Breaking News: President Trump ordered another 1,000 troops to the Middle East and vowed again that Iran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon https://t.co/AKtFY93GkH

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 17, 2019

The confluence of events will test Trump’s weak appetite for military action, his ability to rally allies he has frequently snubbed and his seriousness about actually striking the better deal with the Iranians that he once promised. https://t.co/6MbcJvC7am

— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) June 17, 2019

Outstanding, timely @MaxBoot piece on #Trump foreign policy – and a 2016 letter that proved prophetic – "he would use the authority of his office to act in ways that make America less safe, and which would diminish our standing in the world.” https://t.co/FyJPbMw41p

— Bruce Lowry (@BruceLowry21) June 17, 2019

Iran is essentially threatening to shorten its timeline to develop a nuclear weapon, an outcome President Trump has said he'd take military action to prevent. Here's what you need to know. https://t.co/o0kHAsKqGO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 17, 2019

Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign was supposed to induce Iran to scrap its nuclear program (which was already contained by the 2015 nuclear deal). Instead, Trump's actions have incentivized Iran e to restart it, creating a completely unnecessary crisis. https://t.co/YgTfFabiJ7

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) June 17, 2019

The president of the United States just tweeted the chyron from a Fox News segment that encouraged a U.S. military strike on Iran.

Left, Fox's America's Newsroom, 11:46 a.m.
Right, Trump, 11:49 a.m. pic.twitter.com/uUewdZYpuo

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) June 17, 2019

Al Jazeera presenter Mehdi Hasan on Gulf tanker attacks:

“Even if it turns out Iran was behind these attacks – just goes to show pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal was the disaster a lot of us said it would be when Donald Trump did it”#PoliticsLivehttps://t.co/um7gGIYmoA pic.twitter.com/QHfjbfqISs

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 17, 2019

Trump supporters lining up 40 hours ahead of re-election campaign launch rally https://t.co/liB2Fo8gZg pic.twitter.com/gOZEYmR07L

— The Hill (@thehill) June 17, 2019

Trump 2020 launch marred by pollster purge @kaitlancollins reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/9DzOBbXjDX pic.twitter.com/G2GFhfa79X

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 17, 2019

Donald Trump doesn’t normally talk to journalists who won’t indulge his cult of personality. His big ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos showed why. https://t.co/bzfUAKXXWF

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 17, 2019

JUST NOW: What gets you in trouble in the White House?

–violating the Hatch Act: No
–Lying to the press: No
–denigrating John McCain: No.

Coughing out-loud? BINGO!!!!!@NewDaypic.twitter.com/Ka9HzP3Ryp

— John Berman (@JohnBerman) June 17, 2019

President Trump is facing a rebellion within his own party. https://t.co/3toVWiiua4

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 17, 2019

Horrendous beyond words. It's straight out of Kazuo Ishiguro's terrifying novel Never Let Me Go. Or another hideous scenario from Years and Years.
But this is real. https://t.co/XbSuXN73PE

— GeorgeMonbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) June 17, 2019

China's President Xi to visit North Korea this week https://t.co/8oO6hAY4EN pic.twitter.com/prfhlzL3fr

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 17, 2019

China Takes Responsibility For "Explosion" Near North Korean Border; Denies Nuclear Test Rumors https://t.co/1FYoRvCH49

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 17, 2019

India slaps back at U.S. with tariffs, lobbing small but strategic strike ahead of G-20 summit https://t.co/x4bBWbtXDt

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 17, 2019

As the Tory leadership contest moves onto the second ballot, LBC's political editor explains how the six remaining candidates get whittled down to the final two.#ToryLeadershipContest pic.twitter.com/z22ttFqsST

— LBC (@LBC) June 17, 2019

The risk aversion of @BorisJohnson is something to behold. Every other Tory candidate is taking questions from newspapers, TV and radio in a 4th estate or “lobby” hustings. The only one who has refused such scrutiny is the one who still makes a living writing for @Telegraph.

— Robert Peston (@Peston) June 17, 2019

More silence from Boris after rivals’ plain talking hits the buffers | John Crace https://t.co/DEIYa4KodK

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) June 17, 2019

First hustings completed.
As the odds show – the public’s view is cementing.@BorisJohnson vs @RoryStewartUK would produce a truly riveting contest that would help improve our brand & would be followed not just by the Party faithful but a country we must urgently re-engage with. pic.twitter.com/RJUV32R8zR

— Tobias Ellwood MP (@Tobias_Ellwood) June 16, 2019

Well, he's certainly rattled someone. @roryforleader https://t.co/V75KownyYH

— Ian Acheson (@NotThatBigIan) June 17, 2019

Despair at the charlatan @BorisJohnson ever being PM fuels the unlikely rise of @RoryStewartUK as a credible Tory Leadership contender. But don’t be fooled – he is as Tory establishment as they come, wants to deliver #Brexit & hates modern , outward looking Scotish democracy.

— Michael Russell (@Feorlean) June 17, 2019

I think he’ll probably find we think the same about him. https://t.co/p1pHbolEOu

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) June 17, 2019

The man who wrote a pamphlet describing the GFA as "a moral stain" has, I regret to inform you, committed A Take. https://t.co/d05DiyfuxF

— Tim O'Connor (@timoconnorbl) June 17, 2019