Friends without benefits: how Europe was wrongfooted by Trump over Iran

World leaders thought they gained traction in a last-minute bid to salvage the Iran deal, but Trump’s radicalism persisted

It was clear within the first few minutes of Emmanuel Macron’s White House meeting with Donald Trump that there was little hope of saving the Iran nuclear deal, when the US president declared he was ready to impose the “worst ever” sanctions on Tehran.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2IFanrh