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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump
McMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump
The president cant kill what he cant see. At least, thats the logic being floated by his national security adviser.
Asawin Suebsaeng
Spencer Ackerman
Sam Stein
10.12.17 8:00 PM ET
In a meeting with Senate Democrats last week, President Donald Trumps top national security aide had a message for those worried that the administration may scuttle the Iran nuclear deal: If Trump doesnt have to see it, he wont be able to kill it.
The point National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster conveyed, according to a congressional Democratic aide, was that {Trump} wants this out of sight and out of mind.
McMaster was more subtle and careful in his words when he hosted a group of roughly 12 lawmakers at the White House, conspicuously timed with the president out of town. But that was the impression he left, three sources familiar with the briefing tell The Daily Beast.
Under the terms of legislation passed around the negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal, the president is required every 90 days to determine whether Tehran is in compliance. The measure was designed to put President Barack Obama (and anticipated successor Hillary Clinton) in a bindforcing politically-uncomfortable declarations in support of an unpopular nuclear accord on the regular. But in the age of Trump, the 90-day-deadline has presented an unanticipated problem.
Trump doesnt want to have to be embarrassed every 90 days, a Senate aide told The Daily Beast.
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McMaster Wants to Save the Iran Deal by Hiding It From Trump (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2017
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tblue37
(65,357 posts)1. These tricks won't work if everyone keeps telling Trump how he is being tricked. nt
rickford66
(5,523 posts)2. Ssssh. It's behind the couch.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)3. Seriously?! I'm perfectly fine not knowing this. FFS! nt
mopinko
(70,103 posts)4. was sure this was the onion.
sad days.