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Trump’s cultural-sites threat turns a crisis into a legal mess

Trump spent January 5 standing behind a threat to hit Iranian cultural sites, a move that drew warnings from legal experts, enraged critics, and made the administration’s Iran messaging look reckless instead of resolute.

Why it matters: War-crime bluff

First recorded Jan 5, 2020·Meaningfully updated Jan 5, 2020

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