Amid the sanctions on Russian oil, President Joe Biden’s administration has slowly been negotiating a new nuclear deal with Iran.
For advice, the Republican National Committee has given a reading assignment: The Art of the Deal by former President Donald Trump.
“Why does Biden seem so determined to give terrorists money?” Tommy Pigott, the RNC rapid response director, said in a post on the RNC’s blog. “Can someone please send Biden a copy of ‘The Art of the Deal’ before it’s too late?”
In 2015, President Barack Obama negotiated a controversial deal to hinder Iran’s nuclear program. Republicans criticized the agreement for giving Iran too many concessions, including advance notifications about nuclear inspections and huge stacks of cash flown in from Switzerland. Former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
Democrats criticized the move by Trump and many remain open to a new agreement. Sure enough, the Biden administration has been meeting with Iran in talks mediated by China, Russia, and some European allies.
“Not only is he letting Russia and China broker the flawed deal he is desperately trying to restart with the terrorist-funding Iranian regime, he is reportedly considering giving our adversaries unreal concessions,” the RNC staffer wrote.
The RNC staffer scoured journalists’ reports on the content of the upcoming deal and took issue with the following provisions:
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Removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the terror blacklist is reportedly under consideration.
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The Biden administration is reportedly not even demanding Iran stop targeting U.S. troops.
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Russia’s state-owned energy company is poised to cash-in on a $10 billion nuclear contract in Iran.
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Biden is reportedly exempting the Russian-Iranian nuclear partnership from sanctions – so much for putting pressure on Putin.
“We’ve gone from killing Iranian terrorists under Trump to sending them money under Biden,” the staffer continued.
He even included a meme.
Take a look —
The Art of the Deal was published in 1987. As a self-help book about negotiation, the book helped build Trump’s name as a businessman far before his presidential run and his television series The Apprentice.
The book received national attention in the summer of 2016, during the presidential campaign. At the time, the book’s co-writer, journalist Tony Schwartz, was bashing Trump in an explosive interview with The New Yorker.
Biden is scheduled to meet Friday with President Xi Jinping of China. He will likely warn Xi against funneling military aid to Russia — or at least he’ll likely try to.
The Horn editorial team