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Trump’s bold declarations don’t always lead to the results he promises
The following article by Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post website October 10, 2017:
President Trump spoke about the agreement with Iran on their nuclear program when meeting with military leaders on Oct. 5. (The Washington Post)
Should President Trump announce this week that he will “decertify” the Iran deal he has derided as a historic “embarrassment” to the United States, he in effect would be passing along to Congress responsibility for the fate of the international nuclear accord.
In so doing, Trump would be taking a page out of his own playbook: Make a showy declaration of transformational change that excites his political base, which is hungry to disrupt the status quo, even if the substance of the move is incremental or indeterminate. Continue reading “Trump’s bold declarations don’t always lead to the results he promises”