# Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Says Trump Will Have to Make a ‘Bad Deal’ With Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/25513

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-18 21:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAkSJ7kBGMo

> Former Biden administration national security advisor Jake Sullivan said Donald Trump will eventually have to “bite the bullet and do a bad deal” with Iran as Tehran builds leverage in negotiations with the United States. Sullivan also discussed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s role in the conflict.

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