A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center
National Review, August 17, 2017 - It’s no secret that President Trump would like to shake off the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear agreement with Iran.
Negotiated by the Obama administration and opposed by most Americans when it was finalized in 2015, it was called by candidate Trump “the stupidest deal of all time.”
In his search for the right mechanism to break free of Obama’s nuclear handcuffs, he appears to have settled on declaring that Iran is in violation of the agreement.
Questions about the fate of the international arrangement came to the fore during Trump’s presidency first in April and again in July when the recurring 90-day deadline to certify Iran’s compliance came up.
According to multiple reports, Trump was ready to label Iran noncompliant but on both occasions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hadn’t prepared the diplomatic groundwork.
That left the president with no option but to recertify. He warned Tillerson not to let it happen again when the deadline circles back in October.
The president appears to be left with a few options.
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