In a cut above the usual barb-trading between Iran and the United States, President Trump threatened to meet any attack by Iran on “anything American” with “great and overwhelming force,” in a Tuesday afternoon tweet, adding that “in some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration.” The threat came as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at new sanctions levied yesterday, referring to the White House as “mentally retarded” in a televised address. President Trump called the Islamic Republic’s statement “ignorant and insulting” as the situation goes from bad to worse after yesterday President Trump signed an order to sanction Iran’s Supreme Leader , after Iran shot down a US drone and attacks on oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz—a critical shipping lane essential for the transport of oil. While President Trump on Monday said that the United States would still be open to negotiations despite the drone attacks and […]