As I have noted in this blog on several occasions, Donald Trump's driving doctrine as President is to take whatever Barack Obama did or wanted and run hard in the opposite direction. And nowhere is that doctrine more dangerous than when it comes to Iran.
Get a load of this shit from Trump's interview with The Wall Street Journal when Li'l Donnie was asked about certifying Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal later this year.
TRUMP: I think they’ll be noncompliant. I think they’re taking advantage of this country. They’ve taken advantage of a president, named Barack Obama, who didn’t know what the hell he was doing. And I do not expect that they will be compliant.
WSJ: Will you overrule your staff on that, if they come back with a recommendation –
TRUMP: Oh, sure. Sure. Look, I have a lot of respect for Rex and his people, good relationship. It’s easier to say they comply. It’s a lot easier. But it’s the wrong thing. They don’t comply. And so we’ll see what happens. I mean, we’ll talk about this subject in 90 days. But, yeah, I would be – I would be surprised if they were in compliance.
There is so much disturbing in that exchange but please pay attention to this particular bit: "They don’t comply."
This idiot is acting on the assumption before the fact that Iran is reneging on the nuclear deal. He already knows in his tiny little brain that Iran is not in compliance with the agreement and will not be moved even if his own people recommend acceptance that Iran is in compliance.
Li'l Donnie already knows the answer before the question is asked.
"They don’t comply."
This is not a view shared by any of the other governments party to the nuclear agreement with Iran. If Trump opts to not sign off that Iran is in compliance with the agreement, he will do so alone. And once more, the US will be reneging on a deal with other nations. The US cannot be trusted to honor its commitments. And Iran can use that as a pretext for withdrawing from the deal all together, which will remove the restrictions currently in place on their nuclear program.
And without diplomatic and economic incentives, the only pressure to be brought to stop Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions will be military action.
A peaceful deal that appears to be working will be cast aside in service to Trump's hubris and ignorance. Because Obama negotiated this deal, Trump will assume it's a bad deal and there is only one answer.
"They don’t comply."
TRUMP: I think they’ll be noncompliant. I think they’re taking advantage of this country. They’ve taken advantage of a president, named Barack Obama, who didn’t know what the hell he was doing. And I do not expect that they will be compliant.
WSJ: Will you overrule your staff on that, if they come back with a recommendation –
TRUMP: Oh, sure. Sure. Look, I have a lot of respect for Rex and his people, good relationship. It’s easier to say they comply. It’s a lot easier. But it’s the wrong thing. They don’t comply. And so we’ll see what happens. I mean, we’ll talk about this subject in 90 days. But, yeah, I would be – I would be surprised if they were in compliance.
There is so much disturbing in that exchange but please pay attention to this particular bit: "They don’t comply."
This idiot is acting on the assumption before the fact that Iran is reneging on the nuclear deal. He already knows in his tiny little brain that Iran is not in compliance with the agreement and will not be moved even if his own people recommend acceptance that Iran is in compliance.
Li'l Donnie already knows the answer before the question is asked.
"They don’t comply."
This is not a view shared by any of the other governments party to the nuclear agreement with Iran. If Trump opts to not sign off that Iran is in compliance with the agreement, he will do so alone. And once more, the US will be reneging on a deal with other nations. The US cannot be trusted to honor its commitments. And Iran can use that as a pretext for withdrawing from the deal all together, which will remove the restrictions currently in place on their nuclear program.
And without diplomatic and economic incentives, the only pressure to be brought to stop Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions will be military action.
A peaceful deal that appears to be working will be cast aside in service to Trump's hubris and ignorance. Because Obama negotiated this deal, Trump will assume it's a bad deal and there is only one answer.
"They don’t comply."
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