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Trump Administration's Support For Iran Protests May Backfire, Experts Warn
When President Trump warned Iran over Twitter on Sunday night about severe consequences for any threats toward the United States, it did not just come out of the blue.
Speaking to reporters on Monday about the president's all-caps threat, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that Trump's language has been "pretty strong" toward Iran all along.
But the Trump administration has been ramping up rhetoric about what it calls Iran's "malign" behavior in the region. Administration officials also seem to be trying to encourage Iranians to rise up against their government.
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/23/631648110/trump-administrations-support-for-iran-protests-may-backfire-experts-warn
