Nick Burns on Trump Pulling Out of Iran Deal: ‘Not a Good Day for the U.S.’

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BURNS: "And you see the reaction this morning from Europe, the Europeans are worried about secondary American sanctions. Already, the new United States ambassador to Germany, Rick Grinnell, has publicly warned German companies they need to begin withdrawing their business operations in Iran. That’s not going to happen. The Europeans are going to fight the United States on this issue of U.S. sanctions against European countries. So we’ve got estranged allies. We don’t have a plan to put Iran back into a straitjacket. The President has torn down the deal, at least American participation in it, but he’s not told us how he’s going to constrain Iran’s nuclear program. So he didn’t make a convincing case yesterday. We’re certainly worse off outside the deal than inside the deal. And the Iranians will have to decide what they’re going to do. You saw this announcement by Rouhani, the president, this morning that they’re going to stay in for now. But the hardliners in Iran, the Revolutionary Guard will make the argument Iran should come out of the deal and restart its nuclear program. So this is not a good day for the United States.”