White House press secretary Sean Spicer is parroting hollow threats against Iran, as promoted in the administration of new President Donald Trump.
The New York billionaire and former reality TV star “will not take anything off the table” in dealing with Tehran, Spicer told reporters on Tuesday.
The US and some of its allies have, for years, been attempting to sound menacing by refusing to take “options off the table.”
Ahead of his 2016 presidential victory, Trump had vowed to take on Iran’s nuclear deal by renegotiating or ultimately repealing it.
Since he took office, the president and his staff have only been resorting to issuing hollow threats and accusing Iran of support for terrorism.
Spicer warned Iran Tuesday to “realize that there is a new president in office. This president is not going to sit by and let Iran flout its violations or its apparent violations to the joint agreement.”
He added that Trump “will continue to take action…