Tuesday 17 November 2020

Looking To The Adults In The White House

There is not much you can say in favour of Donald Trump but he hasnt started any wars, there was the spat with North Korea and Iran but unlike every American President before him since Jimmy Carter, he hadn't sent the US military into action against anyone from another nation, but it appears in the dog days of his Presidency, Iran is being maneuvered into his sights.
According to White House officials, the outgoing Donald Trump asked for options on attacking Iranian nuclear sites last week before ultimately deciding against it after he was advised that it would very quickly spin out of control into a wider conflict, Tehran has warned that any attack against it by the US would be met with a crushing response.
Frustrated that his sanctions and tough rhetoric haven’t been enough to bring Iran back to the negotiating table and surrender its nuclear program once and for all, he has been goading Iran throughout his presidency, including withdrawing from the 2018 nuclear deal.
It could all be part of the massive temper tantrums he is currently in the midst of knowing he will be out on Jan 21but with the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany still in favour of the peace deal, he would receive no support from the global players who know Trump will be out of power in nine weeks and the Biden Administration not only favours rejoining the deal but will be surrounding himself with the same people Obama had when the deal was negotiated.
It is assumed that Trump will do all he can to try and hamper the start of the Biden administration, but we must hope that even he would not be crazy enough to start a war but then as he had little regard for his own countrymen, over a quarter of a million are dead due to his inept and incompetent response to the pandemic, that a few dead Iranians probably wouldn't perturb him so we can only hope the adults in the White House can keep him in check until a grown up takes over.

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