“It’s very tough on Iran,” the president said of the order. “Hopefully we are not going to have to use it very much.” U.S. President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Tuesday to reimpose “maximum pressure” sanctions on Iran and to withdraw the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council and UNRWA, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.
In an apparent indication of the changes in his foreign policy outlook from his first term, during which he was advised by Iran hawks like John Bolton and Brian Hook, Trump said he was “torn” on signing the order against Iran.
“It’s very tough on Iran,” Trump said. “Hopefully, we are not going to have to use it very much.” “I’m unhappy to do it,” he added. Trump’s second executive order once again withdrew the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council, the global body’s Geneva-based rights organization that critics accuse of being systemically anti-Israel. (Read More)
