The Lost Art of Diplomacy Have You Googled It? By Hank Silverberg The man in the White House has said from the start that he is a deal maker. He approaches every issue, from job creation to nuclear proliferation, with the idea that he alone can strike a deal with someone and solve the problem. I could go into a long list of “deals” businessman Donald J. Trump made over the years that turned into financial disasters for either him or his partners, but the world should be more concerned about his so-called deals as President. None is more critical than his confrontation with Iran or his approach to Kim Jong-Un in North Korea. Both are hostile regimes on the verge of creating, or already in possession of, nuclear weapons. With Iran, President Obama and European leaders had negotiated a treaty in which the Iranians promised to stop developing nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions which had been crippling Iran’s economy. The...
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