John Bolton warns Iran not to confuse US ‘prudence for weakness’

Name: John Bolton warns Iran not to confuse US ‘prudence for weakness’
Uploaded: 2019-06-24T03:43:07.579Z
Duration: 1 min
Channel: Financial Times
Description: US national security adviser says Washington is preparing new sanctions on Iran

US national security adviser says the US military is 'rebuilt and ready to go' as Washington prepares to impose new and more crippling sanctions on Tehran

June 24, 2019

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Neither Iran, nor any other hostile actor should mistake US prudence and discretion for weakness. No one has granted them a hunting licence in the Middle East. As President Trump said on Friday, our military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go. By far the best in the world. Sanctions are biting, and more added last night.

Iran can never have nuclear weapons, not against the USA, and not against the world. And as he made clear yesterday, referring to his earlier remarks, the president said 'I just stopped the strike from going forward at this time.' We expect that the new sanctions President Trump referred to, in preparation for some weeks, will be announced publicly on Monday.