US President Donald Trump is causing controversies over his administration’s domestic and foreign policies. Trump’s attitudes toward Russia and Iran have been under scrutiny. His attempts to get close to the Kremlin has been criticized domestically and his threats against Tehran has been disapproved internationally. Press TV has interviewed two panelists to ask about their takes on Trump’s foreign policy.

The new US administration follows up the foreign policies which are in line with the establishment’s considerations, says Navid Nasr, a radio host and political commentator from Zagreb.

Elements in the intelligence community, the state department and even the Pentagon ratcheted up animosity toward Russia, the analyst noted.

“We are in the middle of a new cold war and it is the most disturbing thing ... that it is cold war of choice, it is not a cold war of necessity,” he stated.

The Trump administration has called on the Russian government to give Crimea back to Ukraine, which was the same policy as the Obama administration, he noted.

This combination of pictures created on December 30, 2016 shows a file photo taken on December 28, 2016 of US President-elect Donald Trump (L) in Palm Beach, Florida and a file photo taken on December 23, 2016 of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow. (Photo by AFP)

The new US president has also accused Iran of “supporting terrorism” and described Tehran’s nuclear deal with six world powers as the “worst agreement.”

Nasr also said that there has not been much hope for the improvement of relations between Tehran and Washington because of Trump’s anti-Iranian rhetoric and the picks for his administration, who are anti-Iran hawks.

“It seems like there is a policy of picking a fight with Iran for no reason,” he warned.

Meanwhile, Scott Bennett, a political analyst and former US army psychological warfare officer from San Francisco, argued, Donald Trump recognizes that “he is at odds with a large portion of American Congress and the media who want instability, chaos, wars with Russia and Iran and try to pursue the Zionist agenda to break up the Middle East."

The new US president needs to get on the right side of facts and history in order to make wise decisions, the former officer said, adding that Trump needs to learn public relations and get along with Iran and Russia.

If Trump launches a war against either Russia or Iran, people would get in and “impeach” him, Bennett noted.

“Iran is not of course ‘state sponsor of terror’ and Trump needs to be educated on this,” he pointed out.

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