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Trump warns ‘bad things will happen’ without Iran deal
Pivoting to tensions with Iran, Trump has proclaimed that “now is the time for Iran to join us on a path that will complete what we’re doing”.
“If they join us, that’ll be great, and if they don’t, that’ll be great too, but it’ll be a very different path,” the president said. “They cannot continue to threaten the stability of the entire region.”
“They must make a deal,” he added. “Bad things will happen if it doesn’t.”
Board of Peace will ‘look over’ United Nations: Trump
Closing out his remarks, Trump has said that the Board of Peace will overlook the United Nations to make sure “it runs properly”. Trump said the board could help the UN “money-wise and make sure it’s viable”, without elaborating on what he meant.
He also returned to his oft-repeated phrase that the UN “has tremendous potential”. “This is going to be something,” the president said. “The Board of Peace will be something the likes of which nobody has seen before.”
Despite Trump’s comments, UN doesn’t allow for oversight
While the president has praised the United Nations, it’s very clear this is a parallel body. That is going to be a problem with US law, given that the pledges the president has made need to be approved by Congress.
Also, the United Nations is its own independent body. In its charter, it doesn’t allow for any sort of oversight.
And yet, it appears the US President feels he needs to “fix up” the United Nations, talking about how it has tremendous potential, it has not lived up to.
We’re very scant on details, but what is clear is that while Trump has been talking about establishing peace – and that’s the main mandate of this board – he simultaneously also threatened countries, like Iran, and also Hamas, if his definition of peace is not achieved.
