Just spoke to @potus on:
-how #Soleimani strike disrupted deadly near term attacks on Americans & reestablished deterrence
-our desire to avoid further military escalation
-U.S. plans for a strong but appropriate response to any new attacks from #Iran or it’s proxies 1/3
-how #Soleimani strike disrupted deadly near term attacks on Americans & reestablished deterrence
-our desire to avoid further military escalation
-U.S. plans for a strong but appropriate response to any new attacks from #Iran or it’s proxies 1/3
The goal of U.S. policy is an #Iran that is prosperous & lives in harmony with its neighbors & the world.
But this will require its clerical leaders to:
-abandon their nuclear weapons ambition; and
-end their support of violence & terrorism
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But this will require its clerical leaders to:
-abandon their nuclear weapons ambition; and
-end their support of violence & terrorism
2/3
We will advance this strategy via economic sanctions,not military action
And we are ready to engage in serious diplomacy
But we will take decisive military action to disrupt,deter or repel attacks against Americans
And we will never allow #Iran to acquire nuclear weapons 3/3
And we are ready to engage in serious diplomacy
But we will take decisive military action to disrupt,deter or repel attacks against Americans
And we will never allow #Iran to acquire nuclear weapons 3/3
