Two Republican presidential candidates—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush—are in agreement that the next US president should work to nullify the historic nuclear accord between Iran and six world powers.
They differ on the timing though. Walker said the successor to President Barack Obama should be ready to take aggressive military action against Iran on his very first day in office. But Bush said this promise is "unrealistic."
Walker previously pledged to "terminate" the nuclear accord with Iran upon his inauguration if he wins the White House in the November 2016 election.
"I believe that a president shouldn't wait to act until they put a cabinet together or an extended period of time, I believe they should be prepared to act on the very first day they take office," Walker said while talking to reporters at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday.
"It's very possible, God forbid that this would happen, but very possible, that the next president could be called to take aggressive actions, including military actions, on their very first day in office," he added.
Bush said during a town hall last week that nullifying the nuclear accord on the first day of office is an unrealistic vow.
"One thing that I won't do is just say, as a candidate, 'I'm going to tear up the agreement on the first day,'" Bush said in Nevada.
Bush underlined the need to have a team put together first.
"That's great, that sounds great but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first, maybe you ought to appoint a secretary of state, maybe secretary of defence, you might want to have your team in place, before you take an act like that."
The Walker-Bush rivalry regarding the nuclear deal is an example of "I mean it more than he does" competition showing how candidates who have identical views "look for some way to differentiate themselves from the pack and from each other," Bloomberg commented.
