Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.) listed changes he would support to the Iran nuclear deal during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Fox's Chris Wallace asked whether recent steps taken by European leaders demonstrate the efficacy of President Donald Trump's threats to pull out of the Iran deal. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel came to Washington, D.C. to negotiate with Trump, and Coons said it was an opportunity for Trump to show his deal-making skills.
"I think this is a terrific opportunity for President Trump, who made his reputation as a builder, to build on the Iran nuclear deal and to deal with, as you just said, the areas that were not fully resolved through the Iran nuclear deal: The ballistic missile program, their support for terrorism in the region, their terrible human rights record," Coons said.
Coons added he would also like to change the Iran deal to remove the sunset clause.
"The Iranian regime is a dangerous, threatening regime and if President Trump can successfully lead an effort with our European allies to rein in or to end their ballistic missile program, to change the outcome of the current Iranian deal so there isn't a sunset clause, I think these will be positive things that I would support," Coons said.
The State Department consistently names Iran as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism in its annual report. Tehran, the leaders of which have indicated a desire to destroy Israel, has steadfastly supported the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the ongoing conflict in Syria. The Iranian regime has also provided weapons to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have fired missiles on U.S. Navy ships and Saudi Arabia.