ANALYSIS: Pres. Trump's abrupt shift away from his recent threatening rhetoric toward Iran fits a pattern: pulling back from the brink of crises largely of his own making.
that there was"no longer a nuclear threat" from the North. He launched a trade war with China that has cost American consumers and manufacturers billions of dollars, only to call off some sanctions when China agreed to a smaller trade deal.
As the situation in Iraq unfolded Tuesday night, the president met with his national security team in the Situation Room, a briefing captured in photographs released by the White House reminiscent of images of previousPresident Donald Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence and top members of his national security team for a briefing on the situation in Iran and Iraq, in the White House Situation Room, on Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington.
Tensions with Iran sharply escalated last week when, on the president's order, the United States killed a top Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The strike in Baghdad launched fears that the United States and Iran may go to war. It followed a deadly attack by an Iranian-aligned militia on a base in Iraq housing Americans; retaliatory airstrikes by the United States; and the subsequent storming of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad by that same militia.
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