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Trump is not an important player in this saga (yet, maybe after 2 full terms, if he would get reelected, he will have more of an impact). Iran has been sanction
by richardknop 8y ago
Trump is not an important player in this saga (yet, maybe after 2 full terms, if he would get reelected, he will have more of an impact). Iran has been sanctioned and prevented from selling their oil to global markets easily (thus crippling Iran's income and economy) for a long time before Trump and through multiple presidents from both parties. Sure, Trump made the Iran deal a campaign issue but this goes decades back.
- AnthonyMouse 8y agoTrump is clearly the impetus behind the current international sanctions. They had previously been removed by the UN under the Iran nuclear deal in 2016.
- richardknop 8y agoYes but it is continuation of a long trend that goes back decades and many presidencies. The Obama and Iran deal was a deviation from standard US policy of "Iran bad, Saudis good". So I'm just saying Trump has basically returned to normal US policy on this front, it's not some extreme change of direction.