The wish of the senior American lawmaker to isolate Iran in the second Trump administration
The Democratic Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate claimed that with the desire of Washington and its partners to form a coalition in order to isolate Iran and also considering the developmes in Syria, we can be optimistic about the situation in the region.
According to RCO News Agency, “Ben Cardin”, the American Democratic Senator and the head of the influeial foreign relations committee of the Senate of this coury, expressed his concern that the issue of human rights in the administration of “Donald Trump” of the Preside-elect of the United States will have a lower priority a few days before the end of his presidency.
Reuters News agency reported that Cardin said in an ierview with this news agency: “I don’t wa to prejudge, but I am concerned that the protection of human rights is not as importa as his other goals.”
81-year-old Cardin will leave Congress at the end of this moh after 60 years of service, 18 of which he was a Maryland senator.
While saying that the US Senate, which the Republicans are about to take corol of, should confro Trump as in the past, Cardin meioned the US Preside-elect’s willingness to vote for the “Magnitsky Docume” sanctions.
According to this docume, which was approved in 2012, the US governme has the authority to restrict the issuance of visas and freeze assets against Russian officials who commit human rights violations.
The chairman of the foreign relations committee of the US Senate said: “It is difficult to predict this issue, but during the first term of his presidency, Trump often used the Magnitsky sanctions and they were useful.”
Cardin said Trump would likely be eager to establish relations with “authoritarian world leaders” or cede concessions and territory to end the war in Ukraine. During his election campaign this year, Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine shortly after returning to the White House, but he did not provide details about his plan.
He said: I know that Trump likes to consider himself a dealmaker. I wa to make sure we don’t rush io a deal that doesn’t reflect our values. I worry that he will seek a foreign policy shortcut that compromises some of our values.
Cardin expressed hope that the Senate, which will have a Republican majority starting next moh, will be able to balance the actions of the future American preside. In the first term of his presidency, Trump sought to reduce foreign aid by 50%, but he abandoned this decision after opposition from Republicans and Democrats.
Cardin, who has been a staunch supporter of the Zionist regime in the Gaza war, confirmed that the second term of Trump’s presidency will complicate efforts to establish peace in West Asia and, ultimately, the establishme of a Palestinian state.
He claimed that with the desire of the United States and its partners to form a coalition in order to isolate Iran and the rece developmes in Syria, one can be optimistic about the situation in the region.
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