theresa May will be the carrier of an important message: The Iran nuclear deal is here to stay!

Previewing May’s trip to Washington, her spokesperson said that she will stress the British strong support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, concluded between Tehran and six world powers.

During the campaign, candidate Trump called the Islamic Republic the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, a threat across the Middle East, and a country that has covert cells ready to inflict carnage around the globe. 

Allowing Iran access to billions of dollars in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, Trump argued, was not in America’s or the world’s interests.

But during their Senate confirmation hearings Trump’s own national security cabinet picks acknowledged the diplomatic reality and avoided the term “re-negotiation” altogether. 

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Source: euronews.

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