Trump backed off on Iran last time -- but will he again?

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Trump himself hinted at openness to at least an informal encounter during the UN General Assembly in New York next week.

Donald Trump famously canceled a missile strike on Iran in June, but Tehran will not be resting easy following the unpredictable president's warning that the United States is again"locked and loaded."

As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said:"The president has made very clear he is prepared to meet with no preconditions." The intensifying back and forth put Trump in the role of referee and, as is his style, he's leaving the players in suspense.By Monday, though, he had little more to say. After two decades of military quagmires in Afghanistan and Iraq, this was one of the factors in 2016 that fueled Trump's appeal to voters looking to break the status quo.It's a contradiction that came to a head on September 7 when, after months of painstaking negotiations with the Taliban, Trump surprised everyone by announcing he had wanted to meet personally with the insurgents near Washington.

In the wake of the Taliban turmoil, Trump fired his national security advisor John Bolton, whom he had frequently described as too bellicose.

 

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