Trump: I’ll bomb Iran if they reject my nuclear deal

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1. I rather him due it than Israel but still ehh…..

   Especially given his rejection of a deal in his first term is what caused this.

2. Wouldn’t this cause oil prices to shoot up?

3. Gunboat diplomacy is back

4. I thought we were going to avoid wars because he’s a great negotiator. Is this what people meant? Negotiating by threatening to go to war?

5. After seeing what happened to Ukraine why would any country agree to give up its Nuclear Programme? Sorry if this is a noob question

6. He thinks he can pull the same Kim Jung Un tough talk with Iran… as if we no longer have troops in Iraq

   The man is so desperate for SOME sort of policy victory…

7. I guess it means we shouldn’t plan on that bestseller by Mr. Trump called “How to win friends and influence people”

8. Didn’t he rip up a deal that stopped them from getting nukes?

9. In any part of the world this is a declaration of war, when It’s the US, It’s flexing muscles and doing aggressive politics.

10. If someone says they’re going to bomb me, that makes me *more* certain that I need bombs, not less certain.

11. we should stop using the term “deal” and just call them what they are, demands. he is not negotiating, he is trying to extort protection money/concessions like any generic mob guy does to the local convenience store: “do whatever I tell you or I’ll burn your store down” but with foreign policy.

12. So proving 100% that they need nuclear weapons?

13. Have to wonder how much Putin paid Frump to abandon any obligation to Europe in the event of a Russian invasion.

14. It is striking how many times Putin has threatened massive destruction and hinted at nuclear, but didn’t act on it. Trump is doing the same saber rattling and will find himself forced to act or his bluff will be called. This is a terrible, terrible president and so horrible for the United States and the world.

15. He put this strategy in his book. He always threatens and goes the super strong arm way first and then tries negotiations

16. Not a Trump fan but in the interest of being consistent it appears many Trump critics are talking out both sides of their mouth on geopolitical issues. The right thing to do, in my opinion, is take a harder line on Russia with Ukraine negotiations. Put pressure on Russia to come to a deal, have credible consequences for a failure to do so. The same ideas apply to Iran, and it sounds like that is what Trump is doing.

17. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an attack against Iran led by the USA and/or Israel sometime soon. For many years I’ve felt it is inevitable . Iran aspires to have nukes. The USA and Israel simply won’t let this happen. They’ve said it for decades now.

    Problem is, to successfully crush Iran’s nuclear weapons making capability, it would require a massive undertaking. It’s not just dropping bombs on one given day. It would take several days of bombings at minimum.

    And what happens after that? The process would create 100,000 terrorists overnight. The world’s economy would be impacted severely, and Iran would then make it its sole goal to become a nuclear state.

    Nothing good happens here either way.

18. But Iran is an ally to Russia 🤔

19. Let’s be honest here. What Trump is proposing is a war crime and does not meet the bar of a just war/just ad bellum. An agreement made under duress from the threat of violence has zero prospects of success. On one hand the party has no intent to agree and on the other, the party knows the aggressor is hesitant to attack because otherwise a war would have already been declared.

    The clock is always running out and at the first opportunity Iran and every other middle eastern country will accelerate nuclear programs.

    Do not underestimate how dangerous this course is.

20. I think we’ll see an extended bombing campaign by the United States and Israel against Iran. There’s no way they’ll be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Their air defenses were largely destroyed by Israel last time to set up this.

21. Sadly I don’t think Trump understands the importance of his words when it comes to foreign relations. As we know there are multiple audiences and a President’s statements are often meant for one audience and sometimes not well thought out how it affects others. Obama made a similar mistake with his “red line” comment with Syria.

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