Trump, when asked about potential Iran exit strategy, says 'I don’t need exit strategies'
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to use"overwhelming force" against Iran if it attacks U.S. assets or personnel.
His remarks marked a sharp pivot from the softer tone the president used in recent days toward Iran, in which he urged negotiations over military action and boasted that he was seen as a"dove" after canceling the strike last week. "This is part of a pattern with Trump, who roars like a tiger but usually acts like a scaredy-cat," Max Boot, a senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote Monday in a column for The Washington Post.
"One of the best ways to avoid bumbling into war, a war that nobody wants, is to have a robust open debate and for Congress to have a real say," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said last week after a briefing on Iran at the White House. Tensions between the United States and Iran have been rising for more than a year, beginning when Trump unilaterally withdrew from a multilateral deal with Iran aimed at limiting its nuclear program. Under that agreement, the United States and other countries lifted crippling sanctions on Iran in exchange for caps on its ability to enrich uranium and other restrictions.
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