Trump’s nuclear deal: a disaster for the Middle East? It’s obvious why the Saudis still badly want this nuclear deal, said Joseph Cirincione on MS Now (New York). Which is why it would inevitably trigger a Middle East arms race, said Azriel Bermant in Foreign Policy. If the deal proceeds, Iran would openly seek its own nuclear deterrent, something it has so far officially forsworn. Trump’s deal invites disaster.