Friday, January 3, 2020

Trump Calls the Ayatollah's Bluff

President Trump has conditioned his policies on Iranian behavior.

In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated by his predecessor.

Trump called off a military strike at the last minute and responded indirectly, with more sanctions, cyber attacks, and additional troop deployments to the region.

Trump responded as he had to previous incidents: nonviolently.

The risk to the U.S. embassy-and the possibility of another Benghazi-must have angered Trump.

If the reports out of Iraq are true, President Trump has put at risk the entirety of the Iranian imperial enterprise even as his maximum pressure campaign strangles the Iranian economy and fosters domestic unrest.

The bombs over Baghdad? That was Trump calling Khamenei's bluff.

https://freebeacon.com/columns/trump-calls-the-ayatollahs-bluff/

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