Trump’s decision in 2018 to withdraw from an Obama-era nuclear dealprompted Tehran to accelerate its nuclear program, such that it’s now a de facto “nuclear threshold state.” Officials and diplomats from the U.S., EU and Israel all told Axios they expect Trump to face an Iran crisis in 2025.

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      8 days ago

      Yeah but israel are supposed to be the good guys so this is fine. Meanwhile Iran, who have been 5 minutes away from having nukes for the past 40 years, are the bad guys and must be destroyed. Iran having nukes means the US cannot threaten them with a direct war and that would be sad.