Trump dismissed The New York Times' report that he's reviewing a plan to send hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to Iran as 'fake news'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed a report that he was reviewing a plan to send hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East, saying he'd send "a hell of a lot more troops than that" if he decided to get more aggressive with Iran.
intelligence about threats from Iran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has twice diverted foreign trips in response to moves by Tehran, most recently scrapping a meeting with U.S. embassy staff in Moscow to meet with European leaders in Brussels.Sign Up Iran last week marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal by announcing that it would stop complying with parts of the pact. That move was met with U.S. sanctions on its metals sectors, after Washington had already tightened its grip on Iranian exports of enriched uranium and oil.
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