Leon Panetta, the former US secretary of defense and CIA chief, says the world countries “can not trust America as a partner,” if President Donald Trump violates the Iran nuclear deal.
“In foreign policy, in many ways, your word counts for a lot and when you tell someone you’re going to do something, if you fail to stick to your word, it sends a clear message to others … that you cannot trust America as a partner,” Panetta said during a Hudson Institute forum in Washington held on Monday. “We ought to continue to enforce that agreement.”
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Speaking from the White House earlier this month, Trump said he would not recertify that Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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