President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their meeting in Hanoi on Thursday. By Michael McFaul Michael McFaul Bio Follow Contributing columnist March 1 at 4:30 PM For years now, President Trump and his administration have been advancing a fundamentally illogical contradiction in their nuclear diplomacy toward Iran and North Korea. In both cases, the stated public goal of Trump administration policy is the same: denuclearization.
The administration’s efforts to explain the divergence in its approaches make little sense. In negotiating the Iran nuclear deal, the Obama administration, we are told, took many other contentious issues in U.S.-Iranian relations off the table.
Trump’s maximum pressure approach toward Iran looks especially illogical when juxtaposed with his charm offensive toward Kim. The president’s strategy — which I cautiously support — is to nurture a direct, personal relationship between the two heads of state as a means toward denuclearization. As far as we know, this approach has achieved little so far .
Did one is his buddy and the other is not! Simple-minded!
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No business and business... that simple.
Well in Iran I think he wants to undo the Obama legacy that lives there, and North Korea, is what he's trying to use to establish his own legacy but unfortunately he hasn't understood yet what's happening. It's tougher than he could ever imagine.
Because he loves a dictator like Kim. He gets that. He wants us citizens to stand to attention and admire him like N Koreans “love” little Kim. Now this whole religious state thing confuses him. He doesn’t understand at all. He can’t figure out how to manipulate it.
HassanRouhani Iran doesn't need the west ... let Iran prosper in the world of guidance from ISLAM
Because trump is stupid
They are different because Iran sponsors terrorism around the globe. While Kim may be a dictator... he doesn't sponsor terrorist acts
Simple explanation: Israel’s oversized influence on US politics.
The only reason is he wants to do the opposite of whatever Obama did.
Probably because he thinks if he can turn N Korea into a mini China-like economy he would be first in line to gain from it. And Iranians are Muslims whom he's already demonized with his rhetoric.
Because no Trump Tower plans in Iran?
China.
Q: Why is Trump denuclearization strategies for Iran and North Korea are totally opposite.?. A: According to Trump, he fell in love with Kim
Investment opportunities in korea, none in Iran for trump criminal enterprises!
Different situations require different approaches. There's no perfect model for denuclearization for every scenario.
He ran out of the country...boo hoo. Yes, I want Trump and his fiends removed from our system of law and justice. REMOVE THE HATE!
Trump has no strategies or plans. He has only impulses and excuses. His first impulse is to dismantle anything that Obama built, such as the Iran deal. Another impulse is to praise boisterous personalities like Putin and Kim Jong-un. Denuclearization is just an excuse.
Well whatever they are, they have been more effective than any president prior.
Because both of these countries are radically different. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. If you a pushing for a cookie cutter approach to diplomacy, you are a failure in diplomacy.
Putin is giving advise.
Different situations. Iran is actively at war with us and our allies. NK is potentially at war or at peace. Iran requires urgent containment. NK is still pliable with diplomacy. Why would anyone use the same playbook for both?
He likes dictators but hates muslims
Because Isreal is involved in one of them.
Because trump has no unified vision of what he wants the United States to accomplish in the world. The American ship-of-state has no captain. We are adrift on a sea of chaos. And about to run aground on the shoals of reality. trump is inexperienced, unqualified, and incompetent.
Different regimes!!!!
This is FAKE NEWS!
One word: Obama.
You are inferring that potus has a strategy.
That jackass went marching down to foreign soil spending millions of tax payer dollars with zero agenda or strategy meeting with an evil dictator saying he's smart, good leader and his friend. Accomplished nothing and now what? Talk about a screw up!!!
If this was a democrat in Trumps shoes right now the W-Post would be giving him or her a thunderous applause.
Trump walked away. In similar circumstances, OBAMA TOOK THE BAD DEAL, accepting whatever the Mullahs offered. 'The Atlantic' (Ref Obama and SOS Kerry): 'A stronger president and secretary of state certainly would have been willing to walk away.'
because Iran and North Korea have a same ally that is anti-Trump right now.
The Honey Boo Boo reality show There was never going to be a “deal” with North Korea. It’s all pathetic Kabuki theatre. Remember, Trump and Kim are both taking orders from the Kremlin. That’s why Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov was in Vietnam. Wake up! You are being played.
Barack Obama. the end.
Iran leadership dosen’t like him! They don’t kiss up to him or tell him how great he is. That’s why!
uhhhh, different regime type.. this is your analysis go back to thinking
Iran doesn’t have a dictatorship, if Saddam was still around he would fall in love with him also.
he has NO strategy! he has NO plan! he is simply swinging his arms side 2 side & wrecking all in his path, then saying I planned 2 do that!
Welp. Maybe because he's dealing with two entirely separate entities with totally different and even opposite ideologies and cultures. Who writes these steaming piles of ignorance for you?
Cuz he’s bipolar?
realDonaldTrump is a coward.
At least he did what Obama couldn't Peace North and SouthKorea Stoped the missile testing
Two different countries one is religious based and the other is politically based. North Korea Leader is trying to stay in power and staying alive. That’s why two different strategy’s.
trump still mad at obama for making fun of him at the WH correspondence dinner...
Trump doesn’t have a strategy. That would assume he can think coherently. He was over there to get new “love letters”. 🤢
Iran is actively engaging in warfare against American allies... Read something.
Tactics, this is what the US needs.
2 completely different countries in 2 different regions with 2 different governments/dictators/allies. Does this really deserve an article? This is worthless trash.
Oh I don’t know, because he has the IQ of a doorknob and is surrounded by idiots who believe foreign policy is guided by the Die Hard movies?
Because he's totally ignorant. Too stupid to develop clear understanding of the issue. Is anyone certain POTUS knows what denuclearization is?
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Because he’s “confused”! Or unhinged more likely!
Tons of 🤖 answering your Op! If you were RealNews, you would be investing is Justice Democrat’s! QAnon MAGA POTUS
Trump doesn’t know his arse from his elbow
and what does indicate?!
Time for an OA meeting?
He is doing it that way because Obama treated Iran with respect! An he hates them because of Obama!
No one on your staff is smart enough to figure it out.
Competition w/Obama. He's driven to succeed w/NK where Obama couldn't & undo Obama's success w/Iran.
Bibi is his bff and that is what he wants.
Kim has come to Trump seeking peace, The ayatollahs have not yet. You can see the pressure being put on Maduro to come to trump's table for peace. The ayatollahs continue to support totalitarianism worldwide.
For those who speak without knowing what they talking about ,N Korea want the weapons to stay in power Iran wants them to extend their Ideology in the region and destroy Israel and create a muslin empire
Because trump doesn’t know his up from his down. ( I was going to say something else, butt it is early in the day and tweetie-pie still quiet)
Hotel 'just die bitches' North Korea. 😐
Obama
Because Putin wants us to stop our military exercises in the area.
Ask Bibi.
I hate him so much, I wish NK would just attack us already! Right guys?
Because there's no chance of a trump tower iran bit trump see dollars on the coastline of NK
does a moth have a strategy for flying face first into a light bulb?We need to stop trying to fit his actions into our logic .It's like a rancher herding cattle,90% of what we see is simply distraction.and while we are scratching our heads we're still blindly walking to slaughter
CyrusToulabi Political stunts..
Because reasons
Because Saudi Arabia hates Iran.
Generous to call them 'strategies', but, nevertheless, the end results will be the same: more nukes.
Because he's as dumb as a box of rocks! Maybe if we see his SAT scores, and college transcripts we will know just how dumb and dense he really is!
Are you expecting us to believe or accept this administration isn’t capable of tailored foreign policy WRT nuclearweapons? This might be the most elitist OPED ever. clowns
Reason? Israel
Why? Just ask him. Oh wait :-)
Because Obama signed the Iran deal
Did not have a moral compass, and everything went off track
Why ask why? Iran is a Religious State that fights for Allah. North Korea is an Athiest State that fights for the Kim dynasty. Allah has more followers than Kim. Kim is backed by China. There has to be different approaches to the denuclearization of Iran and N. Korea.
Trillion dollor question.
Washingtonpost's opinion about Trump's strategy for the denuclearization of the North Korea and Iran is completely opposite. Why?
Ole anti American WP
Because it's a show only, nothing to do with a strategy. Trump doesn't care about the future.
Trump’s policies are opposite with North Korea and Iran because Trump is a puppet ... of Obama. Whatever Obama did, Trump does the opposite.
Because this administration has absolutely no clue what they are doing. They are totally overwhelmed to be in a governmental position above all. Like a fly that constantly hits the window.
Iran is the number one state sponser of terror...this isn't a brain buster
Because Obama signed the Iran deal and everything signed by him must be bad in his mind. Nobody did anything with N. Korea so he can lie and say he did something
Iran was Obama's thing nk is his thats why
No chance for a trump hotel or golf course in Iran?
Because he doesn't know WTF he is doing.
Isn't it a bit presumptive to call either approach a 'strategy'? That implies an organized, thoughtful process, whereas Trump is impulsive, disorganized and thoughtless.
Not opposite but different. That's why we name it as a strategy.
He screwed up with both countries.
IT'S SO TRUMP!!!
Because he has no idea of what he’s doing!!!!!
Putin's instructions.
Because he wants an excuse to go to war with Iran and he wants to control NK. Maybe build condos on the beach and launder lots of Russian money.
The result is nothin mindless wasting his time
When you say strategy, that implies that wig-boy has a few wrinkles in his brain. Dont waste your time trying to make something logical out of his antics. Just realize it for the chaos that is is. All he is trying to do is advance his 'brand', and make money for himself
Because he's absolutely no idea what he's doing, except promoting his brand and furthering his conflicts of interests...
Because it's 2 different cultures, leaders, etc. Dumb question.
Because the Israel
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