Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190621:00:19:00
Because the iranians will reed that as a feckless president who shouts a lot and tweets a lot, but doesn't follow-up his words with actions. so here we are in precisely the place that john bolton wanted us to be in where we're in a box where no matter what we do, there is a high risk of escalation and military conflict. your question was should we respond. i think to fail to respond to an awful iranian regime, to sort of empower them, to send a message we won't respond if we are hit would be the more dangerous of the two options. >> do you believe the president has the authority to launch an a...