President Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites

"They're allowed to kill our people, they're allowed to maim our people, they're allowed to blow up everything that we have and there's nothing that stops them," Trump told reporters at the White House."And we are, according to various laws, I suppose, to be very careful with their cultural heritage. And you know what? If that's what the law is, I like to obey the law. But think of it.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis as they arrive at the White House, Jan. 7, 2020. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis as they arrive at the White House, Jan. 7, 2020.Attacking cultural sites is prohibited by the 1954 Hague Convention, while heritage sites are protected by a 2017 United Nations Security Council Resolution.

"I will say this: If Iran does anything that they shouldn't be doing, they're going to be suffering the consequences and very strongly," Trump added, speaking in the Oval Office before a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.that if Iran were to respond to Suleimani's death by attacking American assets, the United States had"targeted 52 Iranian sites...

How could we define the twin towers, cultural sites ?

They were never targets in the first place.

Didn’t we get taught to think before we spoke when we were younger?

ABCnews wavers on news coverage versus clickbait and outright fkg propaganda.

Please stop with your war crimes fake news bullshit !

Such nonsense. Which people did Iran kill? What did you do about Saudi Arabia on 9/11? It was an act of war.

'Mindless One' does a 180 again! 🤔

Greatest President EVER! (I’m being completely sarcastic and making fun of the people who say absurd shit like that.) Don’t come for me.

What, that we established and no other country fallows. Those war crimes. Ok. Try again.

Trump always knows exactly what to say to make the Democrats defend the bad guys. 🤦‍♀️

Could Be? WTF

He' backed up on this.... ABC news can't be current? its that difficult? oh right, it has to be anti Trump....

New York Times Nov, 2, 2019 found that, during his time in office, Trump 'retweeted 217 accounts that have not been verified by Twitter,' at least 145 of which 'have pushed conspiracy or fringe content, including more than two dozen that have since been suspended by Twitter.'

Good. I don't want a war to start.

Because it is

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