White House: Diplomacy the first option but Iran knows better than anyone that Trump is unafraid of using lethal force

Iran is sending “quite different” messages to the United States privately than what it is saying publicly, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt tells Fox News’ ‘America Reports’ program, amid protests in the country.

“President Trump has always expressed that diplomacy is the first option,” Leavitt says. “However, he is unafraid to use the lethal force and might of the United States military if and when he deems that necessary. Nobody knows that better than the Iranian regime.”

“The greatest leverage the regime had just several months ago was their nuclear program, which President Trump and the United States military totally obliterated.”

She adds that only Trump knows what course of action he’ll end up taking. “The world will have to keep waiting and guessing, and we will let him decide.”