Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has not taken a position on the legislation. His threats to renegotiate the nuclear deal are hard to take seriously given that it is a multilateral accord, and a unilateral U.S. decision to renounce it would not be binding on Russia, China, or America’s European and Asian allies.
Trump’s priority, judging from his recent campaign speeches, is rounding up and deporting illegal Mexican and other Latino immigrants, barring Muslim immigrants, and renegotiating what he regards as unfair trade treaties. He has scarcely mentioned Iran since the general election campaign began.
Confronting the Islamic State group, dealing with Russia, the ramifications of British exit from the European Union, and the challenges of climate change are likely to take precedence over Iran for both candidates.
Even Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely mentions Iran these days; Israeli security experts privately praise the JCPOA for postponing an Iran nuclear crisis for at least another decade.
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