Analysis of Trump's Repeated Iran Deal Claims and Walked-Back Threats
By
Justin Wolfers
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
The article criticizes President Trump's pattern of making threats and claims about Iran that are repeatedly walked back or unfulfilled. The author counts at least 50 instances where Trump claimed the US was on the cusp of a deal with Iran, and five times he has walked back threats of military action. The tone is highly skeptical and accusatory, suggesting the president is dishonest or unreliable in his foreign policy statements regarding Iran.
Key quotes
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If you're keeping count at home, this is the fifth time he's walked back a threat like this during this war.
By my count, he's made similar claims fifty times so far. Fifty. Possibly more — I might have missed some.
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