Mark Esper: I Don’t Think Trump’s Threats of Annihilating Iran Carry the Same Weight They Did the First Time Around

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ESPER: “I don't think they carry the weight that they might have the first time used and it followed through. But we've heard this before. We've talked about the president has mentioned unconditional surrender, annihilation, things like that. So I think they ring hollow to the Iranians at this point in time. I'd rather he used the time on stage at the U.N. to talk about Iran's misbehavior.”