Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

So why did Donald Trump trash the Iran nuclear deal? His obsession with destroying Barack Obama’s political legacy undoubtedly provided the initial impetus, but he also probably believed that putting "maximum pressure" on Iran would make it crumble. Another triumph for the great statesman.

It's been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor negotiated. In the latest provocation, on Monday, Iran announced that it would start enriching uranium fuel to more than 3.67 per cent, the limit set by the treaty that it signed in 2015.Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 8, 2019

LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march ... towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year and 60 days after President Donald Trump ripped up the treaty that guaranteed Iran won’t make nu...

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