While President Trump's decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal is significant, it isn't the same as announcing the United States would withdraw from it altogether.
And while it is also true that Trump has said he will withdraw from the agreement if Congress and our Allies don't come up with a new deal he has not imposed any deadline.
All of this reaffirms the view I took last month when I argued that Trump was looking to renegotiate rather than abrogate the Iran nuclear deal. If Trump wanted to end the Iran nuclear deal he could have done so today or when he spoke to the UN General Assembly. The fact that he didn't do so on either occasion leads me to believe that he wants to put his own stamp on the Iran nuclear deal. After all this is the man famous of "writing" a book called The Art of The Deal.
With this said, I don't think conservatives should be so eager to celebrate Trump's decision and nor do I think liberals should mourn the loss of the Iran nuclear deal. The Iran nuclear deal is still in place as it was yesterday.
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