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Even more concrete: Obama granted himself the authority to make a treaty without Senate approval. Sounded fine to most people at the time, because Congress was
by jeffdavis 10y ago
Even more concrete: Obama granted himself the authority to make a treaty without Senate approval. Sounded fine to most people at the time, because Congress was just "obstructing" everything anyway.
Now Trump has that power. I wonder how he'll use it?
(Aside from the obvious, which is to dismantle the Iran deal. That's bad enough, because it means our promises now only last as long as the current administration.)
- tzs 10y agoCan Trump actually dismantle the Iran deal? The deal was not just between the US and Iran. It was between the US, the UK, Russia, France, China, Germany, the EU and Iran. If the US pulls out and reimposes sanctions, will those other countries go along? Or will they continue trading with Iran, and if they do, will that provide enough trade that US sanctions won't really have much of an impact on Iran?
- jeffdavis 10y agoHe can go back on anything on our side, whether it makes any sense or not. That's one of the problems with going around Congress.