Trump boasts his Iran deal will be the best: His critics fear the worst

One minute, Trump said talks are “proceeding nicely,” and that the political leaders in Iran are “smarter” and “more reasonable.” The next minute — frustrated by the Iranian negotiators’ intransigence — he threatened the Shia Islamic theocracy. Trump mused about a 92-million-person nation that he might “blow them to Kingdom come.”

“They want very much to make a deal,” Trump said at a recent televised Cabinet meeting. “So far, they haven’t gotten there. We’re not satisfied with it, but we will be. We will be either that or we’ll have to just finish the job.”

Dependence rate on the Strait of Hormuz for energy imports. (Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump argues that the Iranian navy and air force are basically gone. And with the Iranian economy in free fall, the country’s government is out of options.

“They’re negotiating on fumes. But we’ll see what happens,” Trump said. “Maybe we have to go