‘Morning Joe’: Iran Vows ‘Harsh Revenge’ After U.S. Kills Top General

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BAKER: "Well, this is the thing, right? Of course, President Trump has said all along that he doesn’t want to get involved in Middle East wars. He, in fact, hesitated on a couple of occasions in pulling the trigger in retaliation against Iran. One time this summer, of course, after the attacks on the Saudi oil facility, he pulled all the way up to the ten-minute-to-go mark and then changed his mind. So to have this sort of, you know, escalation not just a strike but a strike at the heart of the Iranian leadership is a drastic change, 180-degree change in effect. There had been some concern inside the Trump Administration that the President had sent signals over the past year or over the past several months that he wasn’t willing to use force if provoked and that this needed to be corrected in effect. But it’s a big, big moment, I think, for this administration."