Article snippet: MORE has shifted the global order with his decision to pull the United States out of the Iranian nuclear agreement, causing a major rift with European allies and raising tensions in the Middle East. Long-simmering turmoil over Syria between Israel and Iran, both seemingly emboldened by Trump’s decision, erupted this week when Iran targeted Israeli soldiers on the Golan Heights and Israel retaliated. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe could no longer depend on the United States, comments that were echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron. Both leaders had made eleventh-hour trips to Washington to try and talk Trump out of the leaving the Iran pact. “It’s another blow to the trans-Atlantic alliance,” said Sen. MORE (D-Md.). But those who support Trump’s move dismissed the Europeans’ concerns. “We're going to see some posturing in European capitals, and the reason is because there are some big European companies that want to do business with Iran, and that's got a lot of the European countries defending this deal," Sen. Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said he’s “not a fan of the U.S. airing its dirty laundry in front of Iran,” but that if Trump does not sanction European companies, “we’re in a situation where the emperor has a no clothes.” “It’s high risk, high reward,” he said. “Even though I’m not a proponent at all for unilateral withdrawal, he did not equivocate. He went all in on withd... Link to the full article to read more