Iran should view Donald Trump’s presidency as a chance for sanctions relief, if it abandons its nuclear ambitions, says former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt.
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00:00And of course there must be a realisation of what you just said in Tehran and that's
00:05why perhaps we've got reports that people are saying that Donald Trump's return to the
00:09White House is quote an existential threat from Iran or viewed by Iran.
00:15I mean it sounds like they've got good reason to be worried.
00:19What's going to be different do you think about the second Trump administration compared
00:22to the first in this regard?
00:23Well I think that the Iranians if I was President Trump should see this as an existential opportunity
00:31not a threat.
00:33Look at the end of the day President Trump number one does not want to start new wars
00:38and number two certainly does not want to see a war that would break out as a consequence
00:44of an attack on the Iranian nuclear capabilities.
00:47He's not a warmonger.
00:48He's a dealmaker.
00:50He is looking for a deal with the Iranians that would give them reason to pull back from
00:58developing a nuclear capability and in return get sanctions relief.