“Trump is in Putin territory,” said Fiona Hill, who served on the National Security Council in Trump’s first term, comparing Trump’s threat to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. During a briefing Monday, she said, “Of course, this administration and the United States armed forces will always act within the confines of the law” — but then refused to take a follow-up question about Trump’s specific threat. “The president of the United States should not be threatening war crimes,” he said, adding that in this case, the argument against hitting Iran in this manner goes beyond the moral one because Iran is likely to retaliate in like fashion against Gulf state allies of the United States.
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Published at: 2026-03-30 22:15:24
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