syria. that official happened to be the deputy commander of the entire american-led coalition fighting the islamic state. the us central command knock that down saying there were credible threats in the region. the secretary of state has been doing his part, trying to convince allies of the impending iranian threat so far. it s not working so well. the eu s foreign affairs chief pushed back and even iraqi skeptical of secretary mike pompeo evidence presented on a surprise trip to baghdad. the u.s. ordered a official evacuation of the embassy, citing intelligence that they have iranian activity that puts american facilities at risk. it is hard to know what the actual facts are since they are hidden from public view, but it does look like the trump administration is manipulating or inflating intelligence in an attempt to provoke a military
are stick up for the constitution and the powers of the legislative branch. you are right. i think it s a dangerous thing that erodes the powers of the legislative branch. senator chris van hollen of maryland. thank you very much. the worst case scenarios of a trump presidency two years ago may look like what is unfolding right now. allies suggest the trump administration is inflating trumps to provoke a military exchange with iran. sammy duckworth has seen the horrors are war up close. horrors are war up close tech: at safelite autoglass, we know sooner or later.
hidden from public view, but it does look like the trump administration is manipulating or inflating intelligence in an attempt to provoke a military exchange. senator tammy duckworth of illinois and purple heart recipient met with patrick shanahan and asked him about the report they are considering sending 120,000 troops to the mideast and she joins me now. the pentagon plans for everything. we know that. there is all sorts of files over there with all sorts of scenarios. what s your sense from the conversation with the acting secretary of defense about what their thinking is over there right now? i think they are backing out what s coming out of the white house. what s coming out of the white house is inconsistent at best. this is snag mr. bolton is pushing forward. elaborate on that. what makes you say that? mr. bolton made it clear that time and again he referred to two ways we could go to conflict
still have pompeo saying on the sunday shows a few weeks ago complete denuclearization, there s no other possible ending and this may be a bit of a rock and a hard place for two sides. and there s a difference between the hard line from pompeo which is veering more towards the diplomatic side and bolton who is mr. regime change and also on the other side you have jim mattis who wants some kind of agreement because he and people in the pentagon know they cannot win a war. any kind of military exchange will lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths, even if it s only conventional in terms of seoul. one thing that is clear is they re nervous about president moon in south korea. they think he is too far forward. he wants it too much, he ran on this. their concern is that he is more aligned with kim jong-un now. they had that unusual saturday
region that he s got pull. the real victory here is whether or not you end up with a north korea that doesn t have nuclear weapons. until then, all of this is stage craft. yesterday, the president said during a campaign meeting, you know, he humble bragged about getting a nobel peace prize. he said, some people should say i should get it, i would never say that. of course, he would say that. what i really want is world peace. i think that s an interesting and revealing and important statement by the president. this is beyond just north korea. the united states needs to have a global disposition towards the creation of world peace. and in the context of what we ve already seen in iran, we have people in the white house who are freelancing in different directions. overnight, we already have the first military exchange between israel and iran since 1973. this is a day after trump pulls out of the iran nuclear agreement. so where s all of this leading and holistically, what is this white h