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President Trump is poised to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal next month, with only a last-minute flurry of appeals from European leaders offering a chance of a change of course, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said Wednesday.

Mr. Trump, a longtime critic of the deal negotiated under President Obama in 2015, faces a May 12 deadline to determine whether he will continue to waive U.S. sanctions on Iran, a key part of the deal. The U.S. partners in the deal — China, Russia, Germany, France and Britain — oppose a U.S. withdrawal, and Iran has said it would no longer feel bound to honor its commitments if the sanctions are reimposed.

The Tennessee Republican told the Christian Science Monitor at a breakfast event Wednesday there was a chance frantic last-minute negotiations with America’s European allies could produce a “framework” to address Mr. Trump’s longstanding complaints about the deal, but that the president appears fully prepared to walk away if he does not get what he seeks by the May 12 deadline.

“If nothing changes between now and May 12, the president is absolutely going to withdraw from the agreement,” said Mr. Corker, who is retiring this year.

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