Ex-Trump Official: US Must Cut Military, Intelligence Assistance to Israel to Protect Iran Accord
A former official in US President Donald Trump's administration stressed that cutting US assistance to Israel could help strengthen the accord between Tehran and Washington, amid Israel's continuous endeavours to sabotage regional peace.
Joe Kent, who left the administration after disagreements over the United States' joint onslaught against Iran alongside Israel, made the remarks in a post on X on Monday.He welcomed the prospect of the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington that could be followed by an agreement.Kent said the durability of any deal with Iran could be improved if the United States reconsidered its military and intelligence support for the regime, adding that Israeli officials have opposed efforts to achieve a diplomatic settlement.The former Trump administration official stated that Washington should seek to eliminate factors that could prompt the US to resume the assault "on Israel's terms".Iran's Foreign Ministry has announced that the MoU had been finalized and would be officially signed in Switzerland on Friday.On April 7, Trump announced a ceasefire in the aggression, which had begun targeting the Islamic Republic on February 28.The announcement came amid successful Iranian retaliation and after the Islamic Republic announced closure of the Strait of Hormuz to enemies and their allies.
Kent also advocated reducing the US military footprint at bases in the Persian Gulf's littoral states."We should also quietly get our troops out of the bases in the [Persian] Gulf that can be reached by Iran," he wrote.
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