Germany's Sigmar Gabriel warns Donald Trump: revoking Iran deal could push EU to Russia and China

[applegrove]

http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-sigmar-gabriel-warns-donald-trump-revoking-iran-deal-could-push-eu-to-russia-and-china/a-40933703

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German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Thursday said that any move by US President Donald Trump's administration to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal would drive a wedge between Europe and the US.

"It's imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue," Gabriel told Germany's RND newspaper group. "We also have to tell the Americans that their behavior on the Iran issue will drive us Europeans into a common position with Russia and China against the USA."

Despite countless warnings from global leaders and even from within his own administration, Trump is expected on Friday to unveil a new strategy on confronting Iran, which would include "de-certifying" Iran's compliance to the nuclear accord. The deal, which was reached in 2015 between Iran and international powers, saw international sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program lifted in exchange for Tehran dismantling its nuclear program.

Young Iranian entrepreneurs fear end of nuclear deal
The United Nations nuclear watchdog has repeatedly certified that Iran has been adhering to the restrictions imposed by the accord. Trump, however, has decried Iran for violating "the spirit" of the deal, first by backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and then by test firing its newly-developed non-nuclear ballistic missiles.

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[johnsonsnap]

1. Cheeto Benito doesn't care

Seriously, he doesn't care. He cares more about the money that was wasted than the problems this will create.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Money wasted?

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Trump's friends want Iran's

Oil and minerals. How many decades has the USA tried to destabilize Iran? And the Israel Story is pure Right Wing garbage.

[Doreen]

4. Now that he has been told it will drive a wedge between Europe and the U.S.

he is going now do what is needed to do that. Remember we have new allies that trump has acquired.

[defacto7]

5. I would suppose that would make Putin happier.

And I'd imagine it could be in Trump's interest as well considering the US and it's citizens are not something Trump gives a damn about.

I'm not sure I get the logic in his statement. It assumes Trump and congress are reasonable.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Zero fucking reason to cancel the deal except the madman's racist desire to undo all things Obama.

The pathetic lyinf excuses for withdrawing are beyond moronic. The world hates that man as most much as 3/4 of Americans. Yet there he is still purporting to lead the world.

The world I think has fired him from that job.

[applegrove]

7. Yes. He is going to destroy obama's legacy. He's such a

prize He doesn't concern himself with the details of how his policies and actions will hurt. Doesn't care at all.

[smirkymonkey]

8. What a disaster!