Trump Unmoved by Macron's Personal Pitch to Stick With Iran Deal
- French leader pushing for a new, expanded nuclear agreement
- Friendship runs into Trump’s firm opposition to 2015 accord
Macron Makes Case for New Iran Deal to Congress
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French President Emmanuel Macron is discovering the limits of cooperation with Donald Trump on foreign policy, as his last-ditch appeal to salvage the Iran nuclear deal was met with intransigence by the U.S. president.
Macron, who has sought to cultivate a personal bond with Trump, arrived at the White House on Tuesday with an Iran pitch in hand. If the U.S. preserved the existing nuclear accord, that could serve as the cornerstone of a new, expanded agreement that would address the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile program and destabilizing behavior across the Middle East.