Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Sen. Bob Corker (R – TN) was one of many long-standing opponents of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, but today insisted he doesn’t want to see the deal torn up, adding that he is confident President-elect Donald Trump will not do so.
Corker now says he believes tearing up the deal would be “a crisis” and that the US needs to “radically enforce” the terms of the pact instead of just unilaterally trying to withdraw from it. There have been other suggestions from Trump transition team figures this is to be the approach too.
Corker went on to argue that the goal was, if the Iran deal was to collapse it was someone else’s fault, and not the result of a new US president “coming in on day one and ripping up the agreement.” Sen. Corker also insisted that there was nothing so bad with the P5+1 deal it would lead to anything happening over the next few years.
Trump had promised during the campaign to either end the deal outright or negotiate better terms for it, though as a practical matter, many are noting that the US is only one of seven signatories to the pact and can’t unilaterally collapse the deal globally.
If Trump wants to improve relations with Russia he cannot afford to worsen relations with Iran, or China for that matter.
Ton please! Trump does not intend to improve relations with Russia. It’s over ton, even though some of the people on this site can’t get it through their thick heads quite yet.
If you consider how long the buildup took then you’ll understand it’s going to take a while to undo it all.
It got implanted so well that they are going to even start arguing with Trump himself when he says that Russia hacked and they’re the bad guys again.
It’s Americans ton! Get it?
luv from Canada.
Unilateral “enforcement” by a Trump administration means nothing for….Russia, a co-signer of the agreement.
When I read this story in two othere places, neither mentioned P5+1. I think that the Senator may be judging before all the facts are in. There a huge disconnect somewhere. The Don’s policies towards Israel are in conflict with his Putin bromance. They are also in conflict with the entire world, except for Netanyahu.
I’m sure Putin won’t be happy when we invade Iran.
Enforce terms? Yes. Honor our promises too. A “deal” has two sides.
But we mustn’t frighten the Israelis! Israel’s ‘feelings’ are alway a huge consideration in Washington when it comes to all MidEast diplomacy. Peace with Iran is worrisome. It might give the world a moment to focus on Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing. And we can’t have that!
Therefore, unrelenting US hostility towards Iran must be maintained. Normalcy and non-belligerence be damned. Israeli security is all that matters, Peace can wait.
But Trump ‘said’ he would?
Mark another one down as a campaign lie used to capture the hearts and minds of the lowlife who voted for him.
I said before that there weren’t any more promises left to reneg on but I was wrong. I forgot about this one.
If there are any more Trump promises left then could sombody remind us so we’ll be prepared when does it?
luv from Canada.