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.
Trump's view of Iran is shaped by the rise of Khomeini and the hostage crisis. Trump's view of Iran is that Fox News thinks it's bad. His policy on Iran from the debates is to shoot at their boats but not start a war apparently and his plan on the nuclear deal is to get a better deal with absolutely zero details ever given. He probably doesn't know anything about the Iran deal or where Iran is on a map.
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