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"We'll see what happens, but we're ready to make a real deal,
not the deal that was done by the previous administration, which
was a disaster," he said during a speech to the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Iran on Monday dismissed Trump's angry warning that Tehran
risked dire consequences "the like of which few throughout
history have suffered before" if it made threats against the
United States.
Trump's defense secretary, Jim Mattis, declined to directly
answer a question about whether he was concerned that Trump's
rhetoric might ratchet up tensions in the region, increasing the
chances of miscalculation.
But Mattis, speaking at a news conference in California, listed
his many concerns about Iranian actions in the Middle East,
including Tehran's support for President Bashar al-Assad in
Syria's civil war and for Houthi militants fighting the
internationally recognized government in Yemen.
"It's time for Iran to shape up and show responsibility as a
responsible nation. It cannot continue to show irresponsibility
as a revolutionary organization that is intent on exporting
terrorism, exporting disruption, across the region," said
Mattis, a retired Marine general.
"So I think the president was making very clear that they're on
the wrong track."
(Reporting by Steve Holland in Kansas City, Alexandria Sage in
Palo Alto, California and Phil Stewart in Washington; Writing by
by Lisa Lambert and Phil Stewart; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and
James Dalgleish)
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