Ignatius: ‘Hard To Imagine Donald Trump Just Watching’ Like Obama Did If Iran Cracks Down on Protests

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IGNATIUS: "The final thing I’d note, it’s very important how the Trump Administration plays this. So far, President Trump’s tweets have basically said, 'The U.S. is watching. We’re going to hold Iran accountable for its behavior, for any human rights violations against these protesters.' There’s discussion quietly of a joint communique that would be issued by the U.S., France, Britain, Germany, the allies that helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal that would say much the same thing. These allies are watching and are expecting Iran to behave. The harder question is, what does the U.S. do if this crackdown widens, if we get back to a situation just like 2009 in the Green Movement? That was crushed while the Obama Administration watched. It’s hard to imagine Donald Trump just watching, but I don’t think they have options yet."