Hillary Clinton says Trump playing 'dangerous game' with Iran
The former secretary of state's warning follows other criticism of a Trump administration show of military force to dissuade Iran from potential attacks.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tuesday that the outgoing administration of President Donald Trump is “playing a dangerous game” with Iran.
“One gift Trump could give the country and the world is not to start a war with Iran in his final 15 days in office,” Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 US presidential race, wrote on Twitter.
The comment by Clinton, who served as the top US diplomat under the Barack Obama administration, comes after Trump reportedly ordered a US Navy supercarrier, the USS Nimitz, back to the Middle East, reversing a decision by Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller three days prior in a de-escalatory gesture toward Iran.
The US has toured heavy military assets in the Middle East in recent weeks, including the Nimitz, three sorties of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers and a guided-missile submarine, the USS Georgia, which was escorted into the Persian Gulf by two cruisers. Israel also sent at least one submarine through the Suez Canal.
