Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald Trump sent to the country’s supreme leader.
No? Remember that it was Trump that tore up the nuclear treaty Iran had with, well, everyone and reimposed sanctions. They definitely benefit from America being led by an incompetent, corrupt and above all authoritarian president like Trump, but they sure as hell don’t like him and have no interest in being sabotaged by his brand of “diplomacy”.
This. There’s no honor among crooks and thieves. If anything this could be the collapse of a lot of other alliances. Russia and Iran’s General cordiality and cooperation has largely been based on shared opposition of the west. Now that our government has been thoroughly corrupted by them and the lunatics who live here. Alienating all our friends and allies. They’ll likely turn their sights on each other.
I agreed until you said Iran benefits. They don’t. They’re just surviving until they don’t.
One one hand they definitely benefit from less US soft power and a less efficient US military (because those are often used against them), but on the other hand the US-Russia alliance stands to take away their closest non-proxy ally. It’s a double edged sword, but there are upsides for them.
Fair. Thanks.