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Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to undo the Iran Nuclear Deal hands leverage over to Iran, and reduces international confidence in the United States.
Source: Daily
Speaking on the Daily, Carnegie’s Jake Sullivan talked about his experience as a top negotiator for the Obama administration during the Iran nuclear deal negotiations from the early unofficial meetings that started the deal. Now that the deal is being threatened by current President Donald J. Trump, Sullivan said that it is hard to tell if getting rid of the deal will accomplish what those against the deal want to see. Although there is constant discussion of sunset clauses, he said, there is no expiration on Iran’s ban on creating a nuclear weapon. He added that Congress will not likely reimpose all sanctions but will try to rewrite it, bringing ire from European allies. Sullivan concluded that the decertification process has cast doubt on the trustworthiness of the United States.
Listen to the the full podcast from the New York Times’s the Daily here.
About the Author
Former U.S. National Security Advisor to Former President Joe Biden
Jake Sullivan, a senior fellow at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, served as the United States national security advisor to former President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025. Sullivan previously served as deputy assistant to former President Barack Obama, national security advisor to former Vice President Biden, director of policy planning in the State Department, and as deputy chief of staff to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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