President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal today. After an intense investigation I opposed the Iran deal negotiated by the Obama Administration, but I do not see a whole lot of benefits from withdrawing from the deal today which was marginally working. Trump pulling out of it will make it much harder to improve the deal, especially with respect to Iranian ballistic missile technology and their trouble making in the region.
However there is a real lesson to be learned. The founders had it right when they required a 2/3 vote in the Senate to approve a treaty. The Obama did not have the votes so they went for an executive agreement which passed along partisan lines. Thus going forward these types of agreements, if we want them to have lasting effect, are going have to be done on a bipartisan basis. If they can't be done that way they shouldn't be done at all.
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