Former US negotiator with Iran: Trump falling into Vietnam trap
Former US negotiator Rob Malley suggests that President Trump's approach to Iran is misguided. He emphasizes that success should not be measured by military actions but rather through a settlement that respects both US and Iranian interests. Malley believes that understanding Trump's mindset is crucial for assessing the likelihood of a successful deal.
- ▪Rob Malley argues that Trump's metrics for success in Iran are flawed.
- ▪He emphasizes the importance of a settlement that respects both US and Iranian interests.
- ▪Malley suggests that psychologists may be more useful than experts in gauging the chances of a deal.
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play videoplay videoVideo Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds play-arrow25:00The Bottom LineFormer US negotiator with Iran: Trump falling into Vietnam trapRob Malley argues that current talks have ‘very small chance of success’.Read moreWhen United States President Donald Trump measures success by counting how many Iranian leaders the US and Israel have killed or how many Iranian boats or missile launchers have been destroyed, he’s looking at the “wrong metric”, argues a former US special envoy to Iran, Rob Malley.Malley told host Steve Clemons that the only way out of this war is “a settlement that respects our core interests, but also theirs”.To calculate the odds of a deal, Malley said, psychologists may be more useful than experts because “it really depends on the mindset of President…
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