TAKE TRUMP SERIOUSLY – AT 9:56 A.M. ET:  He goes to the UN this week, and he's making it clear there'll be some changes made in American foreign policy.  From AP: 

VIENNA, Austria — US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Washington will walk away from a nuclear deal it agreed to with Iran and five other nations if it deems that the International Atomic Energy Agency is not tough enough in monitoring it.

The warning from Trump came in a message to the UN agency’s annual meeting, being held in Vienna, that was read by US Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

The United States asserts that Iran is obligated to open its military sites to IAEA inspection on demand if the agency suspects unreported nuclear activities at any of them. That’s something Tehran stridently rejects, and Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi urged the agency and its head, Yukiya Amano, to “resist such unacceptable demands.”

Asserting that Iran is fully complying with terms of the accord, Salehi said the greatest threat to its survival is “the American administration’s hostile attitude.”

But Trump, as quoted by Perry, suggested the deal could stand or fail on IAEA access to Iranian military sites, declaring “we will not accept a weakly enforced or inadequately monitored deal.”

COMMENT:   The deal is a disgrace to start with.  It is another example of Barack Obama's monstrous ego, which was always put ahead of the national security of the United States.  Ditto the equally monstrous ego of John Kerry. 

We hope that Trump pursues his hard line, and isn't distracted or pushed back by the Washington establishment, or the commercial interests of countries like Germany, which couldn't wait to trade with Iran once the nuclear deal was made. 

We are talking about the potential survival, or destruction, of tens of millions of people.  Trump understands that.  I'm not sure Obama ever cared.

September 18,  2017