Despite a worldwide pandemic, Iran is up to its usual behavior as it has sent gunboats to harass American warships in the Persian Gulf.
This behavior from the Iranians has caught the ire of President Donald Trump, who ordered the U.S. Navy on Wednesday to “shoot down” the boats if provoked.
Later that evening on Fox News Channel, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) told Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity Iran should “get its act together,” or be prepared to face the same fate as former Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
“[A]s it relates to Iran, Sean, the United States doesn’t seek a war with Iran,” he said. “Such a war would certainly be lost with Iran, but the winner would undoubtedly be China. And under President Trump’s doctrine, we are not going to engage in endless foreign wars, but we will take out terrorists. So, the message is very clear to any Iranian unofficial that would engage in terrorist: Either get your act together or get prepared to meet General Soleimani.”
“I don’t think that American blood should be used to avenge foreign oil or foreign vessels,” “But where Americans are in danger, the president has been very clear that he will respond. Again, I appreciate the fact that the Trump doctrine is one that does not seek to engage us in yet another forever war, but we take action swiftly, and we reset the deterrence. We’ve not only done this with Iran, but we’ve done it with Syria. President Trump drew a redline and actually abided by that, and actually delivered consequences. So Iran better get their act together, because I think this president means what he says and he has certainly put the word out that he’s not going to tolerate that behavior against our interests.”
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