Eli Lake, Columnist

Trump Has Created Leverage Against Iran. Now He Needs a Closer.

No more "nice guy" rapport. Bring in someone like John Bolton.

September 22, 2017 at 2:17 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Trump needs someone like John Bolton to fix the Iran deal.
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Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal are in panic mode.

Obama administration alumni are warning that President Donald Trump's threats to not certify Iranian compliance next month will unravel a bargain that makes the world safer. European leaders and Iranian envoys say the deal cannot be renegotiated. Quietly, many career State Department officials, according to administration sources, are trying to figure out a way to at least delay Trump's plan to throw the deal into turmoil.