Washington – Hillary Clinton says President Donald Trump’s threat to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord is “dangerous,” and she suggests her former campaign opponent is undermining the validity of the United States’ promises to other nations.
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Trump on Friday accused Iran of violating the landmark 2015 accord, blaming the Iranians for a litany of sinister behavior and hitting their main military wing with anti-terror penalties. Trump, breaking his campaign pledge to rip up the agreement, did not pull the U.S. out or re-impose nuclear sanctions, though he left that option on the table.
Clinton, in an interview recorded Wednesday and set to air Sunday on CNN, said Trump’s insistence on decertifying the deal, even though evidence has pointed to Iranian compliance, “makes us look foolish and small and plays right into Iranian hands.”
“That is bad not just on the merits for this particular situation, but it sends a message across the globe that America’s word is not good,” said Clinton, who spoke in advance of Trump’s announcement two days later. “We have different presidents, and this particular president is, I think, upending the kind of trust and credibility of the United States’ position and negotiation that is imperative to maintain.”
Clinton, who as secretary of state for President Barack Obama began negotiations on the deal, did say Iran is engaging in other dangerous behavior. For now, Trump is tossing the issue to Congress and the other nations in the accord, telling lawmakers to toughen the law that governs U.S. participation and calling on the other parties to fix a series of deficiencies. Those include the scheduled expiration of key restrictions under “sunset provisions” that begin to kick in in 2025, as well as the omission of provisions on ballistic missile testing and terrorism.
The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee also denounced Trump’s bellicose language toward North Korea, believing his verbal aggression has rattled American allies.
“We will now have an arms race — a nuclear arms race in East Asia,” Clinton predicted. “We will have the Japanese, who understandably are worried with missiles flying over them as the North Koreans have done, that they can’t count on America.”
She stressed that a diplomatic solution was preferred, suggested the inflammatory rhetoric played into Kim Jung Un’s hands and bemoaned Trump’s public undercutting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when he tweeted “Save your energy, Rex” after the nation’s top diplomat had suggested negotiations.
“Diplomacy, preventing war, creating some deterrents is slow, hard-going, difficult work,” said Clinton, who declined to answer when asked whether Tillerson should resign. “And you can’t have impulsive people or ideological people who basically say, ‘Well, we’re done with you.'”
Clinton, who recently released a book that recounts her election defeat to Trump, has been an aggressive critic of the president. The White House did not immediately return a request to respond to her comments.
She also said …” We made a person who committed sexual assault president ” …Has she checked who her husband is lately ???
Hillary you’re a sore loser fool.
You had 4 years and you’re pal obumer had 8 years to mess everything up. Now you lost, go away.
You and obumer and Kerry biggest losers fools most damaging ever!
Wow coming from Clinton the hawk .
Firstly we won you lost . Trump said he was going to do this
Second let me remind you hilllary there was a man named gaddafi , who complied with the USA and got rid of his nukes .Yet against obama wishes you attacked Lybia and got rid of him . How is that for credibility. What’s more , who took over gaddafi ? Isis ! Great job
More generally on foreign affairs you get an F in terms of job performance. You messed up in Egypt Iraq Iran Syria Lybia Yemen North Korea . You continuously repeated the Iraq mistake in Egypt Lybia and Syria . This is far worse then the emails you whipped via colorox wipes
When you have an insatiable lust for power, it’s painful to be on the outside. Suck it up, Hillary, you lost and have not say in US foreign policy.
I would say she has something better to do but she doesn’t…cuz she’s nothing now….
An ohsgeklaapte hoishaaneh
Hoisanah run loi Reich vein loi taam,
And she is
An ohsgeklaapte hoishaaneh
Wow I’m shocked, that someone as big as Hilary, so gracious in her loss to Trump, would be supporting our president and his desire to protect America first. Oh yeah, it’s sore loser Hilary we are talking baout
This is irrelevant but what country’s flag is hillary wearing?