President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States is “low keying” its approach to Iran, signaling he is prepared for now to let mounting economic pressure squeeze Tehran rather than launch another major military offensive.
“We are low keying it,” Trump said in a brief phone interview with Axios. “We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.”
Trump said Iran is “in very bad shape” economically and lacks the money to pay its troops, pointing to the U.S. naval blockade as further intensifying the regime’s economic crisis.
At the same time, the president noted that oil...
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