domestic policy issues is creeping into foreign policy as well, and that is that one president can make a deal and the next president, because the former he doesn t like the former president, different party, he s the enemy, therefore, we have to cancel the deal. and that obviously winds into this iran situation. but it also winds into the obamacare. one of the reasons he sabotaged he looks like he s sabotaging or laying the groundwork for sabotaging the iran deal. he is. in the same way he looks like he s trying to sabotage obamacare. it has the former president s name on it, former party. he wants to appeal to his base. everybody the country overwhelmingly in polls said we don t want to repeal with no replacement because it leads a lot of people to suffer and insurance markets that become chaotic. and why we would do this when the country itself is so opposed to it suggests that it s the president s internal urge.
see the plit and that has repercussions far beyond iran. it will impact our ability to deal with the growing challenge with north korea. it has implications for u.s. credibility on any international accord. we ve been moving away, whether it s trade or the environment, from a number of agreements made by not just the democratic administration before the trump administration but others earlier as well. and so that s so the kind of rat cal shift, total reversal of policy, the walking away from an international accord really has a sweeping impact on our ability to negotiate on a lot of other crises around the world with both our allies as well as some of our adversaries, including russia and china. here is what the defense secretary mattis told reporters today. he says i give advice to the president. he was leektd by the american people, and i stand by the iran strategy as it came out today. what s wrong with the president
process was imposed by congress on this deal to make sure in effect that iran doesn t cheat on the deal. to give congress an opportunity and the president an opportunity as the deal was functioning, that if iran doesn t fulfill its part of the bargain to pull away from it. now, the fact is iran is fulfilling its side of the bargain. don t listen to me. listen to all of trump s senior advisers, his defense secretary, his secretary of state. listen to the allies who signed the agreement. iran is in compliance. iaea which oversees the agreement said the same today. so there s no actual rational here here for the president to decertify, but he s losing the language of that congressional oversight to find a way out. again, it s a decision looking for a rational. he s found that rational, but it certainly doesn t match the outlines of the agreement as negotiated by the u.s. and its partners. the rational rhymes with obama.
premiums are going up 20 or 30%. pause of what the president thank you. always a pleasure. you guys don t need me. i m going to go over a glass of wine or something. thank you very much. when we come back, the country is focused on the iran deal, health care, aid for puerto rico. but the president, this is what he cares about. guess what? we re saying merry christmas again [applause] . give up, skeletor! you re finished! curse you, he-man, you interfering imbecile! give us one good reason we shouldn t vanquish you to another dimension! ok, guys, hear me out. switching to geico could save you. hundreds on car insurance. huh, he does make a point. i do like to save money. catch you on the flip, suckas! geico. because saving fifteen percent or more on car insurance is always a great answer.
the dangers of iran? they do see the dangers. there is an agreement inside the democrat party and all the foreign policy types that this is inevitable. there has been a movement over the last couple years that iran will absolutely get a nuclear weapon. so if that s going to happen it s more about how we manage this process. there is no longer a belief that we can stop this. i think that s where we have a political difference in that many republicans and conservatives think, if you hold fast if you have diplomacy, you can have serious oil sanctions. it works no waivers like the president has given. you could bring them to the knees. the iranians and then go in with unfettered access and try to bring this down. we had that. they had one knee down. the other was on its way down. we took our hand off their shoulder. right. rick thank you very much.