As one candidates day job threatens to derail his upstart campaign. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. President trump careening from crisis to crisis. As he escalates tensions, threatens harsh action and pulls the u. S. Back from the brink. Today President Trump announced new hardhitting sanctions again iran, the move coming after the u. S. Apparently came within ten minutes of a retaliatory strike against iran. Last week, according to President Trump, before calling it off, the president is also now putting off large scale deportations of undocumented migrants for now, he said. Hes giving Congress Just two weeks to change asylum laws so as to alleviate the number of undocumented migrants coming to the u. S. The New York Times peter baker refers to this trend as a variation on Teddy Roosevelt in trumps case it is speak loudly and carry a small stick or a big stick and wave it around without using it much. Kaitlan collins reports on the president s su