Trump kicks the Iran nuclear can down the road

President Donald Trump's memorandum of understanding with Iran leaves the big-ticket item, Iran's nuclear program, unresolved. Everything else counts as noise until that concern is addressed. We need to know what will happen to Iran's enriched uranium stockpile and its nuclear infrastructure.

The leaked reports on this deal invite concern: a $300 billion reconstruction fund for the regime that the Gulf countries will pay into. However the United States describes it, this fund will be seen as a tax America's allies must pay to keep Iran's drones away. But giving tribute to Tehran without first agreeing on the future of its nuclear portfolio is unwise. It disincentivizes the Iranian regime to concede further, and it teaches Tehran that pressure pays.