Antony Blinken

When it comes to Iran, the costliest mistake President Trump made was walking away from the nuclear deal and replacing it with nothing. All of the bad decisions that have followed flowed from that original sin, leaving America today with fewer good options than it had before.

As I shared with @andrewrsorkin on @CNBC this morning, there is still an off-ramp with Iran, and we should take it. Iran can be pressured into negotiating, but it will not be pressured into capitulating. The right course now is to keep up the economic pressure, avoid further escalation, and use that leverage to get back to the negotiating table and put an end to the President's unpopular war of choice.

The midterm results send a clear message: How we show up in the world affects our lives at home, and Americans understand that. When we alienate allies, appease autocrats, impose arbitrary tariffs, and drive needless conflict, American families pay the price. The Administration’s actions over the last two years have had real consequences for our security, our economy, and our everyday lives. Americans have spoken loud and clear. We should act on the message they're sending.  A good place to start: a diplomatic resolution to President Trump's war of choice with Iran.

President Trump’s diesel fuel supply deal with Vladimir Putin is a lose-lose.  The amounts are too small to have a meaningful, sustained effect on the record prices American drivers, truckers, shippers, farmers, ranchers and homeowners are paying at the pump, which are largely a result of Trump’s war of choice against Iran. But the deal does throw Putin a lifeline to continue his war of aggression against Ukraine (which Trump promised to end in 24 hours), the other contributor to record high diesel prices.  How is this good for America?

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President Trump is now offering Iran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in exchange for concrete steps on its nuclear program.

Sound familiar?

It’s a lot like the nuclear deal President Obama negotiated, which I worked on and which Trump tore up in his first term and replaced with nothing.

A big reason we ended up in this failed war of choice.

Really enjoyed sitting down with @ananavarro. We covered a lot of ground, from the Trump administration’s stalled war in Iran and its interventions in Venezuela and the Caribbean to the risks posed by AI. Thanks for having me, Ana.