'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran
'Inappropriate to say': Trump may still be considering CIA-led uprising in Iran US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it "wouldn't be appropriate to say" if he would greenlight the CIA arming Iranians to encourage a violent uprising, a day after he asked on his TruthSocial account, "When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?" Trump was taking unscheduled questions in the Oval…
Donald Trump, during a recent Oval Office press conference, was asked about the possibility of the CIA arming Iranians to provoke a violent uprising. In response, he stated that it would not be appropriate to confirm or deny such a plan. The question came after the U.S. conducted airstrikes on Iran's southern coast, resulting in the deaths of 18 individuals, including two children at a wedding.
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