deal. >> now, the punting of this football to congress was reportedly a compromise between the president and senior administration officials. the "washington post" reported this week that president trump was, quote, incensed by arguments from his secretary of state and secretary of defense that the agreement, while flawed, offered benefits. he didn't want to certify to congress that iran was complying with the deal, even though the evidence is that iran is complying with the deal. quote, he threw a fit, said one person familiar with the meeting. he was furious, really furious. it's clear he felt jammed. so white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and other officials came up with this to, as "the post" put it, accommodate trump's loathing of the iran deal without actually killing it outright. so inasmuch as there is a trump doctrine, some of it is reportedly accommodating the president's loathing. joining us now, steve clemons,