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Jul 23

Trump’s tweeted threat underscores rising tensions with Iran

Trump's bellicose, all-caps challenge addressed to President Hassan Rouhani followed a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he accused Iran's leadership of massive corruption and widespread rights abuses and urged Iranians to rise up in protest.

Despite widespread criticism of President Trump’s performance at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki – some of it from his allies, including Newt Gingrich, who called it “the most serious mistake of his presidency” – the president’s…