We won’t avert our eyes from regimes chanting ‘death to America’, warns Trump
In his State of the Union address early Wednesday morning, US President Donald Trump said they will not avert their “eyes from a regime that chants ‘death to America’ and threatens genocide against the Jewish people.” He was referring to Iran. He claimed that his decision to pull the US out of the nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose sanctions on the country has put immense pressure on the regime and stifled its regional ambitions, as well as slowed its ability to obtain a nuclear weapon. “My administration has acted decisively to confront the world’s leading state sponsor of terror: the radical regime in Iran,” he said. “To ensure this corrupt dictatorship never acquires nuclear weapons, I withdrew the United States from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. And last fall, we put in place the toughest sanctions ever imposed on a country.” Tensions between the two countries have escalated following mutual strikes. Trump recently insisted he wants to keep troops in neighbouring Ira
