Breaking ALL the toys
The occupant of the Adult Day Care Center on Pennsylvania Avenue continued his campaign of destruction by “disavowing” the deal with Iran. The adults on the other side of the Atlantic are not filled with admiration.
Iran, Russia and European leaders roundly condemned President Trump’s decision on Friday to disavow the Iran nuclear deal, saying that it reflected the growing isolation of the United States, threatened to destabilize the Middle East and could make it harder to resolve the growing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Russia. Cue hollow laughter.
Though they avoided direct criticism of Mr. Trump, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France said in a rare joint statement that they “stand committed” to the 2015 nuclear deal and that preserving it was “in our shared national security interest.”
“The nuclear deal was the culmination of 13 years of diplomacy and was a major step towards ensuring that Iran’s nuclear program is not diverted for military purposes,” they added.
Yes but Trump is a brainless child, so he doesn’t care about that. He just wants to undo what the grownups did.
Saudi Arabia, which has waged a proxy battle against Iran for supremacy in the region and was the first country Mr. Trump visited after taking office, said it welcomed what it called a “new U.S. strategy” toward Iran.
Ah well as long as Saudi Arabia approves who cares what Germany, France, and the UK think?
Some leaders declared that the deal, reached in 2015 between Iran and six world powers, including the United States, was not something that Mr. Trump could cancel, contending that Mr. Trump was essentially putting on a show for his political base.
“The president of the United States has many powers — not this one,” the European Union’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, said at a news conference in Brussels.
She said that there had been no violations of the agreement and that the world could not afford to dismantle an accord that “is working and delivering,” especially at a time of “acute nuclear threat,” referring to the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear program.
Oh well. A few humans might survive.
It is an achievement that does not have his name on it, therefore it is bad.
Under the Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015, the president must provide information to Congress on any potentially significant Iranian breach or compliance concern related to the JCPOA within ten days of receiving it, To date, the president has provided no such information. Legally, I don’t see how he can disavow the deal without some basis for his decision.
It’s also bad because it’s just… a bad deal.
Says the brilliant deal-making smart man, who knows about these things.
I’m genuinely surprised that the UK has come out in favour of the deal in the wake of Trump’s disavowal. It’s a nice surprise, but shocking that it should be a surprise at all.
@Enzyme: surprising in that Theresa May has actually said something clear and unambiguous (albeit in conjunction with more competent leaders) rather than something vague and waffly like “deal means deal”.
Sam, #2, Trump doesn’t do legal, he just stamps his little feet, spits his dummy out and cries ‘Me no wanna!’.
It really isn’t surprising. Part of the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is an oil price war, which is costing the oil barons billions and sinking the Russian economy. Reimposing trade sanctions on Iran would end that price war. Even better would be a war with Iran, which would bring the price of oil back to over $100 a barrel, a huge victory for Putin, and probably his only chance of restoring the Russian economy. I think this is precisely what Trump has been paid to do–and it is fairly obvious that he has already been paid. Mueller’s job is to work out the details of the deal before Trump completes his part at America’s expense.
Oh jeez. That sounds all too plausible.