Iran, Another Foreign Policy Albatross Around President Trump's Neck

The trumpet man's immigration albatross has company.  This time its Iran where the President's foreign policy goes from bad to worse.  While the U.S. was participating with its NATO allies with the Iranian nuclear agreement, Iran was only in the news when the right wing extremist tried to scuttle the agreement.  Iran was not threatening shipping in the strait of Hormuz or challenging any ships nor were they shooting down any U.S. drones.  And their rhetoric was not even noticeable.  Plus  chapping the extremist, Iran was in compliance with the agreement.

Then along came the trumpet man, a man with no experience who hated any accomplishment associated with President Obama and withdrew the U.S. from the nuclear agreement, placed sanctions on Iran, rigged up pressure and threatened them for no good reason.  So now Iran has acted by challenging shipping in the Strait and even captured a British tanker after Britain captured one of Iran's tankers.  Now Trump finds himself in a position of begging Britain, France and Germany to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.  Britain actually took the initiative and called on France to help  them escort shipping thru the Strait before Trump said a word.

In fact, Trump is so lost on foreign policy he found himself last week saying he could wipe Iran off the face of the earth.  Iran got his ego when Trump said Iran would be calling him to make a deal and Iran answered and said they would not be intimadated.  Trump probably thought about Mexico when they told Trump under no circumstance would Mexico pay for his wall.  It was a fresh reminder that Trump's so called peace plan between Israel and Palestine put together by Trump's son in law Jarred Kushner and presented by Kushner was soundly rejected by Palestine's leader Abbas who said it was nothing but a Trump real estate deal that offered Palestine billions of dollars and was no peace plan at all.

The President has no credibility on foreign policy with any foreign leader.  And Russia's Putin and N. Korea's Kim Jon Un are still pulling his strings.  They have the strings so tight the trumpet man praises them every time he has a chance.  Yes my fellow Americans, the U.S. has lost its leadership role with President Trump in the White House.  And that really says it all.


This commentary written by Joe Lorio