Three Months Into A War, Trump Can’t Solve The Iran Uranium Problem He Created

Iran had zero highly enriched uranium until Trump tore up the nuclear agreement predecessor Obama had negotiated. Now it has half a ton.

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost

WASHINGTON — Three months into his “four to five week” war, President Donald Trump appears no closer to solving his purported goal of forcing Iran to give up its highly enriched uranium, a problem he himself created when he withdrew from the nuclear agreement negotiated by predecessor Barack Obama.

“They want very much to make a deal,” Trump said again at a White House Cabinet meeting photo opportunity on Wednesday. “But their navy is gone, as I’ve said a thousand times, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, everything’s gone, and they’re negotiating on fumes. But we’ll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it.”

Wednesday’s remarks came just four days after Trump claimed an agreement had been “largely negotiated” and that “final aspects and details of the deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly.” While Trump and Iranian leadership both are unreliable narrators, reporting indicated Iran would only agree to “talks” about handing over its uranium.

Trump has repeatedly declared that the goal of the now 88-day-old war, which he began without consulting Congress or........

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