Trump threatens to scrap 'ridiculous' Iran deal in meeting with Macron

President Trump warned Tuesday that Iran will face "bigger problems" if it resumes its nuclear weapons program, and said the nuclear agreement with Tehran fails to sufficiently monitor the regime's activities outside of its borders.

"If they restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they ever had before," Trump told reporters, adding that the agreement "should never have been made."

He made his comments during a sit-down with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has sought to convince Trump to preserve the agreement while working with the United States' European partners to amend it.

"The Iran deal is an important issue but we have to take a far broader picture which is security in the overall region," Macron said to reporters in the Oval Office. "What we want to do is contain Iran and its presence in the region."

Trump interjected to offer a harsher take on the nuclear agreement, which was negotiated by the Obama administration and could be dismantled after May 12, if he chooses to walk away from it.

"It just seems no matter where you go, especially in the Middle East, Iran is behind it, wherever there's trouble — Yemen, Syria, no matter where you have it — Iran is behind it," he said. "We're not going to allow certain things to happen that are happening."

But the president said he is willing to work with Macron to strike a deal that would keep the U.S. in the nuclear deal, pending certain modifications to the agreement.

"We're looking forward to doing something but it has to be done and it has to be done strongly," Trump said, declining to provide further details. "We're fairly close to understanding each other. Our one-on-one went very well."

Trump also dismissed suggestions that Iran could easily resume its nuclear program if the U.S. withdraws from the agreement.

"It won't be easy for them to restart it. They're not going to be restarting anything," he said.

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https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-threatens-to-scrap-ridiculous-iran-deal-in-meeting-with-macron

>>1171862

She has no shape or figure if you will, no real curves, straight as a board, as they say!

>>1171895

I stopped using it as I kept getting virus alerts from it.

>>1171855

Not sure, New?? perhaps or an addition, who knows, we will soon find out!

>>1171903

I just spit out my coffee, and you nailed it!

>>1172147

Podesta's son has those spooky looking eyes!

Sayonara, Secret Science

Scott Pruitt Will Propose A Regulation To Keep 'Secret Science' Out Of EPA

Administrator Scott Pruitt first announced his ban on “secret science” in a March interview with The DCNF. Pruitt will unveil the new policy on Tuesday in the form of a proposed rule, which, if finalized, will make it harder for future administrations to repeal.

“We need to make sure their data and methodology are published as part of the record,” Pruitt told TheDCNF in March. “Otherwise, it’s not transparent. It’s not objectively measured, and that’s important.”

Pruitt’s proposed rule would apply prospectively to future regulatory actions, TheDCNF has learned, but EPA officials could link the data transparency rule with President Donald Trump’s executive order on regulations issued in 2017.

Once finalized, regulations put under review will have the transparency standard applied. That means EPA officials will take a close look at studies and regulatory assessments underlying existing rules, especially those imposed in the Obama years.

Democrats and environmentalists opposed Pruitt’s data transparency plan. Opponents argue the policy would restrict the amount of studies EPA can rely on to craft regulations and could expose legally protected patient health data.

“He and some conservative members of Congress are setting up a nonexistent problem in order to prevent the EPA from using the best available science,” former Obama EPA administrators Gina McCarthy and Janet McCabe wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

“It is his latest effort to cripple the agency,” they argued. Reported benefits from EPA rules are “mostly attributable to the reduction in public exposure to fine particulate matter,” according to the White House Office of Management and Budget report. That’s equivalent to billions of dollars.

Do we know who Janet McCabe is?

First I'm hearing of her name

http:// dailycaller.com/2018/04/24/scott-pruitt-propose-regulation-secret-science/