President Trump did well in this press conference on Wednesday. He mollified his base by explaining most of the memorandum that is supposed to be signed on Friday with Iran.
Two things, Mr. Trump didn’t get: weapons inspectors to monitor Iran’s nuke program, as well as who controls the Strait of Hormuz.
The overarch on the deal is money. The USA will allow Iran to sell oil and will also unfreeze cash frozen by sanctions. Money talks, even in the desert.
To justify that scenario, the President resurrected the ghost of Herbert Hoover. Mr. Trump is well aware that Iran’s intransigence could cause a worldwide depression that ruined Hoover.
So, there is a hope that the Mullahs might turn away from the terror state business. It’s possible. I believe the President will punish them militarily if they don’t. He doesn’t want a flawed legacy.
Finally, people believe what they want to believe. The Democrats will say the Iran conflict never should have happened because President Obama’s treaty had the Mullahs locked down. President Trump says the opposite. That debate will rage for years to come.
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