Thread by @jseldin

"These are the strongest sanctions ever put on a country" @POTUS sats re #Iran, at news conference w/#Australia PM Scott Morrison

"We are at a level of sanctions that is far greater than ever before w/respect to Iran...They have a lot of problems, not only w/us"

@POTUS "We are by far the strongest military in the world" per @POTUS "Going into #Iran would be a very easy decision, as I've said before...easiest thing"

"Plenty of time. Plenty of time... I think I'm showing great restraint"

@POTUS "I think the sanctions work & the military would work" per @POTUS re #Iran

"That a very severe form of winning, but we win" Trump adds of military option "Nobody can beat us militarily. No one can even come close"

@POTUS #Afghanistan "We're slowly reducing in Afghanistan as ppl know" per @POTUS "We've been very effective in Afghanistan & if we wanted to do a certain method of war we would win that very quickly but...tens of millions of ppl would be killed"

"We're reducing in #Syria where we've taken over 100% of the [#ISIS] caliphate" adds @POTUS, again referencing ISIS prisoners & urging countries to take them back