Middle East Crisis: US President Faces Tough Negotiation Ahead As the world waits with bated breath for a potential breakthrough in talks between the US and Iran in Islamabad, US President Donald Trump is set to face a daunting challenge. With the stakes higher than ever, Trump will need to convince the American public that any deal he secures is a significant improvement over the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by his predecessor, Barack Obama, and abandoned in 2018. Furthermore, he must demonstrate that the deal is more favorable than the alternative agreement offered in Geneva in February, which led to the recent escalation of hostilities. The president's negotiating team will be closely monitoring key indicators, including the economic costs of the war and the long-term implications of Iran's control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Can Trump overcome these hurdles and secure a deal that justifies the massive investment in blood and treasure, or will the world be left to wonder if the costs of war outweighed the potential benefits?
US president will need to show heavy costs of war were worthwhile while Iran must choose between instant and delayed gratification Middle East crisis – live updatesIf talks between Iran and the US reconvene within the next few days in Islamabad, Donald Trump will have two major political hurdles to overcome – first showing that any deal he secures is better than the one signed by Barack Obama in 2015 and from which he withdraw in 2018, and secondly proving the deal is more favourable than the one on offer in Geneva in February before he launched his war.Otherwise he will have inflicted massive damage on the world economy when alternatives were available that were less costly in blood and treasure. He will also have to show that Iran has made no permanent gain by taking control of shipping passing through the strait of Hormuz. These are the yardsticks, or tests, around which his negotiating team will be keeping an anxious eye. Continue reading...
