Trump’s plan for the Iran nuclear deal runs straight through a diplomatic minefield
- President Donald Trump is expected to tell Congress that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the country’s national security interest.
- The Trump administration will try to coerce Iranians and Europeans back to the negotiating table to secure a tougher deal and address other issues.
- Some say American financial might will allow Trump to prevail, while others say he has slim odds of getting what he wants and risks inadvertently blowing up the deal.
CNBC 11 Oct 17 Tom DiChristopher | @tdichristopher
President Donald Trump has made up his mind about how he will seek to toughen an historic international accord to limit Iran’s nuclear program, according to the White House.
“The president’s reached a decision on an overall Iran strategy. He wants to make sure that we have a broad policy to deal with that, not just one part of it,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Tuesday.
Trump will elaborate on details of the plan later this week, Sanders added. The Washington Post previously reported the president will deliver his decision on Thursday.
According to multiple reports, Trump will refuse to certify to Congressthat the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal remains in the U.S. national security interest. Yet he is expected to stop short of encouraging lawmakers to immediately reimpose sanctions, and instead try to coerce Europeans and Iranians back to the negotiating table……. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/10/trumps-iran-nuclear-deal-strategy-runs-through-a-diplomatic-minefield.html
