Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Race: From The Threshold To The Brink? – Jerusalem Studio

President Trump seems to approach the growing danger of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons from two opposites simultaneously. Trump, in private messages and public statements, is both courting and threatening Tehran. He repeats the pledge to do whatever is necessary to preempt the Iranian from dashing towards the finish line, and broadly hints that he would authorize American or Israeli strikes, but he also tries to deflect Supreme Leader Khomeini’s brinkmanship by enlisting Russia as a go-between. How close are Washington and Jerusalem to a decision that diplomacy has run its course and the time to resort to kinetic action is imminent?