Trump is out with a lengthy post on Truth Social:
The DEAL that we are making with Iran will be FAR BETTER than the JCPOA,
commonly referred to as “The Iran Nuclear Deal,” penned by Barack
Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, one of the Worst Deals ever made
having to do with the Security of our Country. It was a guaranteed Road
to a Nuclear Weapon, which will not, and cannot, happen with the Deal
we’re working on. They actually gave $1.7 Billion Dollars in “GREEN”
Cash, loaded into a Boeing 757, and flown to Iran for Iranian leadership
to spend anyway they saw fit. He emptied out all of the Cash from Banks
in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. Those Bankers said they’ve never seen
anything like it before. In addition, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
was paid to Iran. If I did not terminate that “Deal,” Nuclear Weapons
would have been used on Israel, and all over the Middle East, including
our cherished U.S. Military Bases. The Fake News, like Lightweight
Washington Post “Journalist” David Ignatius, loves to talk about the
JCPOA, knowing that it was DANGEROUS, and a Complete Embarrassment to
our Country. If a Deal happens under “TRUMP,” it will guarantee Peace,
Security, and Safety, not only for Israel and the Middle East, but for
Europe, America, and everywhere else. It will be something that the
entire World will be proud of, instead of the years of Embarrassment and
Humiliation that we have been forced to suffer due to incompetent and
cowardly leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP
He is getting defensive because this deal is going to look much like the JCPOA and the US will be giving Iran much more cash, though it sounds like it will be released slowly and conditional on certain uses. But the thing is: Cash is fungible so if the government can only use this cash on things like food, then it will free up other cash for weapons.
But let’s forget the politics and get to the reason I want to highlight this post: He continues to focus entirely on nuclear weapons. That’s the one angle where he can spin this war into a win. He can get Iran to make nuclear commitments and Trump can say “I stopped them from getting nuclear weapons” and he can sell that to his base.
The good news there is that Iran appears willing to give up its nuclear stockpile or blend it down. That’s a pathway to a deal.
Trump is also lashing out at Democrats in yet-another post:
The Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong
position we are in with respect to Iran. Despite World War I lasting
4 years, 3 months, and 14 days, World War II lasting 6 years and 1 day,
the Korean War lasting 3 years, 1 month, and 2 days, the Vietnam War
lasting 19 years, 5 months, and 29 days, and Iraq lasting 8 years, 8
months, and 28 days, they like to say that I promised 6 weeks to defeat
Iran, and actually, from the Military standpoint, it was far faster than
that, but I’m not going to let them rush the United States into making a
Deal that is not as good as it could have been. I read the Fake News
saying that I am under “pressure” to make a Deal. THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am
under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively
quickly! Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that
we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other
Presidents let happen because they didn’t have the Courage or Foresight
to do what had to be done with respect to Iran. We’re in it, and it will
be done RIGHT, and we won’t let the Weak and Pathetic Democrats,
TRAITORS ALL, who for years have been talking about the Dangers of Iran,
and that something has to be done, but now, since I’m the one doing it,
belittle the accomplishments of our Military and the Trump
Administration. This is being perfectly executed, on the scale of
Venezuela, just a bigger, more complex operation. The result will be the
same. In my First Term, I built the Greatest Military our Country has
ever seen, including adding Space Force. In my Second Term, I am
properly and judiciously using our Military to solve problems left to us
by others of far less understanding or competence. MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
For me, the positive part here is “it will all happen relatively quickly”.
This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.