Why it's hard for Trump to 'rip up' the Iran deal
President Donald Trump  may have a hard time "ripping up" the "disastrous" Iran nuclear deal  as  he  promised to do while campaigning.
 Trump  is expected to announce  his  decision to "decertify" the deal on Friday  according to various media reports. This move would essentially leave the deal in place  but make it a congressional decision whether to reimpose nuclear sanctions.
It would also theoretically allow  Trump  to distance  himself  from a deal brokered under President Barack Obama.
 Trump  faces opposition to this decision on a number of fronts â within  his  own administration  inside a Republican controlled Congress  and from other world powers.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis  and top national security aides have reportedly pressured  Trump  to recertify the Iran deal. Passed in 2015  the agreement must be recertified by the president every 90 days  as required by Congress.
Mattis has publicly broken with the president  telling Congress earlier this month he believes it is in the US national security interest to remain a party to the agreement. His testimony reveals why it might be tricky for  Trump  to leave the deal â there is no evidence that Iran has violated it. And breaking from an agreement that Iran hasn't violated could hurt US credibility on the world stage at a time when world powers are trying to prevent North Korea from launching a nuclear strike.
It seems that by punting the decision to Congress   Trump  may be saving the deal â even though every Republican in Congress opposed it at the time.
Congressional Republicans have been trying to find ways to save the deal without  Trump   Reuters reports  "including pushing for tougher inspections  changing the law requiring  Trump  to certify Tehran's compliance  and setting new sanctions over Iran's non-nuclear activities."
[TGT] may have a hard time "ripping up" the "disastrous" Iran nuclear deal  as   [TGT]   promised to do while campaigning.
  [TGT] is expected to announce   [TGT]   decision to "decertify" the deal on Friday  according to various media reports. This move would essentially leave the deal in place  but make it a congressional decision whether to reimpose nuclear sanctions.
It would also theoretically allow   [TGT] to distance   [TGT]   from a deal brokered under President Barack Obama.
  [TGT] faces opposition to this decision on a number of fronts â within   [TGT]   own administration  inside a Republican controlled Congress  and from other world powers.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis  and top national security aides have reportedly pressured   [TGT] to recertify the Iran deal. Passed in 2015  the agreement must be recertified by the president every 90 days  as required by Congress.
Mattis has publicly broken with the president  telling Congress earlier this month he believes it is in the US national security interest to remain a party to the agreement. His testimony reveals why it might be tricky for  [TGT] to leave the deal â there is no evidence that Iran has violated it. And breaking from an agreement that Iran hasn't violated could hurt US credibility on the world stage at a time when world powers are trying to prevent North Korea from launching a nuclear strike.
It seems that by punting the decision to Congress    [TGT] may be saving the deal â even though every Republican in Congress opposed it at the time.
Congressional Republicans have been trying to find ways to save the deal without   [TGT] Reuters reports  "including pushing for tougher inspections  changing the law requiring   [TGT]   to certify Tehran's compliance  and setting new sanctions over Iran's non-nuclear activities."