Johnson: New Trump deal can replace the Iran nuclear pact

By Guy Faulconbridge

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 13, 2020. Liam McBurney/Pool via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to replace the Iranian nuclear deal with his own new agreement to ensure that the Islamic Republic did not get an atomic weapon.

 

“If we’re going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it with the Trump deal,” Johnson said of the 2015 nuclear arms control deal with Tehran. “That would be a great way forward.”

 

“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead,” Johnson told the BBC.

 

Under the deal brokered in 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran agreed with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, to restrict its nuclear program.

 

But in 2018, Trump pulled out of the deal. European powers have repeatedly said they still support the deal though Tehran announced earlier this month it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium, a further blow to the deal.

 

“If you get rid of this nuclear deal, the JCPOA, it’s what Trump wants. My point to our American friends is, look, somehow or other you’ve got to stop the Iranians acquiring a nuclear weapon,” Johnson said.

 

“From the American perspective, it’s a flawed agreement, it expires, plus it was negotiated by President (Barack) Obama. From their point of view it has many, many faults.”

 

Trump is confident he could still renegotiate a new nuclear deal with Tehran, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said earlier this month after Iran announced it would retreat further from the 2015 nuclear pact.

 

“I don’t want a military conflict between us, the United States and Iran, let’s dial this thing down,” Johnson said.

 

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4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

“I don’t want a military conflict between us, the United States and Iran, let’s dial this thing down,” Johnson said.

But when the time to go to war against Iran comes.. the history repeats itself. 

 

"Trump ia a great dealmaker"? Boris has been gaslighted.

 

Obviously, he still hopes to get a fair trade deal with the US.  ????

Iran means very little to the UK and trade whereas the US does, so go with what Trump wants is fine...

 

Tired of all this Orange man bad crud, just get a solution to Irans messing about, couldnt care less if its a Trump deal, Macron deal or one inspired by Hitler tbh just find a solution. 

 

Plus if the US is content then Iran is safe and thats what everyone claims to want so...... get on with it.

 

 

6 hours ago, englishoak said:

 

Plus if the US is content then Iran is safe and thats what everyone claims to want so...... get on with it.

 

For how long? US was content with the JCPOA until Trump decided that they were not..

It wasn't broke so why change it. Oh forgot it was an Obama initiative.

The disdain from world leaders on Trump’s personal war with Iran are continuation of the riff between allies and an idiosyncratic leader of a world power that has lost their respect last 3 years. Boris know Trump don’t have any strategic plan to replace the JCPOA. He just don’t have the mental ability to think that far. Sarcasm by Boris; good job, 

A clever little squib from Boris.  Manages both to criticise and to challenge Trump, while seeming to keep his distance.

As if he is saying: 'over to you, Mr Trump.'

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If we’re going to get rid of it, let’s replace it and let’s replace it with the Trump deal,” Johnson said of the 2015 nuclear arms control deal with Tehran. “That would be a great way forward.”

 

“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead,” Johnson told the BBC.

I just laughed so hard I pee-ed a little. 
 

Lot of tongue being applied to get that trade deal. 

16 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

"Trump ia a great dealmaker"? Boris has been gaslighted.

 

I think Johnson is being sarcastic, knowing Trump won't view it as anything but praise.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead,” Johnson told the BBC.

“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account."

That's a pretty clever peace piece of wording Boris. Hand him some KFC in the first 7 words, then take it back in the next 4 words.

You just might have a great future as a politician.

The latest lickspittle in No 10 seems to have missed the point that any agreement needs Iran’s approval.

 

Iran can sit 2020 out and see what November brings.

Trump deal? If his history is anything to go by he will just pull out of any deal.

 

A deal with trump is never a deal.

43 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Trump deal? If his history is anything to go by he will just pull out of any deal.

 

A deal with trump is never a deal.

True. A trump deal is never a deal until he has screwed as many people as he can and then line his pockets and then walk away,

Johnson, you boot-licker, why don't you tell him that he has broken the "deal"???!

What a disgraceful MP.

 

So 180 people died to feed Donald's ego? Sic...

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the JCPOA and get the Trump deal instead,” Johnson told the BBC.

That just totally cracked me up! "by his own account"

6 hours ago, lom said:

For how long? US was content with the JCPOA until Trump decided that they were not..

A large percentage of the country was ever happy with the JCPOA and were happy when it was scrapped. 

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Obama's deal is a waste of time. It achieves nothing.

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Obama's deal is a waste of time. It achieves nothing.

What has trumps no deal achieved?

Byw, it was an ally deal, not obamas. The world does not revolve around the US.

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by Sujo

4 hours ago, mogandave said:

A large percentage of the country was ever happy with the JCPOA and were happy when it was scrapped. 

Source?

 

It was not only a US deal.

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by Sujo

57 minutes ago, Sujo said:

What has trumps no deal achieved?

Byw, it was an ally deal, not obamas. The world does not revolve around the US.

There will be a re-negotiation, hopefully resulting in a deal which actually prevents Iran  producing a nuclear bomb. The present deal fails to do that.

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55 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

There will be a re-negotiation, hopefully resulting in a deal which actually prevents Iran  producing a nuclear bomb. The present deal fails to do that.

Short memory and dreaming!

There was already a "deal", revoked by your Orange-Darling. Obviously he wants to stay in the history books (not Obama). The world will remember him as an extreme, aggressive egomaniac and a wimp.

 

It seems Johnson and Trump like each other, but Johnson not so much .... in a short time before an election.

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by puck2

55 minutes ago, puck2 said:

Short memory and dreaming!

There was already a "deal", revoked by your Orange-Darling. Obviously he wants to stay in the history books (not Obama). The world will remember him as an extreme, aggressive egomaniac and a wimp.

 

It seems Johnson and Trump like each other, but Johnson not so much .... in a short time before an election.

The objective wasn't (should not have been) to make a deal. The objective should have been to deny Iran the capability to become a nuclear state in the foreseeable future.  The deal did good things for Russia and China, good business for Europeans, but did little to nothing about long term non-proliferation.

 

The deal allowed Iran to keep it's Uranium production active, able to switch to bomb grade at the turn of a valve. Iran also completed a new centrifuge factory in 2018 capable of of making the equivalent of 360 centrifuges per day. Enough to produce large numbers of bombs in short order (Reuters Iran centrifuges). Note Iran started higher grade enrichment within days of becoming unhappy.

 

I prefer a real deal to a politician's deal. "If you like your bomb, you can keep your bomb."

Edited January 15, 20206 yr by rabas

2 hours ago, Sujo said:

Source?

 

It was not only a US deal.

You don’t believe a lot of people in the US were never happy with it? 
 

Why did you not ask the guy that claimed the whole country was happy with it for a source? 
 

You should tell Biden it wasn’t a US deal be cause he’s bragging like it was. Other countries signed on so they could trade with Iran, but it was Obama’s deal. 
 

 

2 minutes ago, rabas said:

The objective wasn't (should not have been) to make a deal. The objective should have been to deny Iran the capability to become a nuclear state in the foreseeable future.  The deal did good things for Russia and China, good business for Europeans, but did little to nothing about long term non-proliferation.

 

The deal allowed Iran to keep it's Uranium production active, able to switch to bomb grade at the turn of a valve. Iran also completed a new centrifuge factory in 2018 capable of of making the equivalent of 360 centrifuges per day. Enough to produce large numbers of bombs in short order (Reuters Iran centrifuges). Note Iran started higher enrichment within days of becoming unhappy.

 

I prefer a real deal to a politician's deal.

And they were chanting death to America the day it was signed. 
 

Even John Kerry admitting some of the funding would go to support terrorism. 

1 minute ago, mogandave said:

And they were chanting death to America the day it was signed. 
 

Even John Kerry admitting some of the funding would go to support terrorism. 

So there's that.