President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he’ll announce whether the US will remain in the Iran nuclear accord on Tuesday at 2pm in Washington (4am AEST Wednesday).
Germany, France and the UK have lobbied Trump and his top aides to remain in the deal, which the president has frequently criticised. Trump has strongly hinted that he will withdraw from the agreement, and French President Emmanuel Macron said after meeting with Trump last month that he expects the US to exit the deal.
UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is in Washington this week to make a last-ditch argument to persuade Trump to remain in the accord, arguing that it is flawed but can be improved.
“We need to find a way of fixing that, and the president has been right to call attention to it, but you can’t just do that without throwing the baby out with the bathwater,” Johnson said in an appearance on Fox News.
With the time at hand for Trump to decide whether the US remains in the Iran nuclear deal, world leaders are making their final pitches.
Read more of this article by Terrence Dopp and Mark Niquette in The Australian Financial Review.