Message to the mullahs

President Trump’s tweet to President Rouhani carried a message to the mullahs. New York Times reporter Austin Ramzy drily observes: “Mr. Trump’s message was apparently in response to a speech on Sunday by Mr. Rouhani, who warned the United States that any conflict with Iran would be the ‘mother of all wars.’” Well, yeah.

Secretary Pompeo has his own message to the mullahs too: the squeeze is on. They don’t like it one bit, and they are not sure what to make of the gentleman calling the shots in the White House. They certainly had a good handle on their friends in the last administration. Now they yearn for the good old days and for the restoration.

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