Trump Iran Nuclear Deal Stance
by Jolyon: Donald Trump
After three months passed since the last negotiation context, a question landed on Trump about whether a nuclear agreement with Iran might be removed from consideration. His response was direct: he is pursuing measures exceeding a nuclear deal and intends to have nuclear capabilities. He indicated that additional topics would be included in negotiations that were not previously available, noting specifically that there's going to be a lot of other things on the table that wouldn't have been on the table three months ago. The author asserts that Donald Trump perceives Iran as needing an agreement more than he does.
Transcript (en)
A nuclear deal, Secretary Wright said a nuclear deal might not be on the table anymore. No, I'm doing much more than a nuclear deal. There's a lot more than nuclear. We're going to have nuclear. That's 99.9. But there's going to be a lot of other things on the table that wouldn't have been on the table three months ago. Such as?
