Trump threats against Iran are in line with his playbook: Analyst
US President Donald Trump's threats against Iran are in line with his playbook and should not be taken seriously, says an American political analyst in Virginia.
“The comments that Donald Trump has made recently, as well as the particular policies that he has threatening to impose are fairly in character with both Donald Trump’s personality, as well as the general policies that the American government has followed,” said Keith Preston, chief editor of AttacktheSystem.com.
“Donald Trump is prone to a lot of blustery rhetoric but rarely does he ever follow through on anything of that type,” Preston told Press TV on Tuesday.
“We can remember that he was at one point threatening the North Koreans in a similar way and then he actually turned around and did an about face on North Korea and he could very easily do that with Iran,” he added.
Trump threatened Iran on Tuesday with "obliteration" if the country launches any attack on American forces in the Middle East region.
In a Twitter rant railing against the Islamic Republic, Trump said, "Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality.”
Tensions have been running high between the US and Iran since Trump’s decision in May last year to abandon the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Tehran as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign aimed at forcing it to renegotiate a new deal that addresses its ballistic missile program and regional influence as well.
The US has also sent warships, bombers and additional troops to the region in the wake of suspicious tanker attacks in the Sea of Oman, which it has blamed on Iran without providing evidence.
Despite repeating threats and baseless accusations against Tehran, Washington has also been calling for negotiations.
Tehran has time and again asserted that it does not seek war with the US, yet stands ready to defend its interests in the region.
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