As with everything else, Trump is following his gut on Iran
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Jan 08, 2020
3 minutes
President Trump often talks about leaving the Middle East, getting out of "endless wars" and spending our resources here at home under a policy of "America First."
So it was quite a moment when, on Sunday night, he threatened to impose "very big sanctions" on Iraq if the Iraqi parliament follows through on its nonbinding resolution to oust American forces from its soil. "We will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before, ever," Trump said. "It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat
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