At the US-Iran nuclear talks
Skeptics believe Iran’s present attempts are working along the same line, but some hypothesize that Tehran is testing how far it can push President Trump’s penchant for deal-making.
“I think they foolishly believe that by offering Trump what looked like a good deal, and by offering ridiculous things like letting American companies build reactors in Iran, that Trump might agree,” says Frederick Fleitz, vice chair of the Center for Defense Policy at the America First Policy Institute, who served as an assistant on the National Security Council in President Trump’s first term. “Trump isn’t that foolish. His advisors are better than that, and I think the Iranians are going to be very disappointed.”
Probably nothing that threatens its core nuclear capabilities.
At the outset, Iran nixed complete dismantlement of its nuclear capabilities, which is what Israel and stalwart Iran hawks were hoping the Trump administration would demand.
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