McConnell: Trump ‘Did the Right Thing’ in Issuing New Sanctions on Iran

‘I don’t know where this will go, but I know the president can alter the strategy himself, because it’s not a treaty’

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TAPPER: "Do you agree with Speaker Ryan that, basically, this deal is going to stay in place?" 
McCONNELL: "Well, it was an executive agreement only. It was not a treaty. So, the Trump Administration is going to have to take a look at this and decide whether they want to continue it. I’m — the Iranians obviously have not changed their behavior. We issued some additional — the administration issued some additional sanctions related to their behavior the other day. I think they did the right thing. I — I don’t know where this will go, but I know the President can alter the strategy himself, because it’s not a treaty."

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