To the Point
After the Iran Nuclear Deal: Does Trump have a Plan B
President Trump made good on a campaign promise. The U.S. is out of the “horrible” “one-sided” Iran nuclear deal. Can it stop Iran from restoring its nuclear program? Make diplomatic peace with allies in Europe? Convince North Korea the U.S.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenWith the U.S. out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, the world is waiting. What are the options for Iran’s Islamic regime, for the UK, France and Germany, and for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. There’s no strategy yet from the White House, and even supporters are asking if the president has weighed all the consequences.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation declaring his intention to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement after signing it in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 8, 2018. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Robin Wright
contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, and a joint fellow at U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson Center
YJ Fischer
Served at the State Department from 2012-16
Mark Dubowitz
Foundation for Defense of Democracies