Trump likely to decertify Iran Nuclear Deal

WASHINGTON (TIP): As the deadline for President Trump to re-certify the Iran nuclear deal comes up in just over a week, the White House appears to be laying the groundwork for an announcement, expected Oct. 12th or Oct. 13th, that the deal will be decertified, according to media reports.

“You’ll be hearing about Iran very shortly,” President Trump told reporters during a meeting with military leaders Thursday, October 5 night.

President told reporters last month that he had “decided” on the Iran deal, though he did not announce his decision. The president still has a few options on how he might proceed before the announcement, however.

The internal friction within the Trump administration over how to handle Iran is evident. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary James Mattis, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford have all recently publicly stated that it is in the U.S. national security interest not to endanger the deal.

Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, however, has become one of the loudest voices arguing for a more complicated scenario which would have the president decertify it without immediately withdrawing from it.

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