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The switch from Deal A (prisoner and MIA exchange) to Deal B (nuclear) requires a methodical and conceptual continuum of dialogue, building trust and gradual structuring of a complex and challenging process to arrive at agreements.
At the beginning of COVID-19 crisis (March 2020) we expanded on the opportunity the crisis provided for the Trump administration to build a rolling strategic manoeuvre that begins with a US-Irani prisoner exchange as a stepping stone to build trust to arrive at agreements on various additional core issues (Nuclear, Persian Gulf, IRGC in Syria Iraq) that will position President Trump as the one who brought the Iranian regime to its knees and leveraged the American projection optimally. Had this been successful, it would have been considered as one of Trump biggest achievements in his first term in office and a part of his presidential legacy and would have had a positive impact on his declining approval rate.
Window of Opportunity Towards Iranian Regime Closes for President Trump