Kerry Lists Obama Era's Diplomatic Successes. (Trump Opposes Them All.)

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In an exit memorandum reflecting on eight years of United States foreign policy, Secretary of State John Kerry enumerated the Obama administration’s diplomatic accomplishments. But that record may be weakened or overturned by President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has denigrated many of President Obama’s policies.

Here is a look at how the secretary and the president-elect see the major foreign policy issues differently.

The Iran Nuclear Deal

Kerry: Mr. Kerry praised the 2015 deal that the United States brokered with Iran to curtail that country’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. Mr. Kerry wrote that before the deal was struck, Iran was less than “90 days away from having the material necessary to produce one nuclear weapon,” but “today they are at least a year away.”

He wrote on Thursday, “In reaching and implementing this deal, we took a major security threat off the table without firing a single shot.”

Trump: Mr. Trump made criticism of the nuclear deal a major talking point of his foreign policy in the presidential campaign. He has called the agreement “the worst deal ever negotiated.” At a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in March, he said, “My No. 1 priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.” Later, he said he would renegotiate the agreement. . . .

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/world/kerry-lists-obama-eras-diplomatic-successes-trump-opposes-them-all.html

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