Senator Bob Corker speaks during the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016.NASHVILLE - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said Wednesday he doubts President-elect Donald Trump will move immediately upon taking office to rip up an Iran nuclear deal struck by President Barack Obama.
And Corker doesn't think he should, the senator said on CNN's Jake Tapper "The Lead" program.
Corker said the decision would be a distraction during the administration first days, CNN reported. Instead, Corker suggested Trump work with the GOP-run Congress, where he predicted there will be bipartisan support to review the deal.
"I don't think he will tear it up and I don't think that's the way to start," Corker told CNN. "I think what he should do is build consensus with these other countries that [Iran is] definitely violating the agreement. He's going to have Congress with him on that. I think that's a much better approach."
The 2015 agreement between Iran and countries including the U.S., European nations, China and Russia seeks to delay what some view as Iran's inevitable ability to produce nuclear weapons. Iran already has been accused of violating the agreement, which began lifting a decades-old embargo on the Islamic republic.
Trump attacked the deal in his race with Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Corker, meanwhile, said Obama left the deal vulnerable by not submitting it as a treaty to Congress for up or down approval.
"I think there's going to be strong bipartisan support for really pushing back on the violations that Iran is committing right now," Corker added.