in-town pool report #7 - POTUS on Iran

On Iran, President Trump said his administration has "a much different view on it than other presidents," adding: "They've gotten away with murder for 47 years and [they're] not getting away with it anymore."

That came after his brief remarks on Iran, which came after he signed the medical research order:

TRUMP: "This is such an important subject, I'd rather let this just speak for itself, and we'll be talking about Iran later. We have very good conversations going on. It's it's working out very well. They got a little cute, as they have been doing for 47 years. Nobody ever took them on. We took them on.

"They have no navy, they have no air force, they have no leaders. They have no nothing. Actually, their leaders are, it is a regime change. You call that enforced regime change."

TRUMP ON STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND OIL AND MORE INFO, MAYBE TODAY: "But we're talking to them. They wanted to close up the Strait again. They've been doing [inaudible] for years, and they can't blackmail us. In fact, a lot of the ships are coming up to Texas. I don't know if you know, in Louisiana, ships are coming up. They got used to it. Maybe they'll keep doing it. It's worked out pretty good, but it's going actually along very well, and we'll see, but we'll have some information by the end of the day. We're talking to them, and you know, we're taking a tough stand and they killed a lot of people. A lot of our people have been killed."

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Again, he did not take any questions about the Iran conflict or negotiations or the Strait of Hormuz situation. More TK.

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John T. Bennett

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