President Donald Trump told U.S. troops on Friday that Iran has been “difficult” in nuclear negotiations and suggested that instilling fear in Tehran may be necessary to resolve the standoff peacefully.
"They’ve been difficult to make a deal," Trump said of the Iranians before an audience of active-duty soldiers at Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina after U.S. officials said they were sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
"Sometimes you have to have fear. That’s the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of."
During his address Trump also referenced the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites last June.
Earlier, he said the deployment of the world’s largest aircraft carrier was being made so "we’ll have it ready" should negotiations with Iran fail.
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