“Trump negotiating over his legacy, says former US official Joey Hood says President Donald Trump’s effort to tie a possible US-Iran deal to expanding Arab normalisation with Israel under the so-called Abraham Accords reflects his desire to shape a historic legacy. “Donald Trump really is negotiating with himself. He’s negotiating with his legacy,” Hood told Al Jazeera. “More than anything else, he wants to be seen as the president who was historic, who changed everything, who was able to change things that presidents going back decades were unable to do.” Referring to Trump’s thinking, Hood added: “Get rid of a nuclear Iran? Sure. But if we can do it, why not have diplomatic relations normalised throughout the Arab world with Israel?”
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