He should have kept his opinion to himself because Iran is the one who’s going to screw the deal. It’s inevitable as the sun rising in the East. Iran has been following the Islamic playbook throughout (lie, delay the infidel while restoring power, attack again) and nothing has shown any deviance from that path.
They’re the scorpion who assured the frog that it wouldn’t sting him if it carried him across a river. When the scorpion stung halfway across the frog cried “Why? Now we’ll both die!”. To which the scorpion responded “I couldn’t help it - it’s my nature as a scorpion.”
Iran’s ruling regime is that scorpion that we’d be best off stomping on sooner than when we have to later. Meanwhile let the President enjoy his birthday, continuing to believe that “the art of the deal” will win like it has all his life.
Eventually he has to comprehend that negotiation only works with human beings.
>>”He should have kept his opinion to himself because Iran is the one who’s going to screw the deal.”
They probably will to some degree, which is why I encourage people to view whatever deal emerges, as an intermediate step in a longer process rather than the end goal. IMO, Trump is using this process as a way to strengthen moderates in the Iranian government - such as they are - and weaken the hardliners. With that view in mind, this agreement might turn out to be a good first step. We’ll have to wait and see.
It’s hard to say because there’s so little we know about what’s actually going on in Iran. Trump and his negotiators obviously know a lot more than we do. Some of the mixed signaling we’re receiving from Iran may have more to do with different factions (e.g. IRGC vs. government ministers, etc.) speaking to their individual bases of support rather than a unified attempt to double deal with negotiations. I think it would be a mistake to assume that we’re dealing with one unified Iranian government. We’re speaking to the more reasonable elements in the regime, and they’re negotiating among themselves about how to respond.