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Eugene

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Fri Jun 28, 2019, 02:56 PM Jun 2019

Trump wants a new nuclear deal with Iran. No one else does.

Source: Politico

Trump wants a new nuclear deal with Iran. No one else does.

Trump will meet with world leaders at the G-20 conference to discuss the issue, but there’s little support for his Iran strategy.

By ANITA KUMAR 06/27/2019 05:17 PM EDT

OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump arrived at a gathering of world leaders Thursday searching for support for a new deal to curtail an increasingly aggressive Iran. He’s not likely to find any.

Not only do other countries still support a 2015 nuclear pact, they’re skeptical Trump can strike a better agreement within the time constraints of his fast-approaching reelection campaign, especially after Iran recently proclaimed the end of diplomacy with the U.S.

The pressure is on. Iran threatened to violate limits set under the 2015 international nuclear agreement, angry at Trump for unilaterally pulling out of the pact and for slapping harsh sanctions on the country. The move threatens to kill the deal for good, leaving the global community without any comprehensive restrictions on Iran’s nuclear ambitions — let alone its funding of violent proxy groups in the region activities — activities Trump has long said he wants to pursue as part of an expansive agreement.

“The Iranians believe a gamble on Democrats winning the White House would be worth the risk of filibustering the Trump administration,” said Michael Rubin, a former Defense Department official who now serves as a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “In short, there’s a cost to us when there is no partisan solidarity on the foreign policy front.”

Trump abruptly canceled a retaliatory strike on Iran last week after it shot down an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone, opting instead for new sanctions against Iranian leaders. The sanctions were designed to pressure Iran to negotiate, but Iran’s fiery response shows they may make diplomacy more difficult — at least initially.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/trump-iran-nuclear-deal-1385148
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Trump wants a new nuclear deal with Iran. No one else does. (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2019 OP
This POS does what Putin tells him. Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #1
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