If the moves are finalized, Cotton and Pompeo will do untold damage to U.S. national security, and their first order of business will almost certainly be to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and lay the groundwork for a disastrous war with Iran. Pompeo and Cotton are close ideological allies on foreign policy, having worked closely to undermine President Obama’s negotiations and later prevent the Iran nuclear deal from surviving Congressional review. In his confirmation, he vowed “While as a Member of Congress I opposed the Iran deal, if confirmed, my role will change. Pompeo also emerged as one of the prime voices urging the President to make the political decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal. Yet, on the Iran nuclear deal, Tillerson has actually allied with Secretary of Defense James Mattis to urge Trump against ripping up the deal.

Source: Huffington Post November 30, 2017 20:15 UTC