Remember when Boeing announced a YUGE deal last December to make jets for the Ayatollahs in Iran? It was, of course, thanks to Obama’s phony nuke deal with Iran that opened the door to these kind of deals.
At the time I said this:
Honestly I have no idea whether Trump will make a fuss about this or not. The way he talks about US jobs, he’ll probably totally approve of this.
I don’t. I think it’s sick that Obama has opened the doors to this and that Boeing would support a terrorist nation who is trying to destroy Israel just to sell them airplanes.
I hope Congress and Trump rip up the Iran deal and reinstate harsh sanctions on Iran, killing this horrible deal in the process.
Ripping up the Iran deal never happened and who knows if it ever will.
But we are now hearing reports that Trump may kill the Boeing/Iran deal anyway:
FREE BEACON – The Trump administration’s recent decision to increase economic pressure on Iran and rework the nuclear agreement has prompted a shift in thinking on the Boeing sales, which require special licenses from the Treasury Department to move forward, according to U.S. officials and those in Congress who are familiar with the shift in thinking on the issue.
The Trump administration is said to be viewing the sales with an increasingly critical eye and is moving, at this point, toward killing the sales, according to these sources, who pointed to concerns over Iran Air’s use of commercial airplanes for terrorism purposes.
While the sale could create new American jobs, U.S. officials and others told the Free Beacon the administration and Congress will not permit any business deal that enables Iran’s military efforts and pursuit of regional dominance.
While a final decision has not yet been made on whether to kill the deal, top officials have been critical of the Boeing agreement and do not view it as in the United States’ national security interests.
“This is a careful consensus, ongoing process,” according to one source familiar with administration deliberations on the issue. “They’re adding up everything in all the columns. They’re not just deciding ‘well it’s more important for Boeing to make money’ or ‘well it’s more important to prevent Iran from sending troops to Assad.'”
“But I wouldn’t count on the Trump to administration to easily allow any company, let alone an American company, to fuel Iran’s war machine. Their priority is the opposite,” the source said.
This would be welcome news if the Trump administration and/or Congress kills this deal. It should have never happened in the first place.