Secretary of State Mike Pompeo abruptly ended a State Department briefing on Tuesday and walked off, refusing to answer follow-up questions on Donald Trump’s threats to Iranian cultural sites.
At the Tuesday briefing, Pompeo was asked by NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell whether he would push back against a demand from Trump to target cultural sites in Iran after the Pentagon said on Monday it would refuse orders to attack such sites, noting that it would violate international law.
Mitchell specifically cited comments from Trump on Sunday aboard Air Force One justifying attacks on cultural sites. Continue reading.