President Trump isn’t bound by non-treaty agreements. Last year, the Obama administration made a bad deal over Iran’s nuclear program and decided that the deal would be in the form of an executive agreement rather than a treaty. The administration chose this path because it was worried that a treaty would not be ratified by the Republican-controlled Senate. That means a different president (i.e., Donald Trump) can now revoke the agreement at his choosing. James Phillips writes that such a choice would be a good idea: “Iran’s dictators have had an easy time out-negotiating and out-maneuvering the Obama administration, which eagerly sought to clinch a deal. The administration made huge concessions that allowed Iran to dismantle international sanctions without dismantling key elements of its nuclear program, which continues to advance. It looks like the Trump administration will takea much harder line on the Iran nuclear issue, which will be one of the earliest foreign policy issues it must address.”
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