President Donald Trump said the US will impose major new sanctions on Iran Monday, days after he abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic based on the concept of proportionality after Iran shot down a US Navy drone. The sanctions move, announced on Twitter, came as Trump was at the Camp David, Maryland, presidential retreat for meetings and phone calls about Iran. Trump also said that Iran “had a plane in their sights, 38 people on the plane and they didn’t shoot it down. Dunford was against a military strike at this point, said Trump, who called him “a terrific man and a terrific general." Echoing the types comments he’s made about North Korea, Trump said he hoped he could “make Iran great again" over time.

Source: Mint June 22, 2019 19:07 UTC