Sullivan: Iran Deal 'Best of Very Bad Outcomes'
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- Jake Sullivan criticized the Trump administration's approach to negotiating with Iran during a Friday interview on MS NOW's 'Morning Joe'
- Sullivan characterized the tentative deal U.S. officials are weighing as 'may be the best of the very bad outcomes'
- Sullivan helped negotiate the Obama administration's 2015 Iran nuclear deal, giving him direct experience with prior Iran diplomacy
- The Hill framed the story with a URL slug linking the deal under consideration to the Strait of Hormuz
Why it matters: Sullivan's critique carries weight because he was Biden's national security adviser and a key architect of the 2015 nuclear deal, so his reluctant endorsement — that the current deal may be the best of bad options — signals that even administration critics see the negotiation track as preferable to its collapse, with the Strait of Hormuz implicated in the deal's stakes.
