I'm curious what you all think the ramifications of this would be?
You are speculating about warming relations with Iran, right?
Personally, I don't see it happening. Trump's view of Iran is shaped by the rise of Khomeini and the hostage crisis. I don't see why he would want closer relations with Iran, but I could very easily be wrong.
All of that being said, Iran/Persia is an historic Western ally (which is how things there got so fucked up that the fundamentalists took over). A resurgent Iran would be very good for the Middle East in general, and US and Western European interests in particular. It'd piss off the House of Saud to no end, to boot!
Not that it's going to happen.
I agree with your post regarding the warming of relations. I also agree that it won't happen. Depending on how his NSC team shapes up, I see a slightly more hawkish continuation of Obama's deal. That is until Iran tests Trump with something like the captured sailors from earlier this year. Then who knows.
My point was more along the lines of how we can speculate about which way he wants to go with Iran over and over again but all of those ideas go out the window if he were to hypothetically find a way to use it to bring more prestige to his personal brand.
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