Trump Tells Pompeo: Go Wild on Iran, Just Don’t Risk ‘World War III’

Trump has given some of his most hawkish officials, particularly Mike Pompeo, carte blanche to squeeze and punish the Islamic Republic as aggressively as they wish.

Asawin Suebsaeng 

Senior Political Reporter

Erin Banco 

National Security Reporter

Published Dec. 1 2020 4:51AM EST 

Asawin Suebsaeng

Senior Political Reporter

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Erin Banco

National Security Reporter

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