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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (36578)	9/20/2017 12:59:08 AM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 363409

"pretty universally recognize as the worst deal the country has ever entered into" Code for "Everybody in the world likes it except the Trumpistas and Bennie Notyetayahoo". European leaders and diplomats have urged Trump not to jeopardize the agreement, whose demise they fear could lead to military conflict. French President Emmanuel Macron has led the charge, using his speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge the parties to the agreement to stick with it. “Renouncing it would be a grave error, not respecting it would be irresponsible, because it is a good accord that is essential to peace at a time where the risk of an infernal conflagration cannot be excluded,” Macron said. politico.com

To: i-node who wrote (36578)	9/20/2017 10:20:44 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 363409

I don't think it was a good deal either. OTOH it being an agreement that shouldn't have been made the way it was, doesn't necessarily mean it should be repudiated now. American leverage would be less in future negotiations because other countries wouldn't be behind us to the extent they were before. We could impose unilateral sanctions but other countries probably wouldn't follow along. I don't see how we could get a better deal now. The current deal may just be a mistake we have to live with.