Iran Plays by Trump’s Rules to Deepen His War Dilemma

“Iran seems to be playing Donald Trump at his own game,” CNN reports.

“The president complained Monday that the Islamic Republic can’t be trusted to honor an agreement, rebuking its rulers for one of his own signature moves.”

“‘It was a done deal, and then they broke it. They always break it,’ he told Fox News of the memorandum of understanding that briefly paused the war. Trump did not seem to appreciate the irony of his critique, given his habit of walking out on multiple international agreements, including the Paris Climate Accord (twice). Some critics would trace America’s current predicament to Trump’s first-term decision to scrap the Obama-era deal capping Iran’s nuclear program.”