If you back off to an orbital view, who has the power to keep or kill the Iran deal? Is it Iran? No. It is President Trump. So, how effective could anything Kerry did with the Iranians be in keeping the deal in place? Zero.
If Kerry wanted to lobby for the deal his options were, ask to speak with Trump. Lobby influential people who have access to Trump. Go public with why the deal was good for the American people.
I think he chose to do none of those because he can’t have any illusion that Trump respects him. Influential people who have access to Trump probably won’t be convinced. And, there as nothing good about the deal for the American people. The only option left was diddling with the Iranians, which may have made him feel important, but was ineffective.
It’s more than that.
The democrats, the media, and the Left hate Pres. Trump, and do not see him as an equal.
To Kerry, Trump is a buffoon who has no business in the White House. And this opinion is shared by most democrats, many GOPe Republicans, and Deep Statists.
So why would they tarnish themselves with pleading to or negotiating with Donald Trump? In their minds, he’s a bigmouthed idiot.
But of course he isn’t, AND that is why they lose to him.
And even better was when Iran seemed accepting that the Iran deal was off the table and THEN they came back and THREATENED the United States!
Did traitor Kerry tell them to push back, that we would fold under a threat??!!
I think he chose to do none of those because he can’t have any illusion that Trump respects him. Influential people who have access to Trump probably won’t be convinced. And, there as nothing good about the deal for the American people. The only option left was diddling with the Iranians, which may have made him feel important, but was ineffective.
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It was very effective. Kerry lobbied the Iranians, the French, English, and Germans to keep the agreement in place without U.S. participation thereby making our pullout less impactful. If we impose sanctions but Iran, France, England, and Germany are still buying and selling oil and doing business we will not be effective in eliminating the Nuke program. Why did the oil price stay down after our pullout? Because the smart money knows we have been played by the europeans. There will be no disruption in the oil supply from Iran to Europe. What Kerry did was Treason. Trump and Israel are now isolated and Europe, Russia and Iran are working together. IMO. Just my thoughts here, nothing concrete yet but lets watch the next few weeks and see what goes down.
Exactly. Very well put. Also, how can something be a “deal” if it is by executive action? I mean Obama was full of these “executive action” moves, because he couldn’t get anything passed. Even his own party was against it.
I doubt this really had an effect on Trump.
I think this is just Trump trolling Kerry.
I approve.