"The Trump administration is facing a fork in the road with respect to its own policy," said Suzanne Maloney, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. The US has "deployed an enormous amount of pressure on Iran" and is "well prepared to keep that in place for as long as
1 / 3Donald Trump's warm words toward Pakistan signaled a reversal for the Republican president, who has in the past accused the country of being duplicitousDonald Trump's warm words toward Pakistan signaled a reversal for the Republican president, who has in the past accused the country of being duplicitous Washington - US strategy on Iran is confused and Washington seems increasingly short of options to avoid escalation, with President Donald Trump saying that the choice between war...
Asked Monday if the US was leaning towards negotiation or conflict, Trump did little to reassure those who prefer the former in resolving one of the most explosive international crises of the day. According to Maloney, Iran is"trying to get a sense of where the red lines for the administration are."But so far, despite tough talk --"We are ready for the absolute worst," Trump said Monday -- the president has repeatedly emphasized his desire to avoid a new US military intervention, and spoke publicly about having called off strikes on Iran at the last minute in June.
The problem, according to Slavin, is that Trump painted himself into a corner last year when he pulled the United States out of a 2015 deal with Iran aimed at curbing its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Reinstating some exemptions on oil sales, or at least easing implementation of the ban, would help defuse the crisis.
Slavin, meanwhile, said categorically that if the goal is"to get a new deal, it's not gonna succeed."
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