Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing back on criticism of an expected 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow uranium enrichment on Saudi soil, a move nonproliferation experts warn breaks with decades of American safeguard policy. The Trump administration is expected to sign the deal as early as Wednesday, two people familiar […] The post Rubio pledges U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal will not open the door to proliferation appeared first on American Almanac .
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing back on criticism of an expected 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow uranium enrichment on Saudi soil, a move nonproliferation experts warn breaks with decades of American safeguard policy. The Trump administration is expected to sign the deal as early as Wednesday, two people familiar with the decision told the Associated Press . The Wall Street Journal first reported the decision. Under its terms, U.S. firms would help develop Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear power program, and the agreement would open the path to building a uranium enrichment facility in the kingdom after a joint American-Saudi study. Rubio, traveling in the Philippines on Wednesday, sought to get ahead…Open
The Trump administration is expected to announce an agreement with Saudi Arabia on a civilian nuclear program. Such deals, known as 123 Agreements, are designed to prevent the development of weapons.
Saudi Arabia had for years sought the controversial deal to transfer American nuclear technology to the kingdom. It is expected to be sealed on Wednesday.
The deal is intended to further positive relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as the latter's relationship with Iran deteriorates in the wake of the war.
President Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia to partner on developing the Kingdom's civil nuclear energy program, according to two U.S. officials.
Trump, for his part, contended that Iran needed to be able to maintain its missile supply in light of the abundant military stockpiles held by other nations in the region.
“We’re willing to give significant sanctions relief if the Iranians make the kind of long-term commitments that are necessary to be a normal country, to give up their nuclear weapons program, to stop funding terrorist activities all over the Middle East."
Trump warned the regime that it needed to sign an agreement to end its nuclear enrichment program with an image that suggests there will be consequences for a failure to do so.
We should all be very worried about this war’s trajectory. The post Yes, Trump Might Use Nukes in Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Yes, Trump Might Use Nukes in Iran We should all be very worried about this war’s trajectory. President Donald Trump on Easter morning promised to destroy Iran’s critical infrastructure unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Open the F— Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell.” Trump reiterated and intensified the threat during a Monday news conference. “The entire country could be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow…Open