Why is Trump now handing over billions to Iran?
6/18/202634 min
Once you’ve listened to Trumps friends slag off his deal with Iran , you can’t help wondering what his critics will say. In one fell swoop, Trump has lifted sanctions on Iran, invited investment into the country to help the same old regime recover, agreed to a sixty day trial period on the reopened Strait of Hormuz, and "moved on" from his wish to help the Iranian people escape their tyrants. What has he achieved in this war? Precisely nothing. Who knows that? Practically everyone.
Later, we speak to Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minster Radek Sikorski about diplomacy in the age of Trump, the "madman with a gun" in Moscow, and ten years of Brexit.
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Jon Sopel· Host0:34
Donald Trump wrote the book The Art of the Deal. Maybe it's time to update that with The Art of the Capitulation.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:39
Even Trump's closest allies are telling us what they really think of his deal with Iran.
Jon Sopel· Host0:45
Donald Trump has absolutely achieved sweet [beep] all in s- this war with Iran so far.
Mike Pence· Soundbite0:53
I do have concerns about the memorandum of understanding now that we see it, and, uh, the terms about what's in it and, and, and also what's not in it, uh, suggest to me that it does smack of the kind of appeasement that our administration rejected.
Ted Cruz· Soundbite1:10
But my message is don't... We have defeated their military. Don't suddenly come in with massive buckets of cash to let them rebuild and become a threat to America again.
Thom Tillis· Soundbite1:22
You know, we, we criticize Obama for sending plane full of $150 billion in cash. I'm hearing a $300 billion number. That's concerning