A pen and a phone: How Trump will erase Obama’s foreign policy

New York Post ^ | 10 Nov, 2016 | Benny Avni

[MtnClimber]

‘I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone” was President Obama’s favored path to a foreign-policy legacy. Oops. President-elect Donald Trump may now use his own pen and phone to erase it.

But it won’t be that easy.

At first glance, the Paris agreement on climate change, the Cuba détente and the Iran nuclear deal seem easy to undo. Like many of Obama’s stabs at history-making, they were done unilaterally, without congressional advise and consent.

But Obama’s pen didn’t quite write his ticket to immortality in disappearing ink.

Take Iran. Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry insisted that because the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action wasn’t a “treaty,” there was no need for Senate approval. After months of grueling negotiations, it was sealed with a few phones calls and the stroke of a pen.

The deal, however, does carry legal weight. In July 2015, the UN Security Council passed a resolution endorsing it and calling on all UN members to implement it. As far as our allies are concerned, a deal’s a deal.

Yet, Trump isn’t merely stuck with this raw deal, either. He has options.

For starters, he can simply insist on its compliance. Just this week the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that Iran is storing more heavy water than the deal allows. Until now, Obama called such violations “marginal.” We even bought Iran’s excess heavy water to help it comply with the deal.

[MtnClimber]

Trump should erase every trace of dear leader zer0.

[Eddie01]

A pen and a phone: How Trump will erase Obama’s foreign policy restore our Constitutional Free Republic

there. fixed it.

[al baby]

Obama’s Foreign policy in a nut shell “Do what you want to my country but leave me alone”

[JerseyDvl]

Or

A pen and a phone: How Trump will erase Obama’s foreign policy disasters.

[NTHockey]

The half breed ignored laws he didn’t like. Turnabout is only fair. And karma at work.

[itsahoot]

I have said from the beginning that the only way to undo what Obama has done is to use the same methods he did. Constitutionalist are outraged of course but he will not get the help of Congress because a good portion of the GOP are in favor of what Obama has done, you may not like it but it is true.

It takes a Tyrant to do this stuff and it will take a Tyrant to undo it, if it is even possible.

Some insights into Black Opps from a wife.

[SkyPilot]

Obama mocked Trump very publicly in 2013, and Trump decided then and there to destroy Obama's "legacy."

This is what Obama's "allies" do to other human beings.

May Trump send them all to Hell.

[Cheerio]

Trump should erase every trace of dear leader zer0 using dear leaders illegal actions to accomplish this. If it was enacted illegally then Trump has every right to erase it. Created by article 2 and erased by article 2 of the US Constitution. Don't need no stinkin' RINO congress to perform this.

[Mariner]

“The deal, however, does carry legal weight.”

BS

Under US Law it has no weight whatsoever. None.

There was no reason to read beyond the quoted sentence.

[MtnClimber]

I agree the deal has no weight under US law. Trump should tell them to stuff it and tell Iran they will be held responsible for the next terror attack.

[faithhopecharity]

the Iran “deal” (sell=out of America by Obama) is NOT a treaty (as the article points out) and does NOT “carry legal weight” (the article gets this wrong)

Trump can (and should) simply announce it is DOA. Period. And he should demand return of all of the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Obama shipped to his IslamoNazi comrades in Iran. And he should immediately reverse Obama’s PROTECT THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR BOMB PLANTS directive to our fine US Military. And he should give Iran just enough time to clear personnel out of the way and then he should destroy all of the Iranian nuke plants, whereever located. Period. Clean up Obama’s DANGEROUS DANGEROUS DANGEROUS IslamONazi mess! USA is Iran’s chief target for all of the ICBM’s it is amassing (to carry Obama’s Iranian Nuclear Bombs). America is their main target for destruction ,as they’ve repeatedly proclaimed. We need to destroy them before they destroy us.
Or at least, as I am advocating, destroy the IslamoNazis’ capacity to annhiliate us. And do this ASAP!

after that, we can “talk” ...

[sheana]

Trump can (and should) simply announce it is DOA.

Exactly. And then just ignore it like it never existed. Tell the UN to stuff it and deal with it.

[Mariner]

“Don’t need no stinkin’ RINO congress to perform this. “

To restore the rule of law, and thereby the essence of a Republic, OUR Republic, all Trump must do is overturn every unlawful action/EO issued over the last 8 years, and then undertake a review all before.

And use existing regulatory authority to eliminate as many regulations as possible so as to shrink the behemoth.

And to notify the world that any international agreement not ratified by the US Senate will not be observed or enforced by this administration.

[Stopthethreat]

It almost makes 8 years of zer0bama worth it to now see his utter demise

[Thibodeaux]

Ignore it all. there is nothing much worth a damn

the world is rejoicing that there is a man in charge rather than a flap eared boy

[faithhopecharity]

YES
and try to get all the $$$ back that Obama shipped to his IslamoNazi comrade BF’s in Teheran

I dont know if Trump can get the $$ back or not, but if he can it will be super, it will slow down the arming of IslamoNazi terrorist attack warfare gangs all around the world

[CaptainMorgantown]

Trump should make clear to the international community that the US Constitution outweighs international law. No international agreement a US President enters into is binding on his successors unless it is approved by a 2/3 vote of the Senate.

[Georgia Girl 2]

First get the velvet art off the walls of the Whitehouse. :-)

[Shadow44]

Cincinnatus was a dictator himself. The difference was his intentions were pure and for the Roman Republic.

We need that right now, just like you said.