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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Schumer chides Trump for heated rhetoric on Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says US President Donald Trump’s tweet on Iran is a sign he is desperate to distract Americans from last week’s summit meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Schumer says that when Trump runs into trouble, he creates a firestorm somewhere else.
Trump warned Iranian leadership, in a tweet in all capital letters, to never threaten the US again, or suffer the consequences.
Schumer says the tweet suggests a pattern in which the president uses heated rhetoric so that he can later pretend to ride in and save the day with a more measured tone.
He says, “It seems as if the president’s foreign policy is to commit arson so he can play the firefighter.”
— AP
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