Trump steps up Iran rhetoric, calls for “unconditional surrender”

President Trump has stepped up his rhetoric against Iran after pursuing a diplomatic solution. For the past couple of months, the president held out hope that negotiations with Iran would lead to a deal on its nuclear program. But now he supports Israel’s military strikes against Iran and is calling for the country’s “unconditional surrender.” In several social media posts, he boasted that “we” now control Iranian airspace, claimed “we” know the location of Iran’s supreme leader, and warned the U-S would come down hard on anyone who targets American troops.