The wish of the senior American lawmaker to isolate Iran in the second Trump administration

According to RCO News Agency, “Ben Cardin”, the American Democratic Senator and the head of the influential foreign relations committee of the Senate of this country, expressed his concern that the issue of human rights in the administration of “Donald Trump” of the President-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 interview with this news agency: “I don’t want to prejudge, but I am concerned that the protection of human rights is not as important as his other goals.”

81-year-old Cardin will leave Congress at the end of this month 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 control of, should confront Trump as in the past, Cardin mentioned the US President-elect’s willingness to vote for the “Magnitsky Document” sanctions.

According to this document, which was approved in 2012, the US government 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 want to make sure we don’t rush into 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 month, will be able to balance the actions of the future American president. 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 establishment 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 recent developments in Syria, one can be optimistic about the situation in the region.

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