As US and Iran near deal, Trump confronts familiar dilemma
It's unclear whether President Donald Trump will take the off-ramp as fellow Republicans rail against an interim deal that wouldn't immediately address Iran's nuclear program.
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WASHINGTON — Negotiators have largely ironed out the text of a preliminary US-Iran deal, leaving President Donald Trump to decide whether to approve an agreement that wouldn't immediately address Iran's nuclear program.
Facing a Republican backlash, Trump has defended the emerging deal as the "exact opposite” of the 2015 accord he unilaterally withdrew from while insisting he’s in no rush to sign it. On Wednesday, he brushed aside election-year pressures to end the war and lower gasoline prices, which hit a four-year high over Memorial Day weekend.
After Axios reported Thursday that the deal was awaiting Trump's sign-off, his top Treasury official declined to confirm what, if anything, had been agreed.
