The UK should back Donald Trump’s expected maximum economic sanctions against Iran as part of an effort to encourage nationals to end their support for the current regime in Tehran, Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary, argues in a report published on Monday.
He writes: “It is not for the west, let alone the UK, to determine who rules Iran. That is for the Iranian people. But we can make clear that the right choice will bring benefits just as the wrong one will bring more of the same.”
He suggests in a foreword to a Policy Exchange pamphlet that the UK should show leadership against Iran by backing what he regards as Trump’s likely policy of a return to maximum economic sanctions against the regime.
I think it’s very dangerous for any nation’s leader to back Trump under any circumstance, if for no other reason than he isn’t trustworthy.
It’s almost a guarantee that if you do, somewhere down the line he’s gonna ask for more … and he’s willing to use any force necessary to get what he wants.