The worry that Trump‘s Iran policy could heighten the crisis with North Korea is shared even by Democrats who opposed the nuclear deal. Some fear that U.S. criticism of the nuclear deal, despite Iran‘s technical compliance with the terms of the agreement, will diminish the potential to negotiate an agreement with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

„Our allies and adversaries alike will see this as a signal that the United States doesn‘t live up to our commitments, making the United States a source of uncertainty instead of a force for solving serious problems,“ New York Rep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Friday. „I have to ask: what major power will trust our word on potential North Korean nuclear negotiations, given how Trump is undermining the agreement with Iran?“