I think it's a part of the larger narrative here. This gets back to, you know, the deep state business and there's a deep state that is bent on undermining him or turning -- even turning him out of office.
Clapper discusses the president's use of the term 'spy' and its implications for undermining the investigation led by Mueller.
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I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.
The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.
Ties with Tehran offer some regional governments a means of staking an independent position on Iran, thereby mitigating its isolation while also attempting to extract Iranian financial aid and investment for economic and social projects.
I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.
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