ClydeR
05-17-2017, 02:31 PM
Just before leaving town for a trip to Israel, Trump let it be know that he is keeping the agreement that Obama struck with Iran.
The Trump administration has decided not to torpedo the historic nuclear deal with Iran and is renewing key waivers that allow foreign companies to do business with the Islamic Republic, two administration officials tell BuzzFeed News. At the same time, the Treasury Department is set to sanction seven targets, including two Iranian defense officials, for activities related to missile development, the officials said.
A State Department report that condemns Iran for human rights violations will round out the administration’s package of Iran announcements two days before Iran’s presidential elections.
More... (https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnhudson/trump-waives-nuclear-related-sanctions-on-iran-but-imposes)
Below is what Trump told AIPAC in 2016 when he was still a candidate..
But I didn't come here tonight to pander to you about Israel. That's what politicians do: all talk, no action. Believe me.
(APPLAUSE)
I came here to speak to you about where I stand on the future of American relations with our strategic ally, our unbreakable friendship and our cultural brother, the only democracy in the Middle East, the state of Israel.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
My number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you.
I have been in business a long time. I know deal-making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.
(APPLAUSE)
The problem here is fundamental. We've rewarded the world's leading state sponsor of terror with $150 billion, and we received absolutely nothing in return.
(APPLAUSE)
I've studied this issue in great detail, I would say actually greater by far than anybody else.
(LAUGHTER)
Believe me. Oh, believe me. And it's a bad deal.
The biggest concern with the deal is not necessarily that Iran is going to violate it because already, you know, as you know, it has, the bigger problem is that they can keep the terms and still get the bomb by simply running out the clock. And of course, they'll keep the billions and billions of dollars that we so stupidly and foolishly gave them.
(APPLAUSE)
The deal doesn't even require Iran to dismantle its military nuclear capability. Yes, it places limits on its military nuclear program for only a certain number of years, but when those restrictions expire, Iran will have an industrial-sized, military nuclear capability ready to go and with zero provision for delay, no matter how bad Iran's behavior is. Terrible, terrible situation that we are all placed in and especially Israel.
More... (http://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/)
And issuing those reports about Iran just days before Iran's election will surely convince Iranians to vote the way we want them to vote. Smart.
The Trump administration has decided not to torpedo the historic nuclear deal with Iran and is renewing key waivers that allow foreign companies to do business with the Islamic Republic, two administration officials tell BuzzFeed News. At the same time, the Treasury Department is set to sanction seven targets, including two Iranian defense officials, for activities related to missile development, the officials said.
A State Department report that condemns Iran for human rights violations will round out the administration’s package of Iran announcements two days before Iran’s presidential elections.
More... (https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnhudson/trump-waives-nuclear-related-sanctions-on-iran-but-imposes)
Below is what Trump told AIPAC in 2016 when he was still a candidate..
But I didn't come here tonight to pander to you about Israel. That's what politicians do: all talk, no action. Believe me.
(APPLAUSE)
I came here to speak to you about where I stand on the future of American relations with our strategic ally, our unbreakable friendship and our cultural brother, the only democracy in the Middle East, the state of Israel.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you.
My number-one priority is to dismantle the disastrous deal with Iran.
(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)
Thank you. Thank you.
I have been in business a long time. I know deal-making. And let me tell you, this deal is catastrophic for America, for Israel and for the whole of the Middle East.
(APPLAUSE)
The problem here is fundamental. We've rewarded the world's leading state sponsor of terror with $150 billion, and we received absolutely nothing in return.
(APPLAUSE)
I've studied this issue in great detail, I would say actually greater by far than anybody else.
(LAUGHTER)
Believe me. Oh, believe me. And it's a bad deal.
The biggest concern with the deal is not necessarily that Iran is going to violate it because already, you know, as you know, it has, the bigger problem is that they can keep the terms and still get the bomb by simply running out the clock. And of course, they'll keep the billions and billions of dollars that we so stupidly and foolishly gave them.
(APPLAUSE)
The deal doesn't even require Iran to dismantle its military nuclear capability. Yes, it places limits on its military nuclear program for only a certain number of years, but when those restrictions expire, Iran will have an industrial-sized, military nuclear capability ready to go and with zero provision for delay, no matter how bad Iran's behavior is. Terrible, terrible situation that we are all placed in and especially Israel.
More... (http://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/)
And issuing those reports about Iran just days before Iran's election will surely convince Iranians to vote the way we want them to vote. Smart.