The Iran nuclear deal was not actually subject to substantive policy debate about centrifuges or uranium enrichment monitoring; it was reframed as identity politics—proof that Obama was weak and colluding with brown peoples—to delegitimize both the agreement and Democratic governance.
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Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“I don't think Trump had deep opinions about how many centrifuges should be allowed to operate at the Nan's facility or or you know what the modalities of the Uranian enrichment stockpile monitoring you know it was you know these are some brown people that we're giving some money to [1:00:06]”
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Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:39:48 AM
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