A White House official said that US President Donald Trump will not allow the Iranian government to "manipulate" him as he claimed Tehran did with previous US presidents. The official told Al Jazeera that Trump was "comfortable letting Iran’s inevitable collapse take its course", adding that the US was in a powerful position because it "controlled the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s economy was collapsing". According to the official, the strategic waterway was open, with "dozens of millions of barrels of oil" being escorted out of the strait daily.
Trump will not let Iran 'manipulate' him, White House official says
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