That may be the stupidest thing he’s ever said. Mattis would never tell him that; hell, Mattis was gearing up for war with Iran in 2012 and we were all ready to go then when Iran kept threatening us that year.
I mean ... "presser" in quotes, as any non-friendly elements of the press are killed in Re-soviet Russia.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, and the US all seem very non-chalant and chummy about about a string of serious events that would normally have each country blasting each other in the media and openly preparing for major military action.
Not impacted too much, or in any way that the consumer will feel. May see a spike and then things will level back down. Or everything goes straight to hell. One or the other. I didn't put these assholes in charge of the global economy.
With all the focus on corrupt trump's legal and political challenges, iran spots an opportunity to troll trump
SECRETARY POMPEO: So the previous administration chose Iran to be its primary security partner in the Middle East. We thought that was a fundamentally flawed proposition. The Iran nuclear deal, the JCPOA, was a central part of that. Its stated goal was to deter Iran from being able to have a nuclear weapon system, when, in fact, it was a guarantee that there was a glide path for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Not only a lie, but we're that much CLOSER to Iran having nuclear weapons now thanks to Trump and this idiot.
Someone in trump's admin must have heard trump's answer (above) and grabbed his phone to tweet this out...