Clear-Eyed Grasp that Trump’s JCPOA is Worse than Obama’s JCPOA, and that they are both based on the same fundamental principles.
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In an important article in Tablet, Trump’s JCPOA, Lee Smith examines President Trump’s nearing acceptance of an Iran agreement which increasingly and closely resembles the 2015 JCPOA which Trump long criticized as having been a betrayal of the American people by Obama. Smith explains that while the Trump administration assures the world that any deal he accepts will be stronger than the agreement adopted by Obama, the public arguments used to justify it – including assurances that it will be a “good deal or no deal” – mimics the same language employed by Obama administration officials when they were promoting the JCPOA. Smith additionally highlights unresolved questions regarding sanctions relief, frozen Iranian assets, and the handling of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles, emphasizing the lack of clarity of this deal resembles previous negotiations with Tehran.



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