Charles P. Pierce: Trump Just Violated the Iran Deal. Welcome to Renege Nation.

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a20528186/iran-deal-trump/

Trump Just Violated the Iran Deal. Welcome to Renege Nation.
The good faith of the United States is now worth as much as a Trump University degree.
By Charles P. Pierce
May 8, 2018


Welcome to Renege Nation, people. Everything having to do with the United States government, up to and including its word among nations, now functions on the basic principle that has animated the president*’s entire business career–“Yeah? So, sue me.” So he went on TV with his Serious World Leader face screwed on tightly, and he told the world that the good faith of the United States is now worth as much as a degree from his phony university.

You all know that he had no fcking clue what he was talking about, right? If he’s read the text of the agreement with Iran past the first comma, I am Xerxes of Persia. The whole speech was abject gibberish; it was framed as though Iran already has nuclear weapons, which they bought with the bags of cash that Barack Obama personally delivered to Tehran. He was handed some truthless lunacy from some crackpot like John Bolton, and he read it on television. And, just like that, the credibility of the United States sank to the bottom of a sinkhole golf course in Florida.

Most of our primary allies are free to go their own way with Iran, the president* having just dragged their credibility down, too. For its part, if this deal falls apart, Iran could go right ahead with a nuclear-weapons program and the only solution would be some sort of catastrophic military action, which far too many people in and out of this administration want. To name only one, Bibi Netanyahu found a prime mark for the ludicrous seventh-grade social-studies project he delivered last week. The Saudis took a break from slaughtering people in Yemen to praise the president*, which I’m sure warmed his orb for him. And, finally, if we haven’t mentioned it, the president* had no fcking clue what he was talking about.

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[Scurrilous]

1. K&R

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2. "I am Xerxes of Persia"

[NCjack]

3. Still in his play book: Stiff the owners of USA debt (bonds). Buy bonds, get screwed.

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4. Indian Giver (forgive the stereotypical reference)