Trump's opposition to the Iran nuclear deal was not based on substantive disagreement about centrifuge operations or uranium enrichment monitoring, but on identity-based opposition to Obama negotiating with 'brown people' and giving them money.
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“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 you know [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, 7:23:32 AM
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