Former chief of staff to Colin Powell: Trump violated the Iran deal
8/7/2018
Former chief of staff to Ret. Gen. Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson, on Tuesday slammed President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. from the multination Iran nuclear deal, saying by doing so the president violated the international agreement.
"I think characterizing the Trump action with regard to Iran...as withdrawal from the agreement leaves a lot to be desired. What we did was violate the agreement. We violated an international agreement achieved with our allies and our erstwhile enemies, China and Russia, plus Germany and the European Union," Wilkerson told Hill.TV's Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton on "Rising."
"Violating that agreement has set us up for being the isolated party rather than Iran - as Trump, I think, would wish. That's a problem. It's a problem for our relations with our allies and ultimately for our relations with Iran," he continued. He also compared Trump's strategic goals for Iran to North Korea.
"If Trump's purpose is, as with Kim Jong Un, to through bellicosity and rhetoric, to bring Iran to a negotiating position once again, where he can 'achieve a better deal,' I think he's going to fail, and I think that is a real danger to the United States."
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