Trump Nuclear Withdrawal (Blog stage 3)

On May 9th^th 2018 the NYtimes published an article by Caroline Crosson about President trumps latest decision to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal. This decision is an Enormous deal for global stability. It’s a major decision with huge impact for national and international security. This is crucial and matters for a lot of reasons. It took years of negotiating to get to this agreement of limiting Iran’s nuclear production in the first place. Also, Parties of the agreement including allies of the us wanted the deal to hold up strongly. By pulling the US from this agreement Trump is sending a clear message that he will act unilaterally when he sees fit and wont maintain international consensus. Just as a Refresher, the Iran deal was one of the signature foreign policy achievements of the Obama administration. It was an Agreement between Iran and major world powers singed in 2015. Iran, US, Britain, France, china, Germany, Russia, and European union were all part of the agreed global plan to limit Iran’s nuclear production over number of years. Trump said the deal is “defective at its core”. And thinks it didn’t go far enough in limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities and his administration Is making moves to re instate economic sanctions against Iran.

 His actions are not only impacting the US but its also causing reactions of others.

This could increase tension between US vs Russia and China. Although Trump thinks it will help upcoming negotiations with South Korea as it shows the US isn’t willing to stay in “bad deals”. But in honesty, it’s actually signaling that the US will do whatever it wants regardless of treaties or agreements. So why would north Korea, sing any agreement with US?

Pulling out of the agreement also adds tension to the middle east which is already in crisis over Syria where Iran and Russia play a major part. If Iran gets nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia, would also want them destabilizing the region even more.

Additionally, Trump has added isolation to the US in a world stage. Withdrawal from Iran deal, despite protesting of current and former advisors, is only the latest.if we back track a bit, he has Pulled out of transpacific partnership trade agreement, , made the US the only country in the world to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. And now ended US participation in what was seen as major  breakthrough in diplomatic relations with Iran in progress towards peace. Trump has built his reputation on a “art of deal” but as president he’s shown himself more willing to pull out of agreements than making new ones.