President Trump is considering backing a French plan to extend a $15 billion line of credit to Iran.
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Trump says he hates the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. But he’s toying with a French proposal to get the Iranians to comply with it: a $15 billion line of credit to Tehran. https://t.co/VBWtg05MJL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 12, 2019
Needless to say, this is a 180 degree turn away from his previous stance. Last July, he tweeted a threat specifically aimed at Iranian President Rouhani.
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018
More recently, reality managed to sink in.
If Trump follows the advice of Bolton and the neocons, it would be a sure bet he’d lose the 2020 election. A disastrous war against Iran would also crash a world economy that runs on oil and is already teetering on the edge. Americans suffering under the consequences would find somebody to blame, and that somebody would be Trump.
No way in hell will Trump’s ego allow this to happen.
The president showed arch-neocon, John Bolton, the door this week, but despite this welcome and positive move his administration remains chock full of neocons. Most disturbingly, his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is a dedicated anti-Iran and pro-Zionist fanatic.
Following word of the plan, neocons went bonkers.
Treasury secretary Mnuchin wants to do what? https://t.co/FqAHR9zsYa
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) September 12, 2019
Meanwhile, the Israelis were told, contrary to Trump’s wish to dial-down the hostilities, that the sanctions would remain in place and not to worry.
#BREAKING Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said a visiting senior US treasury official told him that sanctions against Iran would remain in full force pic.twitter.com/ACgUXZTuPz
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 12, 2019
Unfortunately, President Trump’s apparent willingness to step back from the neocon plan to set the Middle East on fire for the sake of tiny Israel is not set in stone.
He’s not known as the King of Flip-flop for nothing.
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Kurt Nimmo writes on his blog, Another Day in the Empire, where this article was originally published. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research.
Featured image is from Gage Skidmore
