So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple
Policy, donald trump has ratcheted up policy, donald trump has ratcheted up the rhetoric on iran, calling the Nuclear Agreement with tehran the worst deal ever negotiated. He has expanded us Sanctions On Iran after it tested a missile injanuary. My guest is iranian academic mohammad marandi, from tehran, who supports the leadership in iran. What is the iranians are posture the response to criticism from trump over its Missile Testing and Izzy Ran Fuelling Terror and conflicts in the middle east . Mohammad marandi, welcome to hardtalk. What does the iranian leadership think of President Trump . Thank you for having me. I think that they are still watching with great interest. At the moment the iranians have not made many comments about what is going on in the United States. In many ways they feel that trump perhaps is not so bad for iran, in the sense that he is not doing a good job so far with regards to the international community, he has problems with the eu, the head of the European
Policy, donald trump has ratcheted up policy, donald trump has ratcheted up the rhetoric on iran, calling the Nuclear Agreement with tehran the worst deal ever negotiated. He has expanded us Sanctions On Iran after it tested a missile injanuary. My guest is iranian academic mohammad marandi, from tehran, who supports the leadership in iran. What is the iranians are posture the response to criticism from trump over its Missile Testing and Izzy Ran Fuelling Terror and conflicts in the middle east . Mohammad marandi, welcome to hardtalk. What does the iranian leadership think of President Trump . Thank you for having me. I think that they are still watching with great interest. At the moment the iranians have not made many comments about what is going on in the United States. In many ways they feel that trump perhaps is not so bad for iran, in the sense that he is not doing a good job so far with regards to the international community, he has problems with the eu, the head of the European
For brexit negotiations, arguing for a phased approach to the talks. The president of the European Council, donald tusk, insisted the first stage would concentrate on the uks divorce from the union and only when there was sufficient progress would the talks move on. The government had said it wants to discuss its separation and a Future Trade Deal at the same time. Donald tusk appeared to concede that Talks On Trade could begin before the divorce settlement was agreed and said that the European Council will monitor progress closely and determine when sufficient progress has been achieved to allow negotiations to proceed to the next phase. There was a warm tone on a possible future relationship with the document stating that although the uks relationship with the eu. Cannot offer the same benefits as union membership, strong and constructive ties will remain in both sides interest and should encompass more than just trade. But one phrase in the document is likely to cause considerable c