(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)President Trump in an interview published Monday night characterized alleged attacks by Iran against two tankers in the Gulf of Oman as “very minor” and suggested that the United States might not go to war to protect international oil supplies. Last week, Trump administration officials blamed Iran for attacks against Norwegian and Japanese tankers carrying petrochemicals. “So far, it’s been very minor,” Trump told Time, referring to those and other recent attacks the United States has blamed on Iran. Trump told Time that the Gulf of Oman is less strategically important for the United States than it used to be. The evidence points toward Iran,” Selva said.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2019 13:26 UTC